The Metaverse Data Deluge: What Can We Do About It?
This is an incremental discussion paper that outlines challenges and potential solutions for data management in the Metaverse, relevant to developers and researchers in immersive technologies.
The paper addresses the challenge of managing the massive data generated in the Metaverse, where physical and virtual spaces interact, and discusses the need for novel technologies like smart interfaces and efficient data management systems to enable seamless information processing.
In the Metaverse, the physical space and the virtual space co-exist, and interact simultaneously. While the physical space is virtually enhanced with information, the virtual space is continuously refreshed with real-time, real-world information. To allow users to process and manipulate information seamlessly between the real and digital spaces, novel technologies must be developed. These include smart interfaces, new augmented realities, efficient storage and data management and dissemination techniques. In this paper, we first discuss some promising co-space applications. These applications offer opportunities that neither of the spaces can realize on its own. We then discuss challenges. Finally, we discuss and envision what are likely to be required from the database and system perspectives.