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Executive briefing on the metaverse

ITU-T Focus Group on metaverse (FG-MV)

The Focus Group on metaverse has been established under the ITU-T Telecommunication
Standardization Advisory Group (TSAG) in December 2022.
FG-MV provides an international collaboration platform for dialogue and aims to develop
a roadmap for setting technical standards to make metaverse services and applications
interoperable, enable a high-quality user experience, ensure security, and protect
personal data.
FG-MV analyses the technical requirements of the metaverse in order to identify funda-
mental enabling technologies in areas from multimedia and network optimization to
digital currencies, the Internet of Things, digital twins, and environmental sustainability.
To facilitate the discussion and collaboration, nine working groups have been established
under the focus group:
− Working Group 1 – General
− Working Group 2 – Applications & Services
− Working Group 3 – Architecture & Infrastructure
− Working Group 4 – Virtual/Real World Integration
− Working Group 5 – Interoperability
− Working Group 6 – Security, Data & Personally Identifiable Information (PII) Protection
− Working Group 7 – Economic, Regulatory & Competition Aspects
− Working Group 8 – Sustainability, Accessibility & Inclusion
− Working Group 9 – Collaboration
The focus group is coordinating with governments, industry and academia, and collabo-
rating with other standards development organizations, as well the UN family, to establish
an agreed foundation for open, inclusive and interoperable metaverse standards, which
will ensure that the metaverse contributes to sustainable digital transformation for the
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