Browsing by Author "Havele, Anita"

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    Building 3D Web Interoperability for the Metaverse
    Havele, Anita; Polys, Nicholas F.; Behr, Johannes (ACM, 2023-10-09)
    This workshop brings together participants from around the world with the goal of building a strong foundation for an open, interoperable Metaverse using the Web and the Web Standards ecosystem. The workshop will focus on four main topics: 1) The variety of relevant Standards and technology roles in the Metaverse stack, 2) the role of the 3D Web Interoperability Working Group, which has recently been chartered in the Metaverse Standards Forum, 3) scoping what the Metaverse IS NOT, and 4) how Use Cases and Scenarios can help clarify what the Metaverse IS. In this emerging space, perspectives and tradeoffs abound; we hope this workshop will push our understanding and terminology forward and also provide the community with an actionable set of common (yet extensible) referents and goals.
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    The Keys to an Open, Interoperable Metaverse
    Havele, Anita; Brutzman, Donald; Benman, William; Polys, Nicholas F. (ACM, 2022-11-02)
    The term ‘Metaverse’ has taken on new interest recently, appearing prominently in the marketing materials of a number of large technology companies. Indeed, many have attempted, or are attempting, to co-opt it for their own purposes, which has resulted in a great deal of confusion among producers and consumers in the marketplace. With this paper, theWeb3D Consortium seeks to address this confusion by exploring the history of the ‘Metaverse’, provide a workable definition of the term ‘Metaverse’, and provide a vision for its sustainable, cooperative construction into the future.We believe that all the technologies are in place to fulfill the vision of an open, equitable, and ubiquitous information space. What remains are the key issues that have kept the Metaverse from manifesting the last two decades: poor user experience and poor corporate cooperation.