Access Partnership is uniquely placed to understand the different components and complexities of the metaverse (interoperability, data protection, online harm, connectivity, fintech).

Our Metaverse Policy Lab provides a vendor and technology-agnostic forum where honest and insightful conversations around the metaverse can take place. We’ll help steer the tech industry to define what the metaverse is (where we are going) and help to navigate the related policy challenges (how we get there).

To encourage this exchange of ideas, we are introducing our Metaverse Dialogue Webinar Series designed to promote discussion and coordination between metaverse stakeholders. The webinar series will explore some of the challenges that the metaverse will face and build consensus on what best practice would look like.

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We can help you further with your metaverse strategies by:

  • Monitoring the evolving policy and technological developments
  • Facilitating open conversations around the metaverse, and its development path
  • Providing strategic advice and implementing advocacy campaigns to secure your interests in the metaverse
  • Engaging with policymakers, industry, associations, and individuals, to actualise the metaverse
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Report | Exploring the benefits of a future metaverse

What can we learn from current virtual reality applications? The metaverse has the potential to redefine almost every sphere of our daily lives, from healthcare and education to work, commerce, and recreation

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Report | The Metaversality Index 2022

The Metaversality Index 2022 (MVI 2022) is a scalable framework that measures the strength of a metaverse ecosystem. From platforms and people to places, payments, and purchases – the MVI 2022 provides a guide that takes a snapshot of how metaverse-compatible they are, underlining the aspects they excel in and identifying inherent limitations and areas where further improvements can be made.

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Metaverse Dialogues

Metaverse Dialogue: Reflection 2022

Metaverse Dialogue: Reflection 2022

Watch Metaverse Dialogue: Reflection 2022 Access Partnership launched the Metaverse Policy Lab (MPL) in February 2022 to merge our experience...

9 Nov 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab
Interoperability and the Future of the Metaverse

Interoperability and the Future of the Metaverse

Access Partnership’s Metaverse Policy Lab launched the fourth session of the Metaverse Dialogue Webinar Series, entitled “Interoperability and the Future...

5 Oct 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab
How do we manage multiple identities in the Metaverse?

How do we manage multiple identities in the Metaverse?

Last week, Access Partnership kicked off its third session of the Metaverse Dialogue Webinar Series – Digital Identities in the...

20 Sep 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab
Metaverse Policy Lab and France Meta Association host Metaverse Dialogue: A Metaverse Constitution?

Metaverse Policy Lab and France Meta Association host Metaverse Dialogue: A Metaverse Constitution?

Yesterday, the second session of the Metaverse Dialogue webinar series took place and focused on the role of regulations, risks...

15 Jul 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab
Access Partnership’s Fair Tech Institute and Metaverse Policy Lab host The Metaverse Dialogue

Access Partnership’s Fair Tech Institute and Metaverse Policy Lab host The Metaverse Dialogue

Watch The Metaverse Dialogue – An Exploratory Primer here. More than 120 discussants participated in the inaugural Metaverse Dialogue on...

8 Jun 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab

Opinion

Metaverse Policy Lab Newsletter 02

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...

6 Mar 2023 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Access Alert | The International Telecommunication Union Focuses on Metaverse 

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...

20 Jan 2023 Metaverse Policy Lab
Center for Data Innovation | 5 Q’s with William Webb, Chief Technology Officer at Access Partnership

Center for Data Innovation | 5 Q’s with William Webb, Chief Technology Officer at Access Partnership

This article was originally published by the Center for Data Innovation on 18 January 2023. The Center for Data Innovation...

19 Jan 2023 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Access Alert | UAE government calls to formulate advanced regulations for the metaverse

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...

13 Jan 2023 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Women in Tech Policy: Glass ceilings and sticky floors – not in the metaverse!

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:...

14 Nov 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab
Access Alert | Japanese investment in digital transformation will include Metaverse and NFTs

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...

6 Oct 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Does the Metaverse Provide an Opportunity for Meta to Redefine its Stance on Data Privacy? 

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...

18 Jul 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab
Access Alert | 2022 Digital Assembly: The Future of the Internet

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...

27 Jun 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Access Alert | Metaverse, Web3, and Gaming: Valve’s Steam Deck Allows Side-Loading

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...

23 Jun 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Access Alert | Launch of Metaverse Standards Forum

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...

22 Jun 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
Access Alert | Dubai’s virtual asset regulator enters the Metaverse

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...

6 May 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion
The importance of creating an interoperable Metaverse

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...

3 May 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Opinion

Reports

Exploring the benefits of a future metaverse: What can we learn from current virtual reality applications?

Exploring the benefits of a future metaverse: What can we learn from current virtual reality applications?

The metaverse has the potential to redefine almost every sphere of our daily lives, from healthcare and education to work,...

23 Jan 2023 Metaverse Policy Lab
The Metaverse Dialogue Series Key Takeaways 2022

The Metaverse Dialogue Series Key Takeaways 2022

In order to combine our knowledge of public policy with our experience working with future technologies, Access Partnership established the...

12 Dec 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab Reports
The Metaversality Index 2022

The Metaversality Index 2022

The metaverse has been defined as the convergence of our physical and digital lives to create a virtual community where...

15 Nov 2022 Metaverse Policy Lab

Events

Forum Opportunities and Challenges of the Metaverse in Mexico

Forum Opportunities and Challenges of the Metaverse in Mexico

Fernando Borjon, Senior Advisor for Emerging Markets, has been invited to offer his insight at Meta and Ibero Ciudad de...

1 Nov 2022 Events
Metaverse Dialogue: Reflection 2022

Metaverse Dialogue: Reflection 2022

We have had four successful metaverse dialogues where we’ve discussed a range of topics from digital identities, interoperability, the “metaversality”...

7 Oct 2022 Events
Metaverse Dialogue: A Metaverse Constitution?

Metaverse Dialogue: A Metaverse Constitution?

This event will explore what a future metaverse would look like and how policy will play a role in the...

15 Jun 2022 Events
Metaverse Dialogue: Interoperability and the Future of the Metaverse

Metaverse Dialogue: Interoperability and the Future of the Metaverse

Interoperability — that is “the ability to unify economies, avatars and systems across platforms” — is often described as one...

14 Jun 2022 Events

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