Jababeka and WIR ASIA Agree to Develop Metaverse Technology in Morotai SEZ

WIR Group (PT WIR Asia Tbk.), a leading Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) based technology company in Southeast Asia that has obtained 5 (five) global patents for AR registered in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), is collaborating with PT Jababeka Tbk. through one of its subsidiaries, namely PT Jababeka Morotai, regarding plans to develop digital technology, especially virtual reality or metaverse in special economic zones (SEZ) Morotai – Morotai Island, North Maluku Province.

The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between PT Jababeka Morotai and PT WIR Asia Tbk. on the Development of Metaverse Technology was carried out by Basuri Tjahaja Purnama as President Director of PT Jababeka Morotai and Setiawan Mardjuki as Director of PT Jababeka Morotai with Gupta Sitorus, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of WIR Group at the Board of Directors Room, 25th floor, Batavia Tower- Central Jakarta on Monday (5/09/2022).

The plan, through this collaboration, both parties will develop the implementation of digital technology created by WIR Group as “Metaverse Indonesia” and other services to develop the potential of natural beauty and resorts in the Morotai SEZ.

Basuri Tjahaja Purnama expressed his appreciation to WIR Group for opening a cooperation space for PT Jababeka Morotai. “This MoU is quite important, because if this cooperation can be done well, this will be a breakthrough to accelerate digitalization on Morotai Island as well as our offering to the people of Morotai so that they can get to know the world of the metaverse more closely,” said Basuri.

PT Jababeka Morotai is a business entity that builds and manages the Morotai Special Economic Zone (SEZ) engaged in tourism, industry, logistics and export processing in Morotai Island Regency, North Maluku Province. Morotai SEZ has the advantages of strategic geo- and historical and nautical tourism with enchanting coastal and underwater beauty.

Gupta Sitorus explained that his party had spoken to PT Jababeka about the cooperation plan that would be carried out in the future. “WIR Group and PT Jababeka Morotai have a common vision, namely wanting to develop industrial digitalization, especially the metaverse world in the Morotai community. We hope that the signing of this MoU will be the starting point of the collaboration between WIR Group and Jababeka to jointly explore Jababeka’s business development potential in the metaverse,” said Gupta.

“It is an honor for us to receive trust from Jababeka to build their presence in the metaverse. We hope that everything resulting from this cooperation will be a positive contribution to Jababeka, both in terms of Jababeka’s image as a company and from the commercial side,” concluded Gupta.