Quantum physics becomes the key to a truly immersive metaverse
This is a steep thesis that is currently voiced by many, but perhaps has a completely different relevance than assumed.
The superficial argument in this context is that quantum computing, by virtue of its sheer computing power, will bring a gigantic push towards realism and thus immersion.
However, I personally (and some studies support this) believe that after a certain point, more realism does not necessarily bring more immersion.
Especially in collaborative applications, another factor plays a much more important role:
👉 It is the latency
In my post yesterday I mentioned that immersion essentially takes place in the intuitive part of our brain. This works almost in real time. Our conscious mind, on the other hand, needs up to 300 milliseconds until it can trigger a movement or other interaction.
If we now imagine the whole thing in a classic collaboration application, whether in the metaverse or in 2D, network latencies of 0.5 to several seconds are added to these 300 milliseconds.
👉 Precisely this problem can be solved by quantum networks:
Here, the states of photons are "entangled". This coupling remains interestingly also over larger distances. If the state of one photon changes, the state of the other changes in parallel. This happens in real time. This is also called quantum teleportation.
Such a network has already been tested, for example, between Shanghai and Beijing over a distance of more than 4000 km.
If such networks were built globally, for example, avatars in Munich could really communicate in real time with avatars in Sidney and Los Angeles and be very close to 100% immersion.