# Mini Metaverse Companies Nextech Set to Aquire Spatial Computing Company 'ARway' By Niko Pajkovic | Published 2021-08-12 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/arway References: [martechseries](https://martechseries.com/predictive-ai/augmented-reality/nextech-ar-to-acquire-ar-cloud-3d-mapping-company-arway-transforming-into-a-metaverse-company/) & [nextechar](http://nextechar.com) [Nextech AR Solutions Corp.](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nextech-metaverse-suite) has announced that it will [acquire AR cloud-based 3D mapping startup](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/google-android-xr) ARway. The acquisition represents a recent move by the company to focus its efforts on the building for the [Metaverse](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snap-spectacle). ARway is a Unity-based spatial mapping platform designed to assist companies with the creation of content for the Metaverse. It uses AI software to scan and recognize environments for "hyper-accurate location-based 3D mapping." ARway provides users with 'Augmented Reality Software Kit' that allows them to frame a digital world in a matter of minutes. This acquisition is significant as it officially makes Nextech a Metaverse company, offering its own "mini-metaverse" to interested brands and companies. The company hopes to "create mini-metaverses based on geolocation like museums, corporate headquarters, theme parks, sports stadiums, University Campuses and more," said Evan Gappelberg, CEO of Nextech. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.8/10 - Popularity: 34% | Activity: 40% | Freshness: 10% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Multimedia](https://www.trendhunter.com/multimedia) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Metaverse Building:** The trend of building mini-metaverse for geolocations such as museums, corporate headquarters, theme parks, sports stadiums, and university campuses through spatial computing poses a disruptive opportunity for companies in the virtual reality space. - **Spatial Computing:** The rise of spatial mapping technology and augmented reality software kits for hyper-accurate location-based 3D mapping can create new disruptive innovation opportunities for real estate, architecture and construction industries. - **AI-assisted 3D Mapping:** The utilization of AI to improve the scan and recognition of environments for making hyper-accurate location-based 3D maps can disrupt the tourism, gaming, mapping, and geospatial industries as businesses create more immersive digital experiences. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Virtual Reality:** As Nextech aims to build mini-metaverse for geolocations, virtual reality companies can leverage this trend and expand their scope of services to cater to brands and companies that seek a digital world to reach their clients and customers. - **Real Estate, Architecture and Construction:** The rise of spatial mapping technology and augmented reality software kits can disrupt the real estate, architecture and construction industries by creating more efficient and cost-effective workflows in design and project management. - **Tourism, Gaming, Mapping, and Geospatial:** The AI-assisted 3D mapping technology can create significant disruptive innovation opportunities by leveraging hyper-accurate location-based 3D maps for delivering immersive and enhanced digital experiences for tourists, gamers, and map users alike. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [All-In-One Metaverse Creation Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nextech-metaverse-suite.md) - [3D Metaverse Modelling Factories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aritize.md) - [AR Try-On Technologies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ar-tryon.md) - [Metaverse Studio Acquisitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/infinite-reality-landvault.md) - [Wearable Metaverse Initiatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/snap-spectacle.md) - [AI-Powered Realistic Metaverses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meetkai-metaverse.md) - [Restauranteur Metaverse Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/restaraunteur-metaverse-platform.md) - [Interactive AR Storefronts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spotselfie-ar-meta-stores.md) - [Metaverse App-Building Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/appbuilding-platforms.md)