The metaverse is set to disrupt our lives – its development is not to be taken lightly.

Its construction should not be rushed by a few companies; It must be careful, calculated, thoughtful and, above all, collaborative.

This was the key takeaway from a panel discussion on technical standards and the building blocks of the metaverse at this week’s MetaBeat event.

“Whenever you’re creating something big that involves many parts of the world, it’s essential that you have good standards to build on; otherwise it will not succeed,” said Rev Lebaredian, vice president of Omniverse and simulation technology at Nvidia.

As a starting point, the Khronos Group is an open non-profit consortium that develops, publishes and maintains royalty-free…