Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Access Partnership contributes to Agile Nations’ policy paper on the Responsible Metaverse Self-Governance Framework
As part of the Agile Nations Metaverse Working Group under the UAE Ministry of Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, & Remote...
How can we foster innovation in the Industrial Metaverse?
Exploring strategies and best practices for driving innovation in the emerging Industrial Metaverse. On 25 April 2023, Access Partnership and...
Should the metaverse be built on a centralised or decentralised platform?
The Battle for Freedom and Control in the Future of Virtual Reality On 6 April, Access Partnership hosted a webinar...
Metaverse Policy Lab Newsletter 02
Welcome to our Metaverse Policy Lab Newsletter! Our newsletter aims to provide a summary of important metaverse policy developments and...
Access Alert | The International Telecommunication Union Focuses on Metaverse
The International Telecommunication Union’s Standardization Sector (ITU-T) has established a new Focus Group that will take the first steps towards...
Access Alert | UAE government calls to formulate advanced regulations for the metaverse
Following the launch of the Dubai Metaverse Strategy at the Dubai Metaverse Assembly, the UAE government is formulating draft regulations...
Women in Tech Policy: Glass ceilings and sticky floors – not in the metaverse!
To view a recording of the webinar, please click here. Earlier this week, Access Partnership hosted “Women in Tech Policy:...
Access Alert | Japanese investment in digital transformation will include Metaverse and NFTs
The Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, announced this week that the country will promote efforts to expand the use...
Does the Metaverse Provide an Opportunity for Meta to Redefine its Stance on Data Privacy?
In our previous article entitled “The importance of creating an interoperable Metaverse,” Lydia Dettling discussed how much data Metaverse platforms...
Access Alert | 2022 Digital Assembly: The Future of the Internet
Last week the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union held the 2022 Digital Assembly. Among the topics...
Access Alert | Metaverse, Web3, and Gaming: Valve’s Steam Deck Allows Side-Loading
One of the newest entries to the game console offerings available is Valve’s Steam Deck, introduced in Feb 2022. Joining...
Access Alert | Launch of Metaverse Standards Forum
Yesterday the Metaverse Standards Forum was launched. As we discussed previously in our article titled “How can we protect those...
Access Alert | Dubai’s virtual asset regulator enters the Metaverse
On 3 May, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive...
The importance of creating an interoperable Metaverse
In our previous post Metaverse: Back to First Principles, Crispian Wong explored South Korea’s pioneering ‘Metaverse strategy’ and identified three...
Metaverse – Back to First Principles
The purpose of the Metaverse is to create an immersive space for interactions which were previously either only physical or...