The Impact of Quantum Technology on the Metaverse: Future Possibilities and Challenges

Abstract

Metaverse is a concept that creates a virtual space to merge the real and virtual worlds, maximizing one's experience in each world. It focuses on social connectivity, consisting of a simulated digital environment that leverages virtual reality, augmented reality, blockchain technology and social media concepts to formulate a space for consistent user interaction that replicates the real world. It aims to pull several industries into a single ecosystem to create a virtual world that ideally replicates its real-life counterpart. Giant supercomputers are used to create these virtual worlds, and with supercomputers comes the term quantum technologies. The essence of quantum technologies is quantum computing. To perform calculations, properties of quantum mechanics such as superposition and entanglement are exploited. When computers can perform quantum computation, they are called quantum computers. Quantum computing has a number of different use cases in metadata storage. The metaverse uses a lot of computation and simulation, so quantum computing is being leveraged to improve computation and the overall experience. Some areas, such as quantum machine learning, have proven to be increasingly used in various sectors, such as finance and the pharmaceutical industry. Along these lines, quantum computing has a definite role to play in bringing the metadata store to life, helping to drive several critical applications. However, in the metaverse, as more interactions are captured, quantum-resistant security will be needed for any trade and transaction that takes place, and quantum-resistant blockchain technology will be the go-to technology. As the complexity of the metadata store increases, machine learning will play an increasingly important role in how it evolves. The need for increased machine learning in the metaverse will be as profound as it actually is. With the further development of quantum machine learning, more applications will take place in the metaverse. Therefore, the Metaverse is a concept that needs to be understood gradually. Quantum computing is a technology that needs to be learned and used in order for everyone to understand the applications and capabilities of the metaverse and to take advantage of the potential benefits.