The Open Metaverse Foundation is part of the Linux Foundation.
The Open Metaverse Foundation is part of the Linux Foundation.
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Linux Foundation launches Open Metaverse Foundation to move the metaverse to reality

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The nonprofit Linux Foundation has established the Open Metaverse Foundation (OMF) to create the open-source software and standards for an open metaverse.

The goal is to provide a collaboration space for diverse industries to work on developing open-source software and standards for an inclusive, global, vendor-neutral and scalable metaverse, said Royal O’Brien, executive director of the OMF, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.