The three core areas of networking — bandwidth, latency, and reliability — are likely to be the least interesting Metaverse-enablers to most readers. However, their constraints and growth shape how we design Metaverse products and services, when we can use them, and what we can (and may never be able to) do.

The major themes of this shift are the metaverse and web3 movements. They are two sides of the same coin, creating a new front- and backend of the Web. Where metaverse uses new tech like extended reality and AI to create new ways of digital interaction, web3 is using blockchain and tokenization to build a more distributed data layer into the intern... See more

Yet interchange standards and tools — a broadly-defined category that includes various technical solutions, protocols, formats, and services which enable interoperability — are perhaps the most important aspect of this essay. Without them, there will be no Metaverse — only a more virtual and immersive version of today’s mobile internet and app stor... See more