领先的标准组织和公司
联合驱动开放元宇宙协作
元宇宙标准论坛旨在促进元宇宙开放标准的开发并对所有组织免费开放会员资格. 创始成员包括：元创盛景VerseMaker, 0xSenses、Academy Software Foundation、Adobe、阿里巴巴、Autodesk、Avataar、Blackshark.ai、CalConnect、Cesium、Daly Realism、Disguise、Enosema Foundation、Epic Games、Express Language Foundation、华为、宜家、Jon Peddie Research , Khronos, Lamina1, Maxon, Meta, 微软, 英伟达, OpenAR Cloud, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Otoy, Perey Research and Consulting, 高通, Ribose, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Spatial Web Foundation, Unity, Wayfair, the Web3D Consortium 、the World Wide Web Consortium和 XR Association (XRA)
元宇宙标准论坛
2022/6/21
元宇宙标准论坛汇集了领先的标准组织和公司，就构建开放元宇宙所需的互操作性标准进行全行业合作。论坛将探讨缺乏互操作性阻碍了元宇宙部署的原因，以及如何协调和加速标准开发组织 (SDO) 定义和发展所需标准的工作。该论坛免费向任何组织开放，将专注于务实的、基于行动的项目，例如原型设计、编程马拉松、插拔测试大会和开源工具，以加速元宇宙标准的测试和采用，同时开发一致的术语和部署指导。
元宇宙正在推动用于协作式空间计算的各种技术的全新方式的集成和部署，例如交互式3D图形、增强和虚拟现实、全真内容创作、地理空间系统、用户内容工具、数字孪生、实时协作、物理仿真、在线经济、多人游戏等——以达到新的规模和沉浸感。
多位行业领导者表示，如果元宇宙建立在开放标准的基础上，它的潜力将得到最好的体现。以扩展的规模构建开放和包容的元宇宙将需要由标准开发组织创建的一系列开放互操作性标准支持，例如The Khronos Group、the World Wide Web Consortium、the Open Geospatial Consortium、OpenAR Cloud、Spatial Web Foundation等。元宇宙标准论坛旨在促进不同标准开发组织和公司之间基于共识的合作，以定义和调整元宇宙标准的要求和优先级——加快其可用性并减少整个行业的重复工作。
“元宇宙将汇集各种技术，需要由许多标准组织创建和维护的一系列互操作性标准保驾护航。” Khronos总裁Neil Trevett表示：“元宇宙标准论坛是标准组织和行业之间协调的独特场所，论坛的使命是促进务实和及时的标准化进程，这对于开放和包容的虚拟世界至关重要。”
该论坛由Khronos Group主办，通过简单的参与者协议（Participant Agreement）向任何公司、标准组织或大学免费开放。希望提供论坛监督或可能希望资助论坛项目的公司可以选择成为高级成员（Principal Member）。
论坛的活动将以其成员的需求和利益为导向，可能涉及不同的技术领域，如3D资产和渲染、人机界面和交互范式（如AR和VR）、用户创建的内容、化身、身份管理、隐私, 和金融交易。论坛会议预计将于2022年7月开始。有关加入的更多信息，请访问：metaverse-standards.org。
论坛创始成员声明
“元创盛景（VerseMaker）致力于成为中国研究与研发、教育与培训、大企业、创业公司和投资机构参与全球元宇宙创新合作生态的桥梁和催化剂”。元创盛景（VerseMaker）创始人袁昱博士谈到，“标准化是全球元宇宙产业发展的底层驱动力，基于标准基础上的开放合作生态是全球元宇宙产业的共同愿景，元创盛景很高兴成为元宇宙标准论坛的发起机构，共同开创全球元宇宙的未来”。
“技术和标准是元宇宙的砖块和水泥，”0xSenses助理总裁兼医疗健康与认知心理学实验室负责人王奇说。“随着人类成为元宇宙的一部分，安全、可靠、合乎伦理的互操作性尤为重要。0xSenses很高兴作为发起机构加入元宇宙标准论坛，帮助更快、更好地实现元宇宙梦想。”
“The Academy Software Foundation很高兴作为创始成员加入元宇宙标准论坛，因为由电影行业工程师开发的开源软件可以为元宇宙开发的基础，” The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) 执行董事 David Morin说 . “当谈到建立陌生的新世界并大胆地去以前没有人去过的地方时，我们一定会参与。”
“Adobe很高兴加入元宇宙标准论坛，”Adobe 副总裁兼AR院士Stefano Corazza说，”我们对为数字体验设立基础标准做贡献是有历史的，比如PDF和DNG。建立标准对于促进元宇宙中的协作以及让这个新的生态系统真正蓬勃发展至关重要。”
