USM first to set up metaverse library in medicine

Project leader Hasniza Amno said the Metaverse Space (Spatial) project at IPPT will provide high-impact services that are different from existing conventional services through a more creative three-dimensional virtual reality platform. — Bernama

KEPALA BATAS: The Institute of Advanced Medicine and Dentistry (IPPT) of Universiti Sains Malaysia became the first university in Malaysia to introduce a Metaverse Spatial Library that offers a variety of digital environments connected to the virtual world without computers.

Vice-Chancellor of USM Prof Datuk Dr Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan said it has introduced the metaverse concept of virtual reality (VR) to the university's residents because VR was making inroads in the mainstream of technology and had vast potential.