The technology giants set up the meta universe standard forum to open up or build a besieged city?

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（ The original title ：Meta, Microsoft and Other Tech Giants Say They Want an Open Metaverse—Should We Believe Them?）

Meta And others 34 Technology companies signed a commitment this week , Committed to creating an open and interoperable meta universe , But the mainstream voice in the field of encryption is not convinced .

Last Tuesday ,35 Technology companies , These include Meta（ Formerly known as Facebook）、 Microsoft 、 Alibaba and Sony announced that they have become founding members of an organization that calls itself the meta universe Standards Forum .

Established objectives of the Forum ： Promote coordination and cooperation among hundreds of companies , These related companies are now scrambling to create a still nascent meta universe ： One passes 3D A collection of virtual image navigation digital space and immersive world , This is considered by many to be the future of the Internet .

These technology giants claim that they have joined forces to set standards , To create an open and inclusive meta universe . But they are Web3 Peers in the world , Those who believe that the metauniverse should be built on openness 、 People on blockchain networks that do not require a license say they have reason to be skeptical .

“ I think we should always remain skeptical ,”Meebits DAO The general manager Danny Greene tell Decrypt.“ in the final analysis , We are fighting for a decentralized future , These companies are now vested interests in the Internet .”

The forum announced that their goal was to create an open virtual meta universe that could not be controlled by a single company , The key is interoperability . Many people think of the metauniverse as a constellation composed of many digital communities , Each community is built by a different company , To make these digital communities easy to traverse , Need a variety of digital assets free from a community 、 Interoperable delivery to another community .

Achieving interoperability will be a technical challenge , But it is also a political and economic feat .

Critics of large technology companies worry that , Big companies involved in metauniverse have different views on it ： image Meta Such companies will have their digital markets , And key data and analysis , Firmly in your own hands , In a more isolated digital environment , Not a borderless community .Sky Mavis Co founder and growth director Jeff The builders of the metauniverse will Facebook renamed Meta This event is called the first shot in the future war of the Internet .

Despite skepticism , but Greene Also expressed some cautious optimism to the meta universe Standards Forum , If Meta And these other listed companies sincerely commit to industry wide cooperation in interoperability standards .

Greene say ：" For those who have money 、 Talent and influence , For large companies that can really promote the concept of meta universe , Sign a commitment to interoperability , I am very excited about the news itself .”

However , Others expressed their mockery more clearly .Animoca Brands Founder and executive chairman of Yat Siu Zeng Jiang Meta Our meta cosmic ambition is called digital colonialism .

In giving Decrypt In an email from , He regards the metacosmic Standards Forum as “ A paper tiger ”, And compare it to the League of Nations .

Siu The main criticism of the agreement is , Companies involved in standard setting are unlikely to actually adopt a structure that does not require a license , In this structure , Ownership of assets is not regulated by the company , All data is publicly stored on the blockchain .“ This is a very difficult thing for these companies ,” Siu say .“ Web2 Companies rely on their exclusive access to data .”

Siu Think , image Meta The business model of such a company is fundamentally decentralized 、 The open concept of the metauniverse is incompatible , In this concept , Users' data and their digital assets exist independently of any company .“ An open metauniverse allows unlicensed access , I don't think the vast majority of these companies will allow this at first ,”Siu say .

“permissionless（ No license ）” The word Web3 Popular among the advocates of the primordial open meta universe , But there is no such thing as .

The Sandbox COO and co-founder of Sebastien Borget tell Decrypt, Before the establishment of the Forum , He has never been contacted or consulted by relevant personnel , The forum has never been contacted Siu and Greene.Siu Pointed out that , In the Forum 35 Of the founding members ,Web3 And blockchain native enterprises are obviously missing .

The founding statement of the forum pointed out that , Any organization is welcome to join them . Committed to building an open meta universe Web3 Whether the original company can witness the forum to achieve its so-called mission of open cooperation , Or maybe the forum is just to establish a meta cosmic standard in line with its interests , It still takes time to verify .

（ Editor's note ： This article is an overseas translation , Just to share ideas , Does not constitute any investment proposal .）

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