[9] In April 2022, Improbable announced M² (pronounced “M-Squared”), a network of interoperable Web 3 metaverses based on Project Morpheus.
Somnia, developed under Improbable’s Virtual Society Foundation, aims to support large-scale metaverse applications with Ethereum compatibility.
The division had been responsible for developing large-scale real-life simulation platforms for governments, including for the US Department of Defense and the UK Ministry of Defence.
[6] Its software allowed troops to understand battlefield interactions with multiple simulated participants using real-world data on weather, geography and recent warfare.
[20][21] The firm also underpinned the Myridian initiative, a collaboration platform for modelling and simulation research, alongside the Universities of Oxford, Bristol, Leeds, Manchester, Durham and other institutions.
The initiative aimed to help governments exploit advances in computational modelling and simulation, data analytics, AI and machine learning.
NOIA acquired approximately 70 engineers and modellers, along with the associated business interests and contracts, including those with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the United Kingdom.
[24] Co-founders Herman Narula and Rob Whitehead obtained computer science degrees from Cambridge University at Girton and Robinson Colleges, respectively.
The firm's initial vision was of a product to help smaller video game development teams create massive simulations (or “virtual worlds”) at far greater scale and complexity.
Improbable partnered with Epic Games (makers of the competing Unreal Engine) to create a US$25 million assistance fund to help developers affected by the dispute, which has since been resolved.
Between 2018 and 2020 Improbable made three acquisitions, buying German cloud computing firm Zeuz, American developer Midwinter Entertainment and the UK games company The Multiplayer Guys.
In 2020, Army Technology magazine reported that Improbable had entered a global partnership with Microsoft in the defence and national security sector, with Improbable's synthetic environment platform being deployed with Microsoft's Azure application management service to assist governments with operational planning, policy design, collective training, national resilience and defence experimentation.
In January 2022, Narula emphasised the company’s pivot to metaverse applications, adding that the firm required no additional investment to become profitable.
[25] In April 2022 Improbable announced M², a separate entity set up to develop a network of interoperable Web3 metaverses based on the company’s Project Morpheus technology.
[11] Improbable has partnered with Yuga Labs, the creators of Bored Ape Yacht Club, on the development of Otherside, a gamified metaverse where users can transform their NFTs into portable characters and assets.
[27][28] In September 2023, the company announced a new venture building program aimed at creating and spinning out standalone entities focused on various markets, including entertainment, social, and enterprise.