These are some of the projects our members are involved in. While we cannot endorse these or guarantee that they align to our values, we would like to shine a light on them. They are listed in no particular order.
If you would like to be included here, please ping us at #omi-general on discord with 1) the project name, 2) a link to more info, 3) a short description and 4) who to contact. Optionally, you can also add 5) your ask - what do you need help with?
The Virtual Worlds Museum is about connectedness of the public sector for events, and allowing portals across the open metaverse. Ultimately, it will track WebXR world hops and the emergence of Web3 worlds, while preserving the history of this evolving technology.
https://www.virtualworlds.museum/
XR resources - add yours!
crowdfunder live
contact: Keyframe
Solipsist Stage is a fully integrated platform for managing digital twins.
Capture, augment and share your spaces with tools you already know.
Learn more at https://solipsist.studio
Solipsist Stage Demo (Youtube)
contact: Jeff Sipko, @SoloSolipsist
MusicScene promotes local music with stories and conversations featuring local musicians and venues as vital contributing members of local communities.
Now developing XR experiences for music, events, and education.
https://musicscene.com/
Contact: @MTV969
Kim specializes in System of Systems (SoS) Integration applied to ultra-large scale concepts like the Metaverse and Smart Cities. He is passionate about getting systems that were not developed to be integrated, to work together. Kim has also published an assortment of articles relevant to the metaverse: https://kim.nevelsteen.com/#publications
contact: @knev
Kim developed an IPSME technique that allows for an interoperable architecture for the aggregation/integration of disparate data sources. This significantly reduces re-engineering costs for each integration and when upgrading systems. IPSME describes a software architecture that is dynamic so that resources can be added and removed from the system without downtime.
https://ipsme.dev/ipsme/0.1/index.html
Bringing in physical world data into augmented worlds in order to build a pervasive game augmented with reality. This has wider implications for the metaverse and digital twins, to facilitate grassroots decision-making for managing our resources.
no website yet, personal blog: indiebio.co.za
Contact: @indiebio
https://www.magickml.com/
contact: @mrmetaverse
These are organisations our members are part of, so that counts as some sort of validation.
XRGuild is currently ~500 professionals worldwide with some local meetups, mentorship programs, building a guild hall and library and providing ethical design principles for the industry.
Limited time: you are welcome to join for FREE before we start with paid memberships
XRGUILD.org
contact in OMI: evo and keyframe
Several working groups
Contact: evo, Roderick (see OMA3 below), jin
"OMA3™ is a collaboration of Web3 metaverse platform creators. Our goal is to ensure virtual land, digital assets, ideas, and services are highly interoperable between platforms and transparent to all communities. OMA3™ is open to all Web3 metaverse builders."
https://www.oma3.org/participation
https://metaverse-standards.org/news/blog/metaverse-standards-forum-enters-liaison-agreement-with-oma3/
contact: Roderick.
OMA3 have specific working groups, have calls for proposals. Meeting reports are public, can access through MSF, can register (for free)
contact: evo for below groups:
https://www.w3.org/immersive-web/
https://www.w3.org/TR/xaur/
Accessiblity user req also useful here
XRWomen as well
https://www.thevrara.com/events
Have local meetups
contact in OMI: evo, keyframe
has talked to us about OMI