As Indian IT eyes its metaverse moment, big battle for talent looms
Naomi Gleit
Visitors at the immersive art installation titled ‘Machine Hallucinations Space: Metaverse’ by Refik Anadol in Hong Kong on October 08, 2021.
Synopsis
Metaverse projects present a massive global opportunity for IT-services companies to transform enterprises from 2D to 3D, physical to virtual interactions. The biggest challenges will be to build deep domain expertise, access talent, and reskill stretched teams working on digital-transformation projects. Service providers will also be scouting for startups with niche metaverse-development capabilities.
If mavens and geeks at India’s USD227 billion IT-services sector need something to look forward to, they need not have to wait. Even as they are busy delivering digital-transformation projects, metaverse has emerged as the next big play. The changing and expanding landscape is clearly visible when they don their augmented reality headgear and see avatars not just playing games, but shopping, banking, running factories, and more. A honcho at one
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