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Virtual Reality website and Metaverse Community Group

This group is to start a discussion on how to level up our current world wide web to 3d and virtual reality.

Group's public email, repo and wiki activity over time

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Technologies to be investigated for VR and multiverse viability

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Second Draft of Technologies to be investigated for VR and metaverse viability published by Virtual Reality website and Metaverse Community Group

On 2016-01-07 the Virtual Reality website and Metaverse Community Group published the first draft of the following specification (updated April 2021):

Participants contribute material to this specification under the W3C Community Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

If you have any questions, please contact the group on their public list: public-vrwebmetaverse@w3.org. Learn more about the Virtual Reality website and Metaverse Community Group.

Call for Participation in Virtual Reality website and Metaverse Community Group

The Virtual Reality website and Metaverse Community Group has been launched:


This group is to start a discussion on how to level up our current world wide web to 3d and virtual reality.


In order to join the group, you will need a W3C account. Please note, however, that W3C Membership is not required to join a Community Group.

This is a community initiative. This group was originally proposed on 2015-10-19 by jia hen Tee. The following people supported its creation: jia hen Tee, Matt Perry, Lex Van Cooten, chengyan zhang, Piotr Goetzen. W3C’s hosting of this group does not imply endorsement of the activities.

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