“阿里巴巴很高兴加入元宇宙标准论坛，该论坛鼓励在开放元宇宙的互操作性标准方面进行合作，”阿里巴巴达摩院XR实验室负责人谭平博士说。“我们期待分享我们的技术诀窍，并与全球行业领导者一起加速建设性对话，以推进元宇宙领域的新发展。”
“我们很高兴成为元宇宙标准论坛的创始成员，因为它促进了开放标准和协作，这将释放元宇宙体验的全部潜力，”Autodesk工程、媒体和娱乐副总裁Eric Bourque说。“设计和制造的未来是工业元宇宙，设计师、建筑商、制造商和内容创作者可以在其中快速做出更好、更明智的决策。”
“Avataar非常兴奋和自豪地参加元宇宙标准论坛，以实现跨元宇宙生态系统的互操作性标准，”Avataar首席执行官兼创始人Sravanth Aluru说。“我们相信需要技术产品来解决我们在使最终用户体验无缝和可扩展方面面临的挑战，我们的深度技术平台正在这条道路上。我们期待与论坛中受人尊敬的合作伙伴合作建立这些标准。”
“元宇宙最终将涵盖我们所有的活动，并通过应用程序支持它们。就像标准化一直是Web 时代开放知识共享和快速发展的重要基础一样，元宇宙也是如此。Blackshark很高兴通过参与元宇宙标准论坛为这一成功做出贡献，”Blackshark.ai首席技术官Arno Hollosi说。
CalConnect总裁Gershon Janssen表示：“CalConnect专注于创建能够实现互操作协作的标准，我们的一些关键标准，如vCard和iCalendar，如今已在数十亿台设备中使用。“CalConnect 很高兴与其他标准组织一起确保元宇宙的互操作性。”
“互联网建立在开放标准和互操作性之上，为所有参与者谋福利。随着我们进入以3D为中心的计算时代，我们必须以同样的方式构建元宇宙。我想不出比Khronos更好的组织来举办元宇宙标准论坛，以促进社区之间为元宇宙开放标准的务实合作，尤其是3D资产，这将像现在网络上的图像和视频媒体类型一样普遍。Cesium 很高兴能作为创始高级成员加入，因为我们为未来几十年的元宇宙奠定了基础，”Cesium首席执行官Patrick Cozzi说。
“disguise 很高兴加入元宇宙标准化论坛，”disguise的首席技术官Ed Plowman说。“disguise 认为，元宇宙应该是开放的、包容的和协作的，只有我们齐心协力，专注于标准、连接性和互操作性，才能实现这一点。”
“来自术语和词汇的语义洞察力是任何新方向的基础，”Enosema Foundation主席Reese Plews说。“Enosema Foundation很高兴加入元宇宙标准论坛，并根据最佳实践对核心词汇进行标准化，从而为元宇宙带来颠覆性机会。”
“我们很高兴能够帮助启动元宇宙标准论坛，这是一个由行业主导的合作项目，旨在加速互操作性标准的开发和采用。” Epic Games虚幻引擎生态系统副总裁Marc Petit表示：“我们的目标是建立一个开放的元宇宙造福人类，并建立一个有数百万创作者的繁荣、公平的生态系统。”
“元宇宙是信息表达的新前沿。作为一个支持EXPRESS语言的组织，该语言在航空航天、汽车和建筑行业取得巨大成功，我们很高兴与志同道合的标准化和商业组织合作制定标准，为虚拟世界和真实世界架设桥梁。”EXPRESS Language Foundation主席Thomas Thurman说。
华为企业战略与产业发展副总裁肖然表示：“华为很高兴加入元宇宙标准论坛，我们相信元宇宙行业和生态系统将受益于协作行动和开放标准。” “我们期待与领先的标准开发组织和行业伙伴合作，加快元宇宙的开放互操作性标准，并贡献我们的经验。”
“宜家对元宇宙标准论坛充满期待，因为我们相信使元宇宙民主化和空间计算的方式可以让许多开放标准能够很好地协同工作。” 宜家营销与传播公司的创新经理Martin Enthed表示：“我们希望这个论坛能够成为标准开发组织和行业之间进行协调的地方，宜家可以利用我们行业的用例和经验做出贡献。”
“我们很自豪能成为这个至关重要的新论坛的创始成员，该论坛就元宇宙将成为和可以成为什么样的想法、方向和定义进行讨论。” Jon Peddie Research总裁Jon Peddie博士说：“基础元素已经开发了一段时间，现在互操作性和互连性是可能的。Khronos将帮助确保它是开放的、顺利实施的，并像他们在其他领域一样利用行业的集体思想。
“Lamina1致力于为所有人打造一个开放的元宇宙——不受任何人控制，没有进入壁垒，各行各业的创作者都可以在这里取得成功并茁壮成长。” Lamina1首席战略官Tony Parisi表示：“我们很高兴与行业领导者合作，定义可互操作的标准和基础设施，为全球范围内的社区、通信和商业提供实时3D服务。”
“Maxon很高兴成为元宇宙标准论坛的初始成员。我们希望建立一个协作、艺术家驱动、包容性的基础，以支持互操作性标准的实施和采用。”Maxon首席执行官David McGavran表示：”我们将标准化视为创造力、增长、创新和无限可能性的鼓舞人心的新生态系统的催化剂。”
“为每个人构建一个元宇宙需要全行业关注通用标准。Meta致力于通过元宇宙标准论坛推动这一目标的实现。“Meta公司Metaverse副总裁Vishal Shah表示。
