  We propose a new higher-dimensional mechanism to localize scalar fields as
well as fermionic and gauge fields. The underlying theory is a six-dimensional
non-commutative field theory where non-commutativity is allowed along two extra
infinite spatial dimensions and the four-dimensional brane is provided by a
scalar soliton living in the non-commutative space. Making use of the powerful
correspondence between non-commutative coordinates and operators on a single
particle Hilbert space, we show that the non-commutative brane world admits
localized chiral fermions and it ensures the localization of massless gauge
fields. It may also give rise to a variety of different low-energy spectra
since the localized zero mode may come along either with a discrete tower of
degenerate heavy states or with a tower of Kaluza-Klein heavy states, or it may
even be the only state in the low-energy spectrum.
