Chinese University Launches Metaverse Engineering Department

Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in Jiangsu Province has renamed its Department of Information Engineering to “Metaverse Engineering Department”. The dean of the renamed faculty, Pan Zhigeng, said the move will identify business needs and train metaverse experts for companies in the field. According to Zhigeng, the metaverse is now an integration of a wide range of technologies and applications, such as the Internet of Things, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and smart healthcare. Metaverse…