“英伟达将元宇宙理解为互联网的演变——从当今的2D网络视图到沉浸式3D空间叠加。” 英伟达Omniverse与仿真技术副总裁Rev Lebaredian表示：“要让元宇宙成功和无处不在，它必须建立在开放标准之上，就像今天的2D网络一样——我们加入元宇宙标准论坛将帮助社区迎来一个协作和开放3D标准的新时代，这将形成元宇宙的基础。”
“Open AR Cloud Association (OARC) 将元宇宙标准论坛视为加速跨行业协作急需的实用方法。我们认为，现实世界元宇宙或空间网络需要促进开放标准、互操作性、隐私和安全性的技术。自2018年以来，OARC的使命一直是倡导、建立共识并为此做出贡献。我们很高兴为元宇宙标准论坛提供全力支持，”OARC常务董事Jan-Erik Vinje说。
“Open Geospatial Consortium很高兴与我们的合作伙伴组织一起加入元宇宙标准论坛，” Open Geospatial Consortium主席Nadine Almeh说。“作为跨标准开发组织和产业合作的一部分，我们期待提供我们联盟在地理空间和定位领域的专业知识，以确保新兴的元宇宙尽可能关联和开放。”
“随着我们进入空间计算和全息混合现实的新时代，OTOY 很高兴能为元宇宙标准论坛做出贡献。“OTOY Inc.首席执行官兼创始人Jules Urbach表示：与领先的标准开发组织合作开发的开放标准将提供一个构建开放元宇宙的框架，它有可能重塑我们的沟通方式，改变我们的创意经济，并为基于高级3D可视化的新产业提供动力。我们期待在元宇宙标准论坛上与行业领导者合作，贡献我们在3D图形和区块链云计算前沿的经验。”
“作为生态系统关键技术的元宇宙推动者和提供者，高通相信采用开放平台方法和可互操作的元宇宙发展方向。“高通副总裁兼XR总经理Hugo Swart表示：”我们很高兴能够加入元宇宙标准论坛，帮助定义元宇宙标准，在健康的生态系统中蓬勃发展，并帮助创作者开拓创新体验，引领下一代沉浸式技术。”
“一个开放且可互操作的元宇宙可以不受歧视地惠及所有人。作为SMART标准的先驱，Ribose 一直是国际、国家和行业标准化机构在开发和部署机器可读标准方面值得信赖的合作伙伴：从ISO到ITU，从BSI到NIST，从CalConnect到OGC，”Ronald Tse，Ribose的创始人说。“我们很高兴能与其他标准机构和制造商一起创建对跨元宇宙互操作性至关重要的标准和技术。”
“The Spatial Web Foundation很高兴能加入元宇宙标准论坛，与世界领先的标准组织合作，以加速元宇宙应用程序和更广泛的空间网络所需的关键互操作性标准开发，”The Spatial Web Foundation执行董事Gabriel Rene说。
“Unity致力于帮助客户解决当今在创建和分享电影、游戏、广告和数字孪生体验所需的丰富内容方面面临的挑战。“Unity专业艺术高级副总裁 Allan Poore表示：“我们期待与元宇宙标准论坛合作将通用场景描述格式扩展为未来丰富互操作性的跨行业工具和工作流程。”
“Wayfair的使命是帮助人们创造家的感觉，无论是在物理空间还是虚拟空间，我们很自豪能成为元宇宙标准论坛的创始成员。”Wayfair研发总监兼创始主席，Khronos 3D商务工作组的成员Shrenik Sadalgi说。“与其他参与成员一起，我们很高兴能够在这些新标准的创建中发挥领导作用，并帮助绘制通往真正开放的元宇宙的道路。”
“元宇宙标准论坛提供了一个独特的机会来实现安全、协作（可互操作）、持久和普遍的混合现实内容，”Web3D Consortium主席Nicholas Polys博士说。“Web3D Consortium成员带来了几十年前对3D图形互操作性和WWW生态系统标准化的研究；与ISO-IEC可扩展 3D (X3D)第4版的集成将带来快速的成功，从而催化新的价值，并为元宇宙创建者和参与者提供关键保证。”
“The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)正在加入元宇宙标准论坛，以加快与其他标准组织和元宇宙利益相关者的协调，为元宇宙构建一个可互操作的平台，其中W3C的沉浸式Web愿景将发挥关键作用，”W3C沉浸式网络策略师Dominique Haza?l-Massieux说。
“XR Association很高兴成为XR标准框架设计合作的一部分，”XRA研究和最佳实践副总裁Stephanie Montgomery说。“我们的使命是负责任地开发和推进XR。通过元宇宙标准论坛，我们将为通用协议、互操作性和共同理解做出贡献，从而负责任地提高技术效率，并将XR 技术推向新的令人兴奋的水平。”
关于元宇宙标准论坛
元宇宙标准论坛将公司和标准组织聚集在一起，以促进对元宇宙互操作性标准的要求和优先级的一致性，并通过务实的、基于行动的项目加速其开发和部署。免费向任何组织开放，创始成员包括元创盛景VerseMaker 、0xSenses、Academy Software Foundation、Adobe、阿里巴巴、Autodesk、Avataar、Blackshark.ai、CalConnect、Cesium、Daly Realism、Disguise、Enosema Foundation、Epic Games、Express Language Foundation、 华为、宜家、JonPeddie Research、Khronos、Lamina1、Maxon、Meta、微软、英伟达、OpenAR Cloud、the Open Geospatial Consortium、Otoy、Perey Research and Consulting、高通、Ribose、Sony Interactive Entertainment、Spatial Web Foundation、Unity、Wayfair、Web3D Consortium、the World Wide Web Consortium和 XR Association。在metaverse-standards.org了解更多信息。
