Indonesia launches own metaverse to promote its small businesses

Telkom Indonesia has launched the “metaNesia” virtual world. - Source: PT Telkom Indonesia via Bloomberg

JAKARTA, Aug 1 (Bloomberg): Indonesia has tasked the state carrier with creating a metaverse to promote local firms that compete with foreign services, its latest effort to take back control of the internet from Google and Facebook.

PT Telkom Indonesia launched "metaNesia,” a virtual world meant to help Southeast Asia’s largest economy adapt to the fast-changing online landscape frequented by its young population, State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir said in a statement.