{"id":3354,"date":"2024-05-13T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/wales-becomes-first-uk-nation-to-join-metaverse\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T15:55:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:55:28","slug":"wales-becomes-first-uk-nation-to-join-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/wales-becomes-first-uk-nation-to-join-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales becomes first UK nation to join metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wales has become the first UK nation to join the metaverse.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of <strong>Wales<\/strong> in the <strong>metaverse<\/strong> hopes to give virtual visitors from all over the world the chance to see what the country has to offer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-outbrain\" data-target=\"\" data-widget-mapping=\"\" data-installation-keys=\"\">    <\/div>\n<p>Tourism body Visit Wales has created the immersive experience with the aim of platforming some of Wales&#8217;s experiences and attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Around 600 million people visit the metaverse each year, across a number of platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh metaverse is being hosted on platform Spatial.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>Organisers say they believe Wales is also the first European nation to use this approach to market itself as a tourism destination.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes after a report by a committee of MPs published last July <strong>found Wales &#8220;lacked a coherent brand&#8221;<\/strong> to attract overseas visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Presenter of <strong>Doctor Who<\/strong> Unleashed and former gaming journalist Steffan Powell attended the launch.<\/p>\n<p>He said the metaverse experience would give potential visitors to Wales &#8220;a flavour of all the exciting things you can see and do on a holiday in Wales&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Welsh government&#8217;s tourism minister, Hannah Blythyn, said the metaverse had been created &#8220;to reach new audiences&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By showcasing some of the best Wales has to offer visitors in this incredibly innovative way, we&#8217;re putting Wales in an online sphere where millions of people already meet every day,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the virtual Wales can take on quests including building an interactive itinerary which includes real-life Wales-based activities.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a world created in partnership with a firm based in Swansea &#8211; iCreate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wales punches above its weight when it comes to innovation and technology,&#8221; said iCreate founder Dawn Lyle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re excited to be a part of this initiative, with the virtual space opening up new worlds of possibility to reach new audiences.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Wales metaverse has now opened to the public and can be entered on smartphones, tablets, laptops, computers and via Meta Quest headsets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales has become the first UK nation to join the metaverse. The launch of Wales&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}