英文原文
June 21st, 2022– Announced today, 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. Open to any organization at no cost, the Forum will focus on pragmatic, action-based projects such as implementation prototyping, hackathons, plugfests, and open-source tooling to accelerate the testing and adoption of metaverse standards, while also developing consistent terminology and deployment guidelines.
The metaverse is motivating the novel integration and deployment of diverse technologies for collaborative spatial computing, such as interactive 3D graphics, augmented and virtual reality, photorealistic content authoring, geospatial systems, end-user content tooling, digital twins, real-time collaboration, physical simulation, online economies, multi-user gaming, and more – at new levels of scale and immersiveness.
Multiple industry leaders have stated that the potential of the metaverse will be best realized if it is built on a foundation of open standards. Building an open and inclusive metaverse at pervasive scale will demand a constellation of open interoperability standards created by SDOs such as The Khronos Group, the World Wide Web Consortium, the Open Geospatial Consortium, the Open AR Cloud, the Spatial Web Foundation, and many others. The Metaverse Standards Forum aims to foster consensus-based cooperation between diverse SDOs and companies to define and align requirements and priorities for metaverse standards—accelerating their availability and reducing duplication of effort across the industry.
"The metaverse will bring together diverse technologies, requiring a constellation of interoperability standards, created and maintained by many standards organizations,” said Neil Trevett, Khronos president. "The Metaverse Standards Forum is a unique venue for coordination between standards organizations and industry, with a mission to foster the pragmatic and timely standardization that will be essential to an open and inclusive metaverse."
