Workshop on immersive worlds on the web

[tidoust]

To explore the impact of immersive worlds, collectively known as the metaverse, on web technologies, @dontcallmedom and I are investigating a possible W3C workshop on immersive worlds on the web, tentatively scheduled in October/November 2022.

The draft Call for participation lists initial goals:

• Develop a vision for immersive worlds on the web: usages, accessibility challenges, security & privacy needs, role of browsers;
• Grow a common set of principles for immersive worlds: presence, localization, interactions, navigation mechanisms, linking capabilities, etc.;
• Identify gaps in the web platform and standardization opportunities.

The scope and potential list of topics is to be refined based on feedback from interested parties.

[himorin]

i18n would want to request to consider adding following point to topics covered in the workshop:

Internationalization:

• How to manage language negotiation when changing between immersive worlds where the user is able, or is not able to continue using the same language.
• How to integrate machine based translation system among languages especially for voice communication like VR based chat.

[tidoust]

i18n would want to request to consider adding following point to topics covered in the workshop:

Thanks! I added the topics to the draft call for participation. Truth is they haven't surfaced in discussions we've had so far on immersive worlds. If i18n has names to suggest (publicly or privately) of people who could talk about these topics and spark more discussion, we're interested!

[Yonet]

@tidoust are you interested in speakers who are browser implementors or developers who implement machine translation? I can talk about implementing machine translation with integrated mouth animation or find some one else to do it.

In terms of topics, I think we have a good selection of topics and some are bigger discussions(ex: usage) that can be devided into few. Once we have speaker proposals we can structure the topics into sub-topics. Are we planning to accept more than one speaker on a particular topic?

Also, want to make sure we are open to speakers that are not W3C members before I encourage few experts.
Thanks!

[autonome]

Hi, any update on date and location? (virtual I assume?! 😎)

Protocol Labs may be interested in participating to discuss content-addressed and p2p transports for interoperable and highly/offline available metaverse assets/content/metadata.

[Yonet]

Hi @autonome, we are planning for November but the date is not yet set. If you are interested in presenting, please see the info here: https://www.w3.org/2022/04/immersive-worlds-workshop/speakers.html.