Or in the fields of Web3.0, Blockchain, Crypto, NFT, and Extended Reality
You must first understand your readiness from the development needs in order to pursue a profession in Metaverse. Before we go any further, let’s review the primary areas of Web3 and Metaverse that may be of interest to you as a developer, designer, or another type of role.
Broad Technology Areas of The Metaverse
If you analyze the technological facets of any metaverse, it revolves around the following aspects:
- Platform Development: Programming
- Gamification in a Virtual World: Design & Architecture
- Mixed Reality: Immersive Augmentation
- Blockchain, Cloud, NFTs: SaaS and E-Commerce
Platform Development: Programming
Unlike typical platform development scopes, Metaverse requires its developers to have 360-degree visibility of the mission. By the end of the day, it is the mission of the metaverse that defines the strength of its underneath foundation.
- If you are a Full Stack Developer, you have a red carpet ready for you. Be it Java, Python SWIFT, and MEAN skills, you can add value to any team on any day. C++ and C# knowledge is a must as most 3D Modeling Apps need these skills. Make sure you understand the multifaceted challenges that are involved in developing APIs and FaaS (Functions as a Service)
- If you are a specialized Front End or Backend Developer, you too have a greater need. While UI & UX is the most critical aspect of a Metaverse, Data Storage, Data Mining, Modeling and Analysis also plays very critical importance.
- As usual, Software Testing is also a major area of focus for continuous bug fixing for release control and production live.
Gamification in a Virtual World: Design & Architecture
Gamification is at the heart of Metaverse, and it carries with it a slew of Creativity Skills. Creativity isn’t defined by any rules, but rather by your ability to innovate.
- Producers with Creative Vision: You won’t be able to design fresh and innovative Metaverse applications unless you have a creative vision for the platform. Designers and Producers in the metaverse must offer immersive and engaging solutions that prioritize user experience.
- Animation, Graphics, and 3D Modeling: This is the heart of any Metaverse. Animation and graphics are essential for developing suitable applications for this platform because they allow apps to easily interact with users to obtain data. As a result, you should be able to create application prototypes with proper animation in order to deliver apps with the same type of graphics and animation seamlessly.
- Unreal Engine, Blender, and Unity are the most widely used game design apps in the Metaverse World. Besides, if you are an Adobe Designer, it can be icing on the cake.
Mixed Reality: Immersive Augmentation
VR (Virtual Reality) is in the past. AR (Augmented Reality) is the present and now. MR (Mixed Reality) or XR (Extended Reality) is the future.
- Immersive Reality: We all are transitioning to the Web3 world of immersive augmentation. If you have skills on Microsoft HoloLens, Meta’s Oculus or Magic Leap, that makes you a very special resource in the Metaverse Team.
- XR Software Development Kits: Wikitude, Vuforia, and others are popular SDKs for Metaverse developers. These XR SDKs include the architecture of existing metaverse development, which every developer must master before beginning development.
Blockchain, Cloud, NFTs: SaaS and E-Commerce
Today’s metaverses will be incorporated into tomorrow’s Multiverses. We would be shopping, partying, playing, living, communicating, and buying and selling things in those virtual worlds.
- If you are an old-timer in IT, having decades of experience, this is where you come as the most valuable player (MVP) to the team.
- Ethereum is a smart-contract blockchain that enables developers to create decentralized environments that can host a variety of applications.
- Ethereum’s potential to decentralize gaming, governance and social media can be unlocked by metaverse developers. Besides Solidity is another skill that helps if you know it already.
- Architects of the Metaverse are in high demand. And these are not people who just grew up watching YouTube. These are heavy honchos who bring years of IT experience and oversee the entire business’s 360-degree strategy. Every Metaverse has 2–3 resources of this caliber who orchestrate the whole development journey.
Now that you have some idea about typical roles, here are some of the most prolific metaverse platforms that are currently in the development zone.
Since, I am involved with the following three platforms, mentioning them here, but you can explore more on your own:
- Meta Horizon (Oculus): Unity, C#, C++
- Roblox: Blender, Lua, Loops
- Sandbox: VoxEdit, GameMaker, Ethereum
I hope you reinvent your career with the Metaverse. And why not, you have to. That is the world you want to be a part of.
Oh, you’re thinking of Salary?
Don’t worry, that’s the last thing you should be concerned about as a BCNM Geek. They pay you so well that you should be concerned about living the life of a future millionaire 😊.
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