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China's first meta cosmic culture laboratory was officially established

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the founding of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University, the meta cosmic culture laboratory of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University (hereinafter referred to as the meta cosmic culture laboratory) was officially established on April 16. Xiang Botao, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Tsinghua University, Hu Yu, Secretary of the Party committee of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University, and Tong Zhilei, chairman and President of China online group, attended the meeting. The unveiling ceremony was hosted by robots and virtual anchors, which added the on-site meta universe attribute.

Xiang Botao, deputy secretary of the Party committee of Tsinghua University, and Tong Zhilei, chairman and President of China online group, jointly unveiled the yuan universe culture laboratory.

Professor Hu Yu, Secretary of the Party committee of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University and director of the Management Committee of the meta cosmic culture laboratory of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University, congratulated the establishment of the laboratory and hoped that the laboratory jointly established by the two sides would give full play to the advantages of the school and enterprises in scientific research, technology, talents and industry, explore deep-seated issues and form leading ideas. Professor zhuxufeng, executive dean of the school of public administration of Tsinghua University, delivered a speech at the scene, expressing his deep concern about the development and governance of the meta universe, and hoped that the laboratory would become an effective platform for cross-border research in the field of meta universe. Professor Jin bingbin, director of the academic committee of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University, delivered a speech. He believed that the establishment of the laboratory was of positive significance to promoting the development of Journalism and communication, and hoped that the laboratory would integrate the forces of multiple disciplines to conduct in-depth research on the development, risks and challenges of the metauniverse.

The meta universe Culture Laboratory of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University is supported by Chinese online, and the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University integrates the research forces of various colleges in Tsinghua University to carry out research. In the future, the laboratory will carry out research in the future media technology development, meta universe cultural creation, meta universe index, virtual digital human index and other meta universe fields in the way of combining industry, University and research, and strive to build the laboratory into a domestic industry forward-looking, theoretical pioneering, R & D and innovative meta universe scientific research institution.

Professor Shenyang, Professor of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University and director of the meta cosmic culture laboratory, said that the meta cosmic culture laboratory is not only the first batch of meta cosmic laboratories established by domestic universities, but also the first meta cosmic laboratory with cultural attributes in China. We are confident to promote the meta cosmic culture laboratory to the world class.

It is reported that the team of the school of Journalism and communication of Tsinghua University led by Professor Shenyang has made groundbreaking academic contributions in the field of metauniverse. It has released the first research report on the development of metauniverse in the global academic community, with more than ten million readers. At present, three metauniverse research groups, namely, space intelligence, symbiotic intelligence and contract intelligence, have been formed, and have won more than 20 awards in AI global and national competitions in the past three years, At the same time, it is also a rare team that can carry out the research on the combination of virtual human and high humanoid robot at the same time.

Tongzhilei, chairman and President of chinaonline group and co director of the Management Committee of the meta universe Culture Laboratory of Tsinghua University of journalism, said that chinaonline will continue to embrace the meta universe in an all-round way, carry out the combination of production and research with Tsinghua University, promote the continuous innovation in the content field of meta universe, and bring more point of view collisions and inspiration for the development of China's digital economy.

With the platform advantages of 5 million kinds of digital content resources, 4.3 million original resident writers, and more than 600 signed copyright institutions, Chinese online, which has fully entered into metauniverse, is becoming one of the most important players in the field of metauniverse in China. Since last year, chinaonline has accelerated its layout in the field of metauniverse. It has established metauniverse landing companies in Hangzhou and Hainan respectively, and developed technologies and application scenarios such as digital virtual human and virtual real combination in the field of content-based IP. At the same time, it has also built an alliance chain ecosystem with Chang'an chain as the bottom, and developed a blockchain depository platform. The first global meta universe essay competition organized recently has more than 10000 submissions, setting off a tide of meta universe content incubation in the industry.

Industry insiders believe that the establishment of the yuan universe culture laboratory will further open up the full value chain of scientific and technological achievements, provide content support and reference for accelerating industrial layout, and ultimately enable the vigorous development of Yuan universe's emerging industries.