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https:\/\/github.com\/M3-org\/awesome-metaverse<\/a><\/p>\n

Awesome Metaverse<\/p>\n

List of awesome projects and information resources about the\u00a0Metaverse. Since there are many competing ideas about what the Metaverse is, feel free to leave feedback in the form of pull requests, issues, and comments. You can also reach us through\u00a0discord.<\/p>\n

WebXR
\n\u2022\tWebXR Explainer\u00a0– What is WebXR and what are the use-cases?
\n\u2022\tAwesome WebVR\u00a0– Curated list of awesome WebVR packages and resources
\n\u2022\tExokit\u00a0– WebXR meta-browsers, engines, avatar systems, and more
\n\u25e6\tExokit overview\u00a0– Unofficial overview of the Exokit toolkit
\n\u25e6\tExokit Web\u00a0– The web metaverse engine
\n\u25e6\tExokit Web 2\u00a0– Make the API simpler and easier to understand
\n\u2022\tWebaverse\u00a0– Make spatial web objects you own using open standards<\/p>\n

Social VR
\nOpen Source<\/p>\n

\u2022\tJanus Guide\u00a0– JanusXR is an open source 3D browser and visual editor
\n\u2022\tJanusWeb\u00a0– Web framework for building interconnected virtual reality experiences
\n\u2022\tHubs\u00a0– Multi-user virtual spaces in WebXR, made by Mozilla
\n\u2022\tSpoke\u00a0– Easily create custom 3D environments
\n\u2022\tThree.js editor\u00a0– Web editor for\u00a0three.js
\n\u2022\tBabylonjs editor\u00a0– Web editor for\u00a0babylon.js
\n\u2022\tHigh Fidelity\u00a0– Open source VR software platform (Deprecated)
\n\u2022\tVircadia\u00a0– Community maintained fork of High Fidelity
\n\u2022\tTivoli Cloud\u00a0– Open source fork of High Fidelity
\n\u2022\tDecentraland\u00a0– A blockchain-based virtual world
\n\u2022\tWebaverse\u00a0– A universe of 3D apps that work everywhere
\n\u2022\tXR3ngine\u00a0– Open source framework for building scalable realtime social apps<\/p>\n

Non-free
\n\u2022\tCryptovoxels\u00a0– Virtual world owned by its users
\n\u2022\tSomnium Space\u00a0– Persistent blockchain based virtual world
\n\u2022\tNeosVR\u00a0– Engine designed to accelerate the development of social VR applications
\n\u2022\tVRChat\u00a0– Biggest social VR platform with UGC of worlds and avatars
\n\u2022\tRoblox\u00a0– Massive online multiplayer UGC gaming platform
\n\u2022\tOmniverse\u00a0– Real-time simulation and collaboration platform for 3D production pipelines<\/p>\n

Avatar Providers
\n\u2022\tReady Player Me\u00a0– Cross-game Avatar Platform for the Metaverse
\n\u2022\tVRoid Hub\u00a0– Platform for uploading humanoid VRM avatars
\n\u2022\tCryptoavatars\u00a0– Unique VRM avatars on the Ethereum blockchain<\/p>\n

Protocols and Standards
\n\u2022\tDat\u00a0– a peer-to-peer protocol
\n\u2022\tIPFS\u00a0– a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol
\n\u2022\tglTF\u00a0– Runtime 3D asset delivery
\n\u2022\tVRM\u00a0– File format for 3D humanoid avatars
\n\u2022\tEthereum\u00a0– Decentralized world computer
\n\u2022\tWebXR\u00a0– Accessing VR\/AR hardware on the web
\n\u2022\tOpen Metaverse Interoperability\u00a0– Protocols for interoperable virtual worlds<\/p>\n

Books
\nSci-Fi
\n\u2022\tNeuromancer\u00a0– (80s) Defined the Cyberpunk genre and the term Cyberspace
\n\u2022\tSnow Crash\u00a0– (90s) Coined the term Metaverse as a successor to the Internet
\n\u2022\tReady Player One\u00a0– (2011) Hit book that later became a Spielberg movie
\n\u2022\tReady Player Two\u00a0– (2020) Sequel to Ready Player One
\n\u2022\tRainbows End\u00a0– (2006) Increasingly digital\/virtual world with ubiquitous computing
\n\u2022\tIdoru\u00a0– Virtual celebrities and decentralized virtual worlds, Book #2 in Bridge Trilogy
\nNon-fiction
\n\u2022\tThe Spatial Web\u00a0– How web 3.0 will connect humans, machines and AI to transform the world<\/p>\n

