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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops (ICCSA 2023)

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The metaverse is an increasingly popular social interaction, gaming, and education platform. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the Metaverse by various commercial firms in order to promote economic transactions and the development of applications in the world of digital and virtual interaction. With the widespread adoption of the metaverse concept, there is a growing need for open standards and open-source code related to the metaverse to ensure interoperability and enable innovation. Open standards enable different systems to communicate and share data, while open-source code promotes collaboration and transparency in development. This manuscript describes the importance of open standards and open-source code for developing metaverse technologies. We discuss the benefits of open standards for interoperability and innovation and examine case studies of successful open-source metaverse projects. We also discuss challenges in implementing open standards and open source code in metaverse development, including intellectual property concerns and governance issues. The open standards and open source code are essential for the metaverse’s growth and sustainability. The developers and policymakers should prioritize these principles to ensure a the development of inclusive and open virtual environment. Our work aims to generate immersive, multiverse reality scenarios using dedicated graphics platforms for generating virtual environments.

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    https://unity.com/.

  2. 2.

    https://www.unrealengine.com.

  3. 3.

    https://www.blender.org/.

  4. 4.

    https://www.maxon.net/it/cinema-4d.

  5. 5.

    https://www.autodesk.it/products/maya/overview.

  6. 6.

    https://pixologic.com/.

  7. 7.

    https://secondlife.com/.

  8. 8.

    http://opensimulator.org.

  9. 9.

    https://github.com/.

  10. 10.

    The course has been delivered since 2000 and introduces students to the realisation of virtual worlds with Web3D, Blender and Unity technologies. Particular attention is paid to achieving high quality standards in terms of scene realism, navigation speed and effective user interaction, optimising all aspects of project development.

  11. 11.

    https://github.com/DamianoP/openMetaverse.

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    Damiano Perri, Marco Simonetti, Sergio Tasso & Osvaldo Gervasi

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Perri, D., Simonetti, M., Tasso, S., Gervasi, O. (2023). Open Metaverse with Open Software. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2023 Workshops. ICCSA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14111. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37126-4_37

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