Reading Special Article | Yuan Cosmic is the next generation of Internet?Academician gives "cold thinking"

Since last year, the concepts of Yuan universe and Web 3.0 are very hot, and there are many discussions in the industry and academic circles. So, is the Yuan universe the next generation of Internet?

Today, I will introduce a "cold thinking" given by an academician for the "Yuan Cosmic Fever" and Web 3.0.

At the beginning of August, at the theme Forum of the 2022 Beijing News Summer Summer Summer Summit, the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and the director of the Consultation Committee of the China Internet Association, Wu Hezheng gave a speech on "How far is the next generation of the Internet". He said that neither Web 3.0 and the Yuan universe could not represent the next generation of Internet.

Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Director of the Consultation Committee of the China Internet Association, He Hexuan. Picture source: Science and Technology Innovation China

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First of all, Academician He Hexuan believes that web 3.0 is the evolution version of the web 2.0 and cannot bear the heavy responsibility as the next generation of Internet. Web 1.0 is the Internet of PC. With the portal website as the center, using the web browser, users can one -way content from the Internet. The main application includes browsing and search. Overall, users are passively accepted.

Web 2.0 is the mobile Internet. Tencent, byte beating, Taobao and other network platforms have become centers and lead. The main grassroots technology are mobile communication and offline networks. The main application is e -commerce, mobile payment, WeChat, Douyin, etc. Users are interactive in two -way, and can participate in the creation and transmission of online information products through Weibo, blog, and community.

Web 3.0 is also called the value Internet. In fact, it is decentralized. It can also be said that there is a center. However, this center is user -centric. The main support technology is blockchain, digital identity authentication, and digital currency. Compared with Web 3.0 and web 2.0, users have the confirmation and value of transmission of online works submitted. Academician Wu made an example: "You drew a picture and put it on the Internet, it is difficult to prove that you are the owner and are easily pirated. In the era of web 3.0, you can use blockchain, digital watermark, etc. Those who have the right to be ownership cannot be taken away casually. "

So, is it necessarily the mainstream of web 3.0 in the future? Academician Xun believes that web 3.0 is a improvement of web 2.0, but web 3.0 is not just needed. It will not popularize to the public, and Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 are popular. The proportion of bloggers who really want to publish works on the Internet are small. Therefore, web 3.0 is more just the evolution version of the web 2.0, which cannot bear the heavy responsibility as the next generation of Internet.

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Secondly, Academician He Hexuan believes that the Yuan universe is still a niche market, the prospect is not clear enough, and it cannot represent the next generation of the Internet.

The Yuan Universe is relatively hot now. "Digital twin" actually maps the actual events to the network virtual world. The Yuan universe is in turn. Reality boundaries. Although the word Yuan universe is very new, its technology is actually the integration of modern information technology. It is unlikely to wait for these technologies to meet the needs of the Yuan universe within a few years. Moreover, the Yuan universe requires higher bandwidth, but it involves virtual reality, augmented reality, hybrid reality, holographic image, sensory interconnection, etc. These high -level applications have 5G.

Academician Xi believes that the prospects of the Yuan universe are not clear enough. The Yuan universe is mainly for consumer applications, cultural tourism, high -speed rail, games, digital creativity, virtual office space, etc., its business model has no fundamental changes compared to the current social media VR and AR. Therefore, the Yuan universe is still a niche market. Will the Yuan universe lead the future and become the next generation of Internet? He believes: No, the Yuan universe will develop in the future, but it does not represent the next generation of Internet.

In fact, the discussions on the future are very meaningful to our understanding of the present, looking back and looking forward to the future. Academician Xun's "cold thinking" of the web 3.0 and Yuan universe is at least in two levels:

First, remind us to discuss the concept or look forward to the future, to maintain moderate calmness, there is a distance between imagination and reality;

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