The metaverse concept has many definitions: a parallel universe with digital versions of ourselves and the world, the 3D web to succeed the current two-dimensional web, and a graphical interface for predictive analytics and collaborating on product design.

The visual world has many moving parts that tie together many types of data, interfaces, and AI models. The 3D volumetric interface includes many types of data including elements of spatial and temporal dependence, which are important for capturing and analyzing past trends, which are key to future projections.

Visual simulation has been used in major projects such as DeepMind’s AlphaFold AI research project, which can predict 3D structures of more than 200 million known proteins. Protein folding is essential for…