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Metaverse standards forum incorporates

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April 27, 2023

After creation under the Khronos Group nine months ago, the Metaverse Standards Forum has become an independent industry consortium.

The group's mission is aimed at enabling, fostering and promoting cooperation and coordination regarding metaverse-related interoperability between the standards group, companies and universities, according to a press release.

In June 2022, the Forum was launched and driven by the Khronos Group and now boasts over 2,400 members and multiple active working and exploratory groups focused on driving pragmatic interoperability advances. The working group activities remain freely accessible to any member, while new paid membership tiers enable members to be elected to leadership roles in the Forum while funding Forum projects.

"Interoperability is the key to the metaverse scaling to its full potential beyond siloed games, experiences and worlds, and the unprecedented level of participation in the Forum demonstrates strong industry interest in the broad cooperation necessary to bring that vision to life," Neil Trevett, president of the Khronos Group and initial president of the Metaverse Standards Forum, said in the release. "The Forum does not itself develop standards but exists to help accelerate the mission of any industry initiative working for metaverse interoperability through fostering participation, building cooperative consensus and insights, and driving wider visibility for their efforts. We invite all interested organizations to participate in the now fully independent Forum."

The Metaverse Standards Forum launched with 37 founding members and has grown to include a diverse range of standards organizations and companies, industry consortia, platform vendors, hardware manufacturers and end-user organizations.

Membership in the Metaverse Standards Forum is open to all.