Ian Hughes is a senior research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence and has been covering the evolution of industrial IoTFull Bio
Ian Hughes is a senior research analyst at S&P Global Market Intelligence and has been covering the evolution of industrial IoT from the basics of instrumentation to richer data applications such as predictive maintenance and machine learning at the edge. This coverage is now moving toward digital twins and the real-time industrial metaverse. He looks at changes to the way we interact with technology, and one another, through AI, IoT, game technology and media across what will become the metaverse at work and play.
He has over 34 years of experience in emerging technology, the first 20 years as a software engineer and architect building and sharing concepts, from early web and e-commerce, IoT, social media to virtual worlds. He became an enterprise metaverse evangelist in 2006, known for putting the Wimbledon Championship tennis experience into a shared avatar-based experience. Later, with his own consulting company, he built virtual training hospitals and educational experiences. Ian had his own slot on a Saturday morning TV show for 39 episodes in 2010/11, showing emerging technology to a younger audience. He has written and published two science fiction novels under his online name/nom de plume, epredator.
Ian has a Bachelor of Science degree in IT from De Montfort University. He was made an Honorary Doctor of Technology by Solent University in 2018, and he is chair of BCS animation and games specialist group.Minimize
Global survey examines industrial, enterprise and consumer metaverse adopti
In the annual S&P Global Market Intelligence survey on metaverse attitudes, adoption and use cases, this year's respondents were asked about the relationship between generative AI and their metaverse programs. Since metaverse applications differ across sectors, the survey looks at the three main areas of adoption: industrial, enterprise (business-to-business) and consumer (busi...
Exploring the early stages of metaverse e-commerce in Q&A with Sawhorse
The consumer-facing metaverse may be years away from standing up a substantive e-commerce revenue stream, but recent moves by retailers into virtual experiences, such as Walmart Inc. into Roblox Corp., are paving the way to that future one product at a time. Sawhorse Productions LLC was the primary force behind the development of Walmart Discovered, giving the digital agency a ...
Metaverse Digest: Augmented World Expo; Infinite Reality buys Landvault
Our roundup covers the vast range of developments in and around the evolution of the metaverse and is in addition to our coverage of Augmented World Expo. At the heart of all things metaverse lie our interactions with technology, data and one another, whether in a commercial or work context, or a social or entertainment one. Each development taken on its own may seem slight but...
