AWS Makes use of Metaverse-Like Sport for Cloud Coaching — Virtualization Overview

Information

AWS Makes use of Metaverse-Like Sport for Cloud Coaching

Amazon Net Providers (AWS) is utilizing a 3D metaverse-like role-playing recreation to coach customers on find out how to use its cloud computing platform.

Referred to as AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner, it is described as “a role-playing studying recreation that helps you develop sensible cloud abilities by way of interactive studying and hands-on actions utilizing AWS providers.”

AWS stated the free coaching is good for early profession or new-to-cloud grownup learners who need to study foundational cloud computing ideas whereas zapping drones and gathering gems in a quest to unravel challenges in a digital metropolis, drawing comparisons to the metaverse, which Wikipedia describes as “a community of 3D digital worlds targeted on social connection.” A extra sensible tackle the idea is offered by analysis agency Gartner within the put up “Actually, What’s Metaverse?”

“Cloud Quest is an open-world role-playing recreation that teaches you find out how to construct actual AWS options utilizing cloud ideas and workouts,” explains a March 14 video. “As a cloud practitioner, you will enterprise on a journey to assist the residents on the town rework their metropolis by utilizing cloud options. You possibly can take your technical coaching to the subsequent degree by turning enterprise issues into technical options by way of puzzles, simulations and hands-on labs. As a foundational constructing block for ability constructing and profession growth, Cloud Quest provides you management of your studying journey at your individual tempo. With tons of customizations, distinctive assignments and recreation modes. Cloud Quest is a steady studying expertise you may earn rewards to unlock varied character types pet companions metropolis themes and automobiles.”

Not like, say, Microsoft and its Azure cloud, AWS running a blog and documentation scarcely point out the time period “metaverse.” In actual fact, just one AWS weblog put up is tagged with the time period: “How Immersive Applied sciences Are Altering the Retail Panorama,” from October 2021.

The Azure cloud, as compared, is all around the metaverse, which is usually related to transformative new-age know-how like digital twins, Net 3.0, NFTs, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), good contracts, decentralized id and extra.

Google Cloud (or GCP), in the meantime, says, “We’re constructing the know-how to seize and playback the actual world within the metaverse, bridging the hole between the bodily world and the digital.” TheStreet described the metaverse state of affairs among the many cloud giants within the February article “Google Needs to Catch Up With Web3, Metaverse Rivals.”

Whereas AWS has seemingly been sluggish to dip into the metaverse waters, the brand new coaching initiative is perhaps seen as an preliminary foray into the house, although the corporate by no means mentions the identify.

Cloud Quest was launched together with a revamped coaching initiative referred to as AWS Educate, which, because the identify suggests, targets the training sector. Enhancements to that embody extra interactive content material and elimination of the .edu electronic mail tackle requirement, which AWS stated would make it extra accessible.

“AWS Cloud Quest and AWS Educate deliberately transfer away from passive content material,” stated Kevin Kelly, director of Cloud Profession Coaching Applications at AWS. “We need to make summary cloud computing ideas actual by way of interactive and hands-on actions that instantly let learners flip principle into apply. These two choices assist people develop their abilities and employability. We’re persevering with to innovate how learners can construct their cloud data and sensible abilities, assembly them the place they’re and bringing data inside anybody’s attain by making these packages free.”