Hosted by the Khronos Group, the Forum is open to any company, standards organization, or university at no charge through a simple click-through Participant Agreement. Companies that wish to provide Forum oversight, and may wish to fund Forum projects, can choose to become a Principal member.
The activities of the Forum will be directed by the needs and interests of its members and may involve diverse technology domains such as 3D assets and rendering, human interface and interaction paradigms such as AR and VR, user created content, avatars, identity management, privacy, and financial transactions. Forum meetings are expected to start in July 2022. More information on joining can be found at metaverse-standards.org.
Forum Founding Members Statements of Support
"Technology and standards are the bricks and cement of the metaverse," said Qi Wang, assistant president and head of healthcare and cognitive psychology lab at 0xSenses. "Safe, reliable, and ethical interoperability is especially important as humans become part of the metaverse. 0xSenses is thrilled to join the Metaverse Standards Forum as a founding principal to help make the metaverse dreams come true faster and better."
“The Academy Software Foundation is pleased to join the Metaverse Standard Forum as a Founding member, because open source software developed by motion picture industry engineers can contribute building blocks for the Metaverse," said David Morin, executive director of Academy Software Foundation (ASWF). “When it comes to building strange new worlds and boldly go where no one has gone before, count us in.”
"Adobe is excited to join the Metaverse Standards Forum,” said Stefano Corazza, vice president and fellow of AR at Adobe. “It is in our history to contribute to the industry by defining foundational standards for digital experiences, as we did with PDF and DNG. Establishing standards is essential to foster collaboration in the Metaverse, and to allow this new ecosystem to truly flourish."
“Alibaba is pleased to join The Metaverse Standards Forum which encourages collaboration on interoperability standards of the open metaverse,” said Dr Tan Ping, head of XR Lab, Alibaba DAMO Academy. “We look forward to sharing our technology knowhow and joining global industry leaders to accelerate constructive dialogues to advance new initiatives in the metaverse space.”
“We are thrilled to be a founding member of the Metaverse Standards Forum as it fosters open standards and collaboration that will unlock the full potential of metaverse experiences,” said Eric Bourque, vice president of Engineering, Media & Entertainment, Autodesk. “The future of design and make is the industrial metaverse where designers, builders, manufacturers and content creators can make better, more informed decisions quickly.”
“Avataar is extremely excited and proud to be taking part in The Metaverse Standards forum to bring about interoperability standards across metaverse ecosystems,” said Sravanth Aluru, CEO & founder of Avataar. “We believe there is a need for technical products to solve the challenges we face in making the end user experience seamless & scalable and our deep-tech platform is on that path. We look forward to collaborating with the esteemed partners in the forum to build these standards.”
“The metaverse will ultimately encompass all our activities and support them with applications. Just like standardization has been an important foundation for open knowledge sharing and rapid development in the Web age, the same is true for the Metaverse. Blackshark is pleased to contribute to this success by participating in the Metaverse Standards Forum,” said Arno Hollosi, CTO at Blackshark.ai.
"CalConnect focuses on creating standards that enable interoperable collaboration, with some of our key standards like vCard and iCalendar in use across billions of devices today”, said Gershon Janssen, president of CalConnect. “CalConnect is delighted to join fellow standards organizations in ensuring the interoperability of the Metaverse.”
“The Internet is built on open standards and interoperability for the benefit of all participants. As we move into the era of 3D-centric computing, we must build the metaverse in the same manner. I can’t think of a better home than Khronos to host the Metaverse Standards Forum to facilitate pragmatic collaboration among the community for open standards for the metaverse, especially for 3D assets, which will become as pervasive as image and video media types on the web today. Cesium is thrilled to join as a Founding Principal as we lay the foundations for the metaverse for decades to come,” said Patrick Cozzi, CEO at Cesium.
“disguise is excited to join the Metaverse Standardization Forum,'' said Ed Plowman, CTO of disguise. “disguise believes that the Metaverse should be open, inclusive and collaborative and that can only be achieved if we get together and focus on standards, connectivity and interoperability.”
"Semantic insights from terminologies and vocabularies serve as the basis for any new initiative," said Reese Plews, president of the Enosema Foundation. "The Enosema Foundation is excited to join the Metaverse Standards Forum and standardize core vocabularies based on best practices that enable disruptive opportunities in the metaverse."
