The non-profit Linux Foundation has established the Open Metaverse Foundation (OMF) to create the open source software and standards for an open metaverse.

The goal is to provide a collaborative space for various industries to work on the development of open source software and standards for an inclusive, global, vendor-agnostic and scalable metaverse, Royal O’Brien, chief executive of OMF, said in an interview. with GamesBeat.

Many thought-leading organizations and open source communities have come together as founding members to support the effort to bring this vision to life.

These include Cloud Native Computing Foundation, Futurewei, GenXP, Hyperledger Foundation,…