Articles and Blogs<\/p>\n

\u2022\tThe Metaverse Primer\u00a0– 9 Part series from Matthew Ball
\n\u2022\tMatthew Ball \u2013 The Future of Media: Movies, the Metaverse, and More\u00a0– Investor field guide to the Metaverse
\n\u2022\tThe Metaverse by Matthew Ball\u00a0– What It Is, Where to Find it, Who Will Build It, and Fortnite
\n\u2022\tA Primer on the Metaverse\u00a0– Venturebeat article on the next iteration of the Internet
\n\u2022\tParts List for the Metaverse\u00a0– List by Philip Rosedale
\n\u2022\tThe Metaverse Explained\u00a0– Loup Ventures take on the Metaverse in 4 parts
\n\u2022\tMetaversing\u00a0– Exploring issues related to the Metaverse and design choices and challenges
\n\u2022\tMakers Guide to the Metaverse\u00a0– 2015 article on 5 principles to build into the Metaverse
\n\u2022\tMetaverse Lab\u00a0– Experiments with VR\/AR, Neural Networks, and 3D Internet
\n\u2022\tPUDDLES to OASIS\u00a0– Wired article on connecting disparate virtual worlds
\n\u2022\tA Multiverse, not the metaverse\u00a0– 5 Part series on Multiversing by Techcrunch
\n\u2022\tThe library inside Minecraft and our future in the Metaverse\u00a0– The Uncensored Library
\n\u2022\tRoblox believes user-generated content will bring us the Metaverse\u00a0– Roblox wants players to build the metaverse
\n\u2022\tBalaji Srinivasan on Building a \u201cPseudonymous Economy\u201d\u00a0– Pseudonymity is already the norm in virtual worlds
\n\u2022\tThe Economy of the Metaverse\u00a0– Interview with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney
\n\u2022\tMark Zuckerberg Metaverse Interview\u00a0– Zuck on Facebook becoming ‘a Metaverse Company’
\n\u2022\tThe Metaverse is Everything\u00a0– Article by Doug Thompson on why we’re talking about the Metaverse now<\/p>\n

Crypto<\/p>\n

\u2022\tInto the Void: Where Crypto Meets The Metaverse\u00a0– Piers Kicks article on blockchain based underpinnings for an open Metaverse
\n\u2022\tThe Open Metaverse OS\u00a0– Exploration & framework for how web3 innovations converge with The Metaverse
\n\u2022\tLarping Ethereum\u00a0– Look into NFT Value from Interoperable Utility
\n\u2022\tInteroperability in the Blockchain Gaming World\u00a0– Ideas about connecting blockchain based virtual worlds
\n\u2022\tThe Virtual Economy\u00a0– Stunning wbesite presentation about the intersection of crypto and virtual worlds
\n\u2022\tZima Red\u00a0– NFTs, Virtual Worlds, Blockchain Games
\n\u2022\tNFT Canon\u00a0– Go-to resource curated by a16z about NFTs
\n\u2022\tThe Great Online Game\u00a0– Blog post about the multiplayer meta game of the Internet<\/p>\n

White Papers<\/p>\n

\u2022\tSomnium Space Economy
\n\u2022\tThe Sandbox Game Whitepaper
\n\u2022\tDecentraland Whitepaper
\n\u2022\tWebaverse Whitepaper<\/p>\n

Links<\/p>\n

\u2022\tM3-org Research\u00a0– Open research conducted by builders and makers of the Metaverse
\n\u2022\turn-namespaces\u00a0– A common identifier for assets across the metaverse
\n\u2022\tAnarchy Arcade\u00a0– Advanced 3D desktop and shortcut launcher built on Source engine
\n\u25e6\tMetaShortcutFormat\u00a0– Spec to dynamically generate rich presence representations for generic shortcuts
\n\u2022\tEmergent web metaverse\u00a0– Looking at the web’s past to catalyze conditions for the future Metaverse
\n\u2022\tHubs Master Plan\u00a0– Hubs \/ Spoke plans for the emerging web Metaverse
\n\u2022\tMetaverse Standards Overview (2014)\u00a0– From the IEEE Virtual World Standard Working Group
\n\u2022\tTim Sweeney at SIGGRAPH 2019\u00a0– Foundational Principles & Technologies for the Metaverse
\n\u2022\tSolipsis\u00a0– Toward a Peer-to-Peer Shared Virtual Reality
\n\u25e6\tSolipsis Presentation\u00a0– Slideshow version
\n\u2022\t3D Virtual Worlds and the Metaverse\u00a0– Current Status and Future Possibilities
\n\u2022\tMetaverse Reading List\u00a0– Topics for informed metaverse discussion by TrevorFSmith
\n\u2022\txrdevlog.com\u00a0– Metaverse interoperability projects and experiments<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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