Entering the Metaverse

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Dave Ross

Alitheon

Abstract: The talk deconstructs the myths surrounding new high-tech terminology involving the Metaverse and shows how, despite the hype, the new tools can provide strong benefits to those fighting counterfeiters.  It looks at the various new technologies, describes what they mean and what is hype and what is not. The talk discusses what parts are useful to our industry, why they are useful, and how the different approaches integrate to create greater object security regardless of whether the object is physical or digital. The talk describes what a complete object security system looks like, what useful components are provided by the newest technology, and what is missing to produce a complete system.  It ends with descriptions of where this integrated approach is currently deployed and its near-term prospects.

Bio: Chief Scientist, cofounder, and director of Alitheon: Ross is a mathematician with a long history of scientific and technological innovation and discovery. As a mathematician for Jet Propulsion Lab's Advanced Project Group he invented the “Prime Rib Curves" for mission design that enable NASA to calculate optimal orbital transfers between any two solar system bodies. For this work the asteroid 6435 DAVEROSS was named after him. While at JPL, Ross designed orbits for multiple NASA missions, including Galileo, Saturn Orbiter/Titan Probe, Solar Polar, and numerous comet and asteroid intercept missions that flew over the subsequent thirty years. In addition, Ross designed a new kind of orbit for optimal capture of interplanetary spacecraft called the double lunar flyby.