{"id":2562,"date":"2022-01-07T03:30:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T03:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2025-12-30T08:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T08:46:54","slug":"ankara-embraces-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/ankara-embraces-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ankara Embraces Metaverse: 4th Test City for Open AR Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, has recently joined the global Metaverse initiative by becoming part of the Open AR Cloud Association&#8217;s test program. This move aims to integrate Ankara into the rapidly evolving Metaverse, positioning it alongside Los Angeles, Bari, and Helsinki as the fourth test city on the Open AR Cloud platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development is aligned with the trend set off by the social media titan Facebook&#8217;s transition to &#8216;<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/tag\/meta-news-and-content\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"74\">Meta<\/a><\/em><\/strong>&#8216; and its dedication to the Metaverse concept. <strong>Mansur Yava\u015f<\/strong>, <strong>the Mayor of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality<\/strong>, confirmed the city&#8217;s participation in this test program, marking its entry into the Metaverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Announcing this on Twitter, Mayor Yava\u015f stated, &#8220;Our city, Ankara, has now joined as the fourth test city of the Open AR Cloud Association, following Los Angeles, Bari, and Helsinki<\/em><\/strong>. This association is focused on establishing standards for an open and interoperable Metaverse. Under our BLD 4.0 vision, we aim to achieve Metaverse integration and assert our presence through our initiatives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>ANKARA: THE 4TH METAVERSE TEST CITY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mansuryavas-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mansuryavas-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mansuryavas-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mansuryavas-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/mansuryavas.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ankara has become part of the group of cities participating in the Open AR Cloud Association&#8217;s test program, contributing to the advancement of open and interoperable spatial computing technologies. This initiative seeks to innovatively merge the physical and digital worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cities currently hosted on the Open AR Cloud platform are Los Angeles in the USA, Bari in Italy, Helsinki in Finland, and now Ankara in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"tr\" dir=\"ltr\">Ankara&#39;m\u0131z; Los Angeles, Bari ve Helsinki&#39;den sonra Metaverse&#39;un a\u00e7\u0131k ve birlikte kullan\u0131l\u0131r olmas\u0131 i\u00e7in standartlar geli\u015ftiren Open Ar Cloud Association&#39;un 4. test \u015fehri oldu.<br><br>BLD 4.0 vizyonumuzla Metaverse entegrasyonunu tamamlayacak, icraatlar\u0131m\u0131zla orada da olaca\u011f\u0131z. \ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Usv1CiYKcK\">pic.twitter.com\/Usv1CiYKcK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mansur Yava\u015f (@mansuryavas06) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mansuryavas06\/status\/1478773285680672768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The English translation of the tweet is below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Ankara; after Los Angeles, Bari, and Helsinki, has become the 4th test city for the Open Ar Cloud Association, which develops standards for the <strong><em>Metaverse<\/em><\/strong> to be open and interoperable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With our Municipality 4.0 (BLD 4.0) vision, we will complete the Metaverse integration, and we will be there with our actions as well. \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may also like this content<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, has recently joined the global Metaverse initiative by becoming part of the Open AR Cloud Association&#8217;s test program. This move aims to integrate Ankara into the rapidly evolving Metaverse, positioning it alongside Los Angeles, Bari, and Helsinki as the fourth test city on the Open AR Cloud platform. 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