Asian companies lead patent rankings for the metaverse; Goal is third on the list

Since 2016, the South Korean company LG Electronics has been presenting a series of projects focused on the metaverse, which has made the company occupy first place on the list among those that have registered the most patents. Then, the also South Korean Samsung appears in second place in the ranking. For research organizers, what makes these companies ambitious powerhouses in the metaverse are their display and semiconductor color schemes. In the market, Asian companies prefer to have a presence in equipment through components, rather than in other markets that favor finished products.

BMW in the metaverse? German automaker requests trademark registration in the US to explore web3.0

The high-end car manufacturer BMW has just registered a patent for the brand in the digital environment in the United States to enter the metaverse and trade in NFTs. The registration was approved on November 25th, but was only announced last Wednesday (30th).

In third place, appearing as a North American power in the race for the metaverse, is Meta. This is nothing new, considering that the company has been doing everything to popularize the idea across the four corners of the globe. Including its CEO, Zeckerberg, betting that between 5 and 10 years the metaverse will turn around.

Asian and North American markets share patent ranking

In the top 5, with more discreet participation but of equal importance, Huawei, with patents for image processing and display, and Microsoft, trying to debunk Meta's idea of ​​pioneering, close the list. Other companies like ByteDance, from TikTok, Intel, Apple and Sony are also investing in the metaverse. 

The 20 largest companies in the field have registered, in total, 7.760 patents related to virtual reality and augmented reality in markets such as Japan, the United States and Europe since 2016, according to the Nikkei e Cyber ​​Creative Institute. The country with the highest number of registrations is the USA, with 57%, followed by South Korea with 19% and China with 12%. Japan has 8%.

What is the metaverse?

You may have already read, heard, or seen this term somewhere. But do you know what it means? And more: do you know how to be part of this new reality? The metaverse is part of the new era of the internet in the world. Its main proposal is to create digital environments – as if they were worlds – that are different and accessible to all web users around the planet. In short, with just a device connected to the internet, you can immerse yourself in a realistic and interactive environment, parallel to real life. The idea is that you can have fun, work, study and even buy and sell in the metaverse.

In the field of inventions for the metaverse, many technologies have been reformulated and many others developed. Recently, we reported here on Newsverso that Sony launched the mocopi, a sensor kit to map limb movements and mirror them in virtual reality. As a result, technologies related to communications, sensors and displays are dominating the new technological scenario.

Discover Mocopi, one of Sony's bets for the metaverse

Sony Japan released this Tuesday, the 29th, its newest bet for the metaverse, titled Mocopi. Short for “motion capture”, the name is suggestive of what the tool seeks to offer, a simultaneous reproduction of human movements in the virtual environment. The launch is part of a series of company products designed for web3.0.

Metaverse could generate US$74,7 billion by 2026, according to IDC

For the North American research and market company IDC, the market involving the metaverse could reach US$74,7 billion by 2026 on the global stage. And in a race that involves so much money and the ego in search of pioneering, no one wants to be left behind.