As the metaverse continues to grow and promises to change the way we work and play, who’s in charge of making sure it’s functional and accessible to everyone? This was one of the topics discussed last week on MetaBeat.

Policymakers and regulation will play a key role in increasing accessibility through interoperability and greater ease of use. However, MetaBeat panelists argued that short- and medium-term success will depend on commercial incentives in a session titled “Getting It Right: Why Open Conversation Between the Tech Community and Policymakers Is Critical to Building a Friendlier Metaverse and Functional from the start. ”

According to the panel, which featured Moritz Baier-Lentz, a founding member of the Metaverse Initiative at the World Economic…