The Linux Foundation wants to set up its own open source metaverse
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The Linux Foundation has announced plans to build an open-source metaverse that it says “could be as impactful as the World Wide Web” as long as companies, developers and founders come together to achieve shared goals.
The aptly named Open Metaverse Foundation (opens in new tab) (OMF) is divided into a series of groups, which it calls Foundational Interest Groups, designed to focus on different topics. They include transactions, virtual worlds and simulations, networking, security and privacy, and legal and policy.
A host of organizations and open source communities have banded together to form the foundation, including ChainHub Foundation, OpenSDV, and Veriken, each contributing their own wealth of knowledge.
“We are still in the early days of the vision for an open Metaverse, and we recognize that many open source communities and foundations are working on essential pieces of this iterative puzzle,” OMF Director Royal O’Brien said in a statement. Announcement (opens in new tab).
As preparations begin for the foundations of an open-source metaverse, it’s clear that cooperation and collaboration is what we need to ensure security and stability in an online world that remains largely unknown to this day. O’Brien continues in a blog post (opens in new tab):
“Through the Foundation, we will collaborate to discuss, locate and create the building blocks to turn the emerging concept of the Metaverse into a reality – comprising digital assets, simulations, transactions, artificial intelligence, networking, security, privacy and Legal Affairs. considerations.”
In addition, the Linux Foundation is designed as a neutral environment for developers to share code and collaborate on innovative ideas, and has an extensive catalog of projects designed to harmonize technology, including the recently announced OpenWallet Foundation designed to challenge the (lack of) interoperability between digital wallets.