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Welcome to the Open Metaverse Wiki

About This Wiki

This wiki is presented by the Open Metaverse Research Group, a not-for-profit group of volunteers who are active in virtual worlds and deeply interested in supporting the development of an interoperable, scalable, non-proprietary metaverse based on existing and still to be developed "grids" or whatever succeeds the grid concept of metaverse elements.

About Us

Our group is called the Open Metaverse Research Group. See our About Us page for more details.

A Preliminary Outline

This mindmap is presented as a conversation-starter. It also has been suggested as an outline for this wiki. The following sections are based on this mindmap.

Concepts

• Basic Precepts
  • OpenSource
  • Standards-based
  • Interoperable
  • Protective of Privacy
• Requirements
  • Decentralized Data
  • Standards
  • Non-proprietary
  • Data privacy
• Structure
  • Interconnected independent grids
  • Geography-based

Mechanics

• Web-based 2D
• Web3
• 3D Virtual Worlds
• VR Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs)
• Haptics
• Implants
• Named-data
• non-TCP/IP
• Identity verification
• Blockchain

TimeLine

• History
  • Inception
  • Early Attempts

• Present
  • Legacy versions
  • Fragmentation
  • Research
  • Planning

• Future
  • Plans
  • Pitfalls
  • Opportunities
    • Lamina1
    • Decentraland
    • Opensim 2.0
  • Ideas
    • Blockchain Based Asset System
      • Cryptocurrency Grid Money
      • Permanent Portable Avatar Identity Ownership
      • Transferrable Virtual Land Titles
      • Various Permissioned NFT 3d Assets
    • Modernized Versatile Avatar System
      • Improved Armature System
      • Multi-Species Morphability
      • Rigging for Other Applications (mechanisms, structures, water)
    • Expanded Scripting Engines
    • Earth-Analog Augmented Reality
    • Migrating from Flat to Spherical Grids

About the Metaverse

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Links about the Metaverse

• ChatGPT on an open, distributed metaverse

Articles

• Venture Beat interview w/Neal Stephenson
• FastCompany article about Neal Stephenson's vision
• Economist's Metaverse Summit interview with Neal Stephenson
• 1st Lamina1 Discord AMA 21 July 2022
• The Metaverse Needs an Operating System article by Metanomic CEO, Theo Priestly
• The Metaverse Needs an Operating System, Part 2
• Web3, Interoperability and the Metaverse by Jon Radoff, 22 Nov 2021
• Glossary of the Metaverse by Jon Radoff
• Next Billion Seconds podcast by Tony Parisi & Mark Pesce
  • especially see the series about "History of the Metaverse"
• Open source Metaverse project on SourceForge
• 12 Theses on the Metaverse by Patrik Schumacher
• FastCompany article on OpenSim from Jan 2022
• Metaverse Interoperability: Part 1 by Jon Radoff, 24 Jan 2022
• XR Safety Initiative Privacy and Safety Framework from XRSI.org
• UL.org Research's Deb Prince announces Metaverse Standard in development under 8400 for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality at MetaverseSafetyWeek [UL's first standard for fire doors was created in 1903 and is still in use today]
• Hypergridbusiness.com - Reports and resources on interoperability in the Metaverse

Other Organizations

• Lamina1
  • Neal Stephenson's proposed new enty to the "open metaverse", by the inventer of the term
    • "... the initial Alpha will be an API backed by existing storage providers, with a technology roadmap focused on getting more fully decentralized as an option for creators that want this." -- Michael, Lamina1CM on Discord
  • Open Metaverse Conference Feb. 2023 in Los Angeles, California
    • organized by Lamina1
• Open Metaverse Foundation
• The Metaverse Standards Forum
• Metaverse Foundation & Blockchain
• Open Metaverse Interoperability Group

Data Storage for the Open Metaverse

• Article on CoinMarketCap.com
• The Arweave project
• Arweave Wiki