"We are thrilled to help launch the Metaverse Standards Forum, a collaborative industry-led effort founded to accelerate the development and adoption of interoperability standards," said Marc Petit, vice president of Unreal Engine ecosystem at Epic Games. "Our goal is to build an open metaverse that enriches humanity and is home to a thriving, fair ecosystem with millions of creators."
"The Metaverse is the new frontier for the expression of information. As an organization supporting the EXPRESS language used to great success in the aerospace, automotive and construction industries, we are excited to work with like-minded standardization and commercial organizations in setting standards to bridge the physical and the virtual worlds,” said Thomas Thurman, president of the EXPRESS Language Foundation.
“Huawei is very glad to join the Metaverse Standards Forum as we believe that the metaverse industry and ecosystem will benefit from the collaborative actions and open standards,” said Xiao Ran, vice president of Huawei's Corporate Strategy and Industry Development. “We look forward to cooperating with the leading SDO’s and industry partners to accelerate the open interoperability standards for metaverse and contribute our experiences.”
“IKEA is looking forward to this Metaverse Standards Forum as we believe that the way to democratize metaverse and spatial computing is to have many open standards that work well together,” says Martin Enthed, innovation manager at IKEA Marketing & Communication AB. “This forum we hope will be a place where that coordination could happen between SDO’s, industry, and where IKEA can contribute with the use cases and experiences from our industry.”
“We are proud to be a founding member of this vitally important new forum for ideas, clarifications, direction and definition of what the Metaverse will be and can be,” said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research. “The foundational elements have been in development for some time and now the interoperability and interconnectivity is possible. Khronos will help ensure it is open, smoothly implemented, and takes advantage of the collective minds of the industry just as they have in other areas.”
“Lamina1 is committed to an open Metaverse for all— controlled by no one, with no barriers to entry, and where creators from all walks of life can succeed and thrive,” said Tony Parisi, chief strategy officer at Lamina1. “We are excited to work in collaboration with industry leaders to define the interoperable standards and infrastructure that empower real-time 3D for community, communication and commerce on a global scale.”
“Maxon is pleased to be an initial member of the Metaverse Standards Forum. We believe strongly in cultivating a collaborative, artist-driven, inclusive foundation to bolster the implementation and adoption of interoperability standards," said David McGavran, CEO of Maxon. “We see standardization as a catalyst for creativity, growth, innovation and unlimited possibility for this inspiring new ecosystem.”
“Building a metaverse for everyone will require an industry-wide focus on common standards. The Metaverse Standards Forum can drive the collaboration that’s needed to make this possible, and Meta is committed to this work. Creators, developers and companies will all benefit from the technologies and experiences that will be made possible by common protocols,” said Vishal Shah, vice president of Metaverse at Meta.
“NVIDIA understands the metaverse as an evolution of the Internet — from today’s 2D view of the web to an immersive 3D spatial overlay,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president, Omniverse & Simulation Technology at NVIDIA. “For the metaverse to be successful and ubiquitous, it must be built on open standards, just like today’s 2D web — and our joining the Metaverse Standards Forum will help the community usher in a new era of collaborative and open 3D standards that will form the foundation of the metaverse.”
“The Open AR Cloud Association (OARC) sees the Metaverse Standards Forum as a much needed practical approach to accelerate coordination across industries and initiatives. We believe technologies which promote open standards, interoperability, privacy, and security are needed for a real-world Metaverse or Spatial Web. Since 2018 OARC’s mission has been to advocate for, build consensus for, and contribute to such efforts. We are happy to offer our full support for the Metaverse Standards Forum,” said Jan-Erik Vinje, managing director of OARC.
“OGC is very pleased to join the Metaverse Standards Forum with our partner organizations,” said Nadine Almeh, Open Geospatial Consortium president. “We look forward to providing our consortium's collective expertise in the geospatial and location fields as part of these partnerships across Standards Development Organizations, industry, and more to ensure the emerging metaverse is as relevant and as open as possible.”
“As we enter a new era of spatial computing and holographic mixed reality, OTOY is thrilled to contribute to the Metaverse Standards Forum," said Jules Urbach, CEO and founder of OTOY Inc. "Open standards developed in collaboration with the leading SDO will provide a framework for building an open metaverse that has the potential to reshape how we communicate, transform our creative economy, and power new industries built on advanced 3D visualization. We are looking forward to collaborating with industry leaders in the Metaverse Standards Forum, contributing our experiences at the forefront of 3D graphics and blockchain cloud computing."
