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Press Releases and Reports
Leading Standards Organizations and Companies Unite to Drive Open Metaverse Interoperability
The Metaverse Standards Forum brings together leading standards organizations and companies for industry-wide cooperation on interoperability standards needed to build the open metaverse. The Forum will explore where the lack of interoperability is holding back metaverse deployment and how the work of Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) defining and evolving needed standards may be coordinated and accelerated.
Blog Posts
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...
Building The World Wide Webiverse
Authors: Johannes Behr, Threedy GmbH & Nicolas Polys, PHD, Virginia Tech 3D Web Interoperability Working Group Vision The Metaverse Standards Forum's mission is to foster and guide the development of interoperability standards that will drive the newly emerging...
Have Gaussian Splats Arrived in the Standardization Sweet Spot?
On Tuesday, January 22, the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF) hosted a virtual town hall to explore a pressing question: Are Gaussian Splats (GS) ready for standardization? The event drew hundreds of participants and sparked a lively debate. The conversation has since...
In the News
The metaverse puts its best foot forward
Work together. The report also emphasizes interoperability, praising the work of the Metaverse Standards Forum, which was launched in 2022 to coordinate metaverse technology development and features many of the same member organizations as the XRA.
AI to Make the Metaverse Relevant Again, CES 2024
A wave of disruptive technologies is coming that will give the metaverse a much-needed boost – AI, GPU processing and compute, XR, advanced networking, WiFi 7, 5G/6G and Web 3.0.
Metaverse EU’s Interview with Neil Trevett
Metaverse EU spoke with Neil Trevett about his experience at NVIDIA, why he set up the Metaverse Standards Forum, and the importance of standards in developing the metaverse.
Deep Dive: AOUSD Core Specification Approach and Roadmap
The Alliance for Open USD (AOUSD) released a two-year roadmap that charts the organization’s path toward becoming a global standard for interoperability of disparate data types, describing 3D scenes and environments across industries.
Unpacking the AI Policy and Governance Landscape with Legal Expert Liz Rothman
In this episode of Building the Open Metaverse Podcast, Metaverse Standards Forum Board Member, Elizabeth Rothman from XRSI, covers responsible AI development, transparency needs, generative content IP, removing training bias, and global coordination.
What’s Stopping Fortnite and Call of Duty From Using the Same Items? It’s Not Just NFTs
“There is always a dynamic tension between proprietary technologies, often controlled by larger companies, and open interoperability standards.” Trevett said, “[but] the fact that the Forum has gathered over 2,500 member organizations is testament to the intense industry interest in interoperability’s ability to build commercial opportunities for companies of all sizes.”
What’s the point of a metaverse standards register?
Immersive Wire’s Tom Ffiske speaks to Metaverse Standards Register Working Group Chair, Christine Perey, on why the Metaverse Standards Forum unveiled its register.
Meta, Microsoft, Epic and more collaborate on new metaverse open standards
Daniel Griffiths from Beyond Games explores how Meta, Epic, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Unity, Huawei, Sony and more are collaborating on metaverse tech that all companies are going to share.
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Form Alliance for OpenUSD to Drive Open Standards for 3D Content
“Metaverse Standards Forum warmly welcomes AOUSD to the community of open standard organizations. We look forward to a close cooperation with AOUSD.” Neil Trevett, President and Chair, Metaverse Standards Forum
Will the EU’s Web 4.0 Strategy ‘Lead’ Global Metaverse Efforts?
Coordination among regulators, government officials, and standards organisations like the XR Association, XR4Europe, the IEEE, and Metaverse Standards Forum will determine the success of the Metaverse.
Standards for the Metaverse Webinar
The IEC’s webinar, “Standards for the Metaverse” was conducted on June 26th. This workshop shared information about relevant ISO and IEC standards and projects that can be applied to the creation and the advancement of the Metaverse. Opportunities to participate in current work will be highlighted.
The video is now available:
Where The Metaverse Makes A Difference
Burkhard Boeckem, CTO of Hexagon AB & Forbes Councils Member discusses the potential of the metaverse to business that will be most transformative,m and why his company joined the Metaverse Standards Forum—to ensure that open standards are an incubator of innovation at this exciting time for the technology.