Coforge to open CoE for metaverse and Web3 innovations

By setting up CoE, Coforge will be looking to be at the forefront of the immersive experience, real-time presence, decentralised control, and possibilities metaverse and Web3 offer

Digital services and solutions provider Coforge (formerly NIIT Technologies) on Tuesday announced the opening of a centre of excellence (CoE) for the Metaverse and Web3 technologies in India.

By setting up CoE, Coforge will be looking to be at the forefront of the immersive experience, real-time presence, decentralised control, and possibilities metaverse and Web3 offer.

The company plans to train and upskill over 1,000 employees to deliver on the Metaverse and Web3 requirements of its customers.

The new centre in Greater Noida will promote inter-disciplinary research and identify various use-cases using the metaverse and its intersection with new-age digital technologies.

The ability to combine the physical world with the virtual world brings in tremendous opportunities in programming the next internet, content, and experiences from the factory floor to the board room. We are excited to engage with the Metaverse, Web3, and related technologies to tap the countless opportunities for innovation they offer in our core verticals of BFS, Insurance, and Travel & Hospitality and in new verticals like Retail, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Public Sector, said Sudhir Singh, CEO, and Executive Director of Coforge.

Leveraging Microsoft technologies, Coforge said it aims to deepen its Mixed Reality (MR) offerings.

Leveraging Microsoft technologies, Coforge will be deepening its Mixed Reality offerings. Coforge has already entered a partnership with industry leaders like Virbela, Hedera and R3 for their Metaverse and Web3 offerings and has more partnerships in the pipeline.

On the anvil are opportunities such as virtual spaces, AR/MR/XR, virtual storefronts, virtual offices, digital twins, virtual assets marketplace and Web3-enabled transactions, Vic Gupta, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Coforge.

The announcement was made at Coforge’s annual technology conference #TechCon2022, which was held in hybrid mode using the Virbela metaverse platform and demonstrated many use cases in action through booths set up in metaverse.