According to a senior executive ,Baidu doesn’t expect to fully launch its XiRang metaverse app soon despite the app’s initial would debut on Monday. The vice president of Baidu Ma Jie believes that it is still “negative six” years to full XiRang’s launch.
Ma spoke of “Create 2021,” Baidu’s upcoming annual developers’ event, which the company promotes as the first Chinese conference to be hosted in a metaverse space through XiRang. The app will supposedly handle up to 100,000 virtual members interacting with each other using metaverse avatars at the three-day conference starting on Monday.
It was also stated that Baidu aims to create an open-source platform targeting metaverse developers, providing a building infrastructure in the virtual world.Despite focusing on digital infrastructure, Baidu’s metaverse app will not support digital currencies or trading assets related to virtual property.
