OPENVERSE

Our role

In the OPENVERSE project, Trust-IT plays a pivotal role in two key tasks. First, under Task 2.1, Trust-IT is responsible for the Technology Watch and Taxonomy, providing an in-depth and current overview of Europe's Metaverse ecosystem through a technology radar visualisation tool and an evolving taxonomy. Second, in Task 6.3, Trust-IT leads the development of the project observatory, which will feature the OPENVERSE watch and taxonomy, a Marketplace of opportunities, a policy and project repository, and Metaverse case studies. Additionally, the observatory will showcase the OPENVERSE roadmap as an interactive web tool, offering a comprehensive view of the project's direction and impact.
 

Impact

• Increased Inclusiveness: OPENVERSE aims to create a European Metaverse that is open, transparent, and inclusive, aligning with European social and ethical values. The project focuses on ethical and legal requirements to ensure open and trustworthy participation for all users and developers.
• Job Sustainability: The project targets skills mismatches and aims to empower workers, including those at risk of social exclusion. It explores the potential of the Metaverse for corporate skills development and lifelong learning.
• Ethical Considerations: OPENVERSE contributes to ethical discussions around technological progress, particularly concerning privacy, security, and data usage in the Metaverse.
• Policy Impact: The project aims to influence policy by engaging with policymakers and providing recommendations that align with the EU Declaration of Digital Principles and Rights.
• Investment Opportunities: OPENVERSE seeks to attract investors interested in human-centred Metaverse technologies, offering them a framework for assessing potential investments.
• Community Building: By setting up and animating a community of stakeholders, OPENVERSE aims to co-create open use cases in various industrial sectors, thereby enriching the Metaverse ecosystem.
• Technological Sovereignty: The project aims to restore the technological sovereignty of EU industry in the global scenario of competition by laying the foundations for a European Metaverse.
   

Results

• The OPENVERSE Roadmap for an open and co-created Metaverse, proposing concrete strategies and recommendations for future research and policy actions in relevant EU research and policy domains as well as guidelines for all key stakeholders in formats directly usable.
• An open, human-centric Metaverse innovation portfolio for technology mapping and cross fertilisation which includes a technology watch, a project marketplace and an analysis of best practices.
• Perform technological analyses and forecasts and contribute to standards.
• Create and provide useful, real-world use cases for the Metaverse, concentrating on sector-specific applications that show stakeholder benefits and value in a measurable way.
• Analyse the ethical, legal, and socio-economic conditions and requirements of a European Open and Human-centric Metaverse concept, including: a) a foundational overview of
• current metaverse trends and their emerging potentials, b) the identification of suitable IPR and governance models based on free and open source principles, and c) the delivery of both an original demonstration case on metaverse enabled robotics as well as an exploratory study on the potential issues related to the user perspective within existing and upcoming metaverse environments.
   

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