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...
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MSF a Catalyst for glTF Gaussian Splatting Extension
Open Standards, Shared Vision, Limitless Possibility
On the Brand Called You podcast, Stephen Ibaraki and Neil Trevett deep dive into Neil’s extraordinary journey through 3D graphics, GPU evolution, open standards, and the creation of the Metaverse Standards Forum—uniting global stakeholders to build an open,...
UnitedXR: The State of the Metaverse Standards Forum, Standards for AI and what about Apple? with Neil Trevett
Accessibility in the Metaverse Working Group Q2 Report
Accessibility in the Metaverse - 2025 Q2 Quarterly Report | Apr - Jun 2025 | Metaverse Standards Forum Accessibility in the Metaverse Working Group Chairs: Michael Cooper (Aihal Accessibility), Dylan Fox (XR Access), James Maki (Inclusive Reality) Executive Summary In...
Good Intentions, Real Barriers: Investigating Accessibility in XR Workflows
Author: Mrunmai Abhyankar, The University of Texas at Austin Editor Dylan Fox, Director of Operations, XR Access Executive Summary This project, conducted in collaboration with XR Access and the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF), investigates why accessibility in...
Driving Real-World Impact: Metaverse Standards Forum Launches Forum Labs Initiative for Pre- and Post-Standardization Collaboration
p-NET Welcomed as the First Forum Principal Lab The Metaverse Standards Forum is proud to announce the launch of its Forum Labs Initiative — a major new program designed to accelerate open cooperation and interoperability through grounded, high-impact Collaborative...
Taking Yourself Into the Metaverse
OMA3 expands effort to make standards for the Open Spatial Internet
Linked Spatial Experiences: The Web of Worlds
Authors: Johannes Behr, Threedy GmbH & Nicolas Polys, PHD, Virginia Tech Introduction The charter and vision for the 3D Web Interoperability Working Group at the Metaverse Standards Forum is to leverage and extend current web standards to enable the metaverse, as...