“As a metaverse enabler and provider of key technology to the ecosystem, Qualcomm Technologies believes in taking an open platform approach and interoperable metaverse,” said Hugo Swart, vice president and general manager of XR, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We are thrilled to join the Metaverse Standards Forum to help define standards for the metaverse to flourish with a healthy ecosystem, and help creators pioneer innovative experiences that will lead the next generation of immersive technology.”
“An open and interoperable Metaverse benefits all without discrimination. As a pioneer of SMART standards, Ribose has been a trusted partner of international, national and industry standardization bodies in their development and deployment of machine-readable standards: from ISO to ITU, BSI to NIST, CalConnect to OGC,” said Ronald Tse, founder of Ribose. “We are excited to join fellow standards bodies and makers in creating standards and technologies critical to interoperability across the Metaverse.”
“The Spatial Web Foundation is excited to join the Metaverse Standards Forum to collaborate with the world’s leading standards organizations to accelerate the critical interoperability standards needed for metaverse applications and across the broader Spatial Web,” said Gabriel Rene, Spatial Web Foundation executive director.
“Unity is committed to helping solve challenges customers face today for creating and sharing the rich content needed for film, gaming, advertising and digital twin experiences,” said Allan Poore, SVP of professional artistry at Unity, “We look forward to partnering with the Metaverse Standards Forum to extend USD as the future for rich interoperability across tools and workflows in the industry.”
"VerseMaker is committed to becoming a bridge and catalyst for China's research and development, education and training, large enterprises, start-up companies, and investment institutions to participate in the global metaverse innovation and cooperation ecosystem," said Dr. Yu Yuan, co-founder of VerseMaker. "Standardization is the underlying driving force for the development of the global metaverse industry. An open and cooperative ecosystem based on standards is the common vision of the global metaverse industry. We are thrilled to be a founding principal of the Metaverse Standards Forum and jointly create the future of the global metaverse industry."
“Wayfair, with our mission to help people create their feeling of home, whether in physical or virtual spaces, is proud to be a founding member of the Metaverse Standards Forum,” said Shrenik Sadalgi, director of research and development at Wayfair & founding chair of the Khronos 3D Commerce Working Group. “Together with the other participating members we are excited to take on a leadership role in the creation of these new standards and help chart the path forward to a truly open metaverse.”
“The Metaverse Standards Forum provides a unique opportunity to achieve secure, collaborative (interoperable), durable, and pervasive Mixed-Reality content,” said Nicholas Polys Ph.D., president of the Web3D Consortium. “The Web3D Consortium members bring decades of prior research into 3D graphics interoperability and WWW ecosystem standardizations; integration with ISO-IEC Extensible 3D (X3D) Version 4 will bring quick wins that catalyze new value and provide crucial assurances for Metaverse creators and participants.”
“The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is joining the Metaverse Standards Forum to accelerate the coordination with other standards organizations and metaverse stakeholders in building an interoperable platform for the metaverse, in which W3C's Immersive Web vision is set to play a critical role,” said Dominique Haza?l-Massieux, W3C immersive web strategist.
“XR Association is pleased to be part of this prestigious collaborative effort to design the XR standards framework,” said Stephanie Montgomery, vice president of Research and Best Practices at XRA. “Our mission is the responsible development and advancement of XR. Through the Metaverse Standards Forum we will contribute to common protocols, interoperability and shared understanding, thereby responsibly improving technological efficiencies and advancing XR technology to new levels of delight.”
About the Metaverse Standards Forum
The Metaverse Standards Forum brings together companies and standards organizations to foster alignment on requirements and priorities for metaverse interoperability standards, and accelerate their development and deployment through pragmatic, action-based projects. Open to any organization at no cost, founding members include 0xSenses, Academy Software Foundation, Adobe, Alibaba, Autodesk, Avataar, Blackshark.ai, CalConnect, Cesium, Daly Realism, Disguise, the Enosema Foundation, Epic Games, the Express Language Foundation, Huawei, IKEA, JonPeddie Research, Khronos, Lamina1, Maxon, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAR Cloud, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Otoy, Perey Research and Consulting, Qualcomm Technologies, Ribose, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Spatial Web Foundation, Unity, VerseMaker, Wayfair, the Web3D Consortium, the World Wide Web Consortium, and the XR Association. Learn more at metaverse-standards.org, and follow the Metaverse Standards Forum on Twitter @metaverse_forum.
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