Demand for ‘Metaverse’ skilled people on the rise

Pune: Demand is on the up for tech professionals with niche skills who can help IT services companies and metaverse startups expand their metaverse practice.

There were an estimated 55,000 job openings related to the metaverse ecosystem at the beginning of this month in India, according to specialist staffing firm Xpheno.

These were across functions like AI/ ML programming, AR/VR, gaming, UI/UX, blockchain and crypto, and security skill sets.