On the 3rd of January 2023 MPAI has posted the MPAI Metaverse Model (MMM) calling for comments and contributions until the 23rd of January. The MMM is a proposal for a method to develop Metaverse standards. It is based on an experience honed during decades of digital media standardisation that seeks to accommodate the extreme heterogeneity of industries all needing a common technology complemented by industry specificities.
You can see the recording of the online presentation and the PowerPoint file:
| YouTube | Non-YouTube | The MPAI Metaverse Model WD0.5 |
The MMM is not just a proposal of a method. It also includes a roadmap and implements the first steps of it. The steps of the roadmap are not intended to be
The table below indicates the steps. Steps 1 to 4 are ongoing and included in the MMM. Step 5 has started.
| # | Step | Content |
| 1 | Terms and Definitions | A set of interconnected and consistent set of terms and definitions. |
| 2 | Assumptions | A set of assumptions guiding the development of metaverse standards, starting from:
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| 3 | Use Cases | A set of 18 use cases with workflows used to develop metaverse functionalities. |
| 4 | External Services | Potentially used by a metaverse instance to develop metaverse functionalities. |
| 5 | Functional Profiles | Develop profiles that reference functionalities included in the MMM, not technologies. |
| 6 | Metaverse Architecture | Develop a metaverse architecture with functional blocks and data exchanged between blocks. |
| 7 | Functional Requirements of Data Format | Develop functional requirements of the data formats exchanged between blocks. |
| 8 | CMS Table of Contents | Identify and organise all technologies required to support the MMM functionalities. |
| 9 | MPAI standards | Enter MPAI standards relevant to the metaverse into the CMS Table of Contents. |
