Last month’s companion blog “Blockchains, 5G, and the Metaverse: Is a Web 3.0 Internet Revolution on the Horizon?” has outlined an exciting future towards a truly immersive internet powered by 5G, emerging XR devices, and novel applications.

In this blog, we’ll delve into the many challenges we need to address to make such an immersive Internet a reality. These include not only technical challenges, but also regulatory and economic ones, which must be overcome in due time. Once resolved, there will be ample opportunities that we will also explore in detail.

1. Technical challenges to enable a metaverse with 5G technology

Significant technical challenges still need to be overcome; some are central to the entire metaverse proposition, while others are of…