Jeffrey Phillips
Forbes Features Sneeze in AWE 2026 Recap
OMBI Finalist for Most Ethical Product Auggie Award
At this year's Augmented World Expo (AWE 2026), OMBI had the honor of being nominated for the most ethical product Auggie Award. Being recognized in the Most Ethical Product category reflects OMBI's core mission: that the foundational decisions shaping spatial...
Metaverse Standards Forum Introduces Sneeze, the World’s First Open Metaverse Browser Engine
Beaverton, OR — June 15, 2026 — The Open Metaverse Browser Initiative (OMBI), created by the Metaverse Standards Forum™ in collaboration with RP1, today introduced Sneeze, the first open metaverse browser engine (MBE). Available immediately as open source under the...
Open Metaverse Academic Alliance (OMAA)
Announcing the Web of Worlds Whitepaper: A Concrete Path to the Open Metaverse
The 3D Web Interoperability Working Group of the Metaverse Standards Forum is proud to announce the release of the Web of Worlds (WoW) whitepaper. This document outlines a practical, open framework for an interoperable metaverse built directly on the proven principles...
Introducing Sneeze: The Browser Engine for Spatial Computing
The Open Metaverse Browser Initiative, under the Metaverse Standards Forum built a metaverse browser engine. Sneeze is a new browser engine built for the metaverse. Architected by RP1, Sneeze is hosted at the Metaverse Standards Forum, and developed alongside the open...
Metaverse Standards Forum and RP1 Create the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative – Join Us in Building the Next Open Ecosystem
As AI-enabled AR glasses and VR headsets go mainstream, there is an urgent need to evolve today's web infrastructure to deliver spatial services to these next-generation devices. The race is on to establish the open standards required to make this transition possible...
3D Assets
The metaverse can be understood as a persistent, interconnected digital ecosystem where people interact with content and each other through three dimensional experiences. Unlike traditional digital media, which is dominated by flat screens, 2D interfaces, and pixel...