Metaverse Standards Forum

Next week, on April 2nd, Alexey Panteleev will be the 3D Asset Interoperability Working Group's education session speaker. Alexey will share how to bring neural texture compression to glTF. All members are welcome to join! Not a member, join us: https://lnkd.in/gzFsAFf9 #glTF, The Khronos Group, NVIDIA

Join us this Wednesday!

In partnership with OMA3, we are kicking off a new Metaverse Speaker Series, and we’re holding them in virtual 3D environments! Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussions, explore exhibit halls, and hear from industry leaders. We will also be testing ideas and infrastructure that both OMA3 and MSF are working on.  The first event of the OMA3 MSF Connect Series will be held next week on March 26, 2025 at 8am PDT.  The panelists are Robby Yung, CEO, Animoca Brands, and Sebastian Oddo, VP Global Digital Marketing, Innovation Mastercard. They will discuss the intersection of the Metaverse and Web3. The platform is provided by MSF member, UBU.  Apply to attend here: https://lnkd.in/dUgES4MM Given capacity constraints, participation will be limited to 150 attendees.  Preference will be given to paid MSF and OMA3 members.  For future events, we invite members to showcase their innovations.  If you’ve built something in the past two years that advances the open metaverse, we welcome you to speak or exhibit at one of these events.

The Polys - Immersive Awards 5th Annual Celebration is this Sunday, hosted by Julie Smithson with Presenters: Amy Peck, Neil Trevett, Micaela Mantegna, Paige Dansinger, Bobby Carlton, Carolina Cruz-Neira, Xiaoyu Hou, Chris Pfaff, Alvin Wang Graylin, Andy Fidel, Cindy Mallory, Robin White Owen and Red Carpet Interviews by Sophia Moshasha Directed by Robin Moulder, Click on the link in the comments for info on how to watch the stream, and join our watch parties in the Metaverse A few of our nominees Azad Balabanian, Carlos J. Ochoa, Cause XR (Austin Caine), Christi XR Fenison, Marion Burger, Samantha Vargas, Adam Filandr, Thomas Richter-Trummer, Lisa Maria Egger, Mauricio González Martínez, Felix Zhang, Jimmy Vainstein, Keram Malicki Sanchez, James Baicoianu, Ben Cross, Felix Herbst, Katja Rempel, 30 Ninjas Dark Slope Ariane Fikki, Helen Lundström Erwin, Beth York, Elena Piech, Julian Reyes Haseeb Musa

This Wednesday, Antonio González Viegas will visit the 3D Asset Interoperability Working Group to talk about Fragments, an open-source format for construction 3D models. All members are welcome to join us! Not a member? Join us! https://lnkd.in/gzFsAFf9

Have Gaussian splats arrived in the standardization sweet spot? In this blog, we review the Gaussian Splats Town Hall and ask the question if now is the right time for standardization. Come join the discussion! https://lnkd.in/gjcaqNqG

The Interoperable Characters/Avatars Working Group is hosting the first-ever roundtable at the Metaverse Standards Forum, bringing together all avatar-related Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs). This is a unique opportunity to gain insights into how each SDO is approaching avatars. The event is open to all members—check the comments below for details on how to become a member!

If you missed the Special SDO session on Avatar Standards around communication, catch up with recording and see the description for more links and information: https://lnkd.in/gqpj5wNB

Join us this Wednesday for Gaussian Splats Town Hall - Part 2! We’ll explore the latest advancements in Gaussian splat technology, including new tools for capturing, visualizing, editing, and compressing data. We’ll also examine the growing concerns about fragmentation and what steps can be taken to foster collaboration toward a standardized approach. Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gdpmEppZ

Join us for the next town hall on gaussian splats and the potential for open standards on Wednesday, March 5, 9:30am PT emceed by Alexey Medvedev and I, and hosted virtually by the Metaverse Standards Forum. We're planning to go deeper on use cases; end-to-end workflows; and various tradeoffs to help zoom in on potential common ground for open standards. We're honored to have speakers including: - Azad Balabanian from Niantic - Jason Sobotka & Renaud Keriven from Cesium / Bentley Systems - Nemanja Bartolovic & Ashish Singh from Meta Register for this free virtual event open to all here: https://lnkd.in/ebqCGdfu If you missed the first version of this town hall or would like to relive it - over 450 attendees and 16 presenting organizations joined to jumpstart this important open standards conversation, check out the recording: https://lnkd.in/ey8aG4DP And slides: https://lnkd.in/envzpvQE