Background

Metaverse is facing an unprecedented opportunity for explosive and disruptive growth.

Our observations include: 

• AI will help boost the development of Metaverse on both the supply and demand sides.
• Metaverse will also help boost the development of AI.
• Metaverse is the next stage of Digitalization.
• Metaverse is the next biggest thing.
• Metaverse will also play an important and constructive role in addressing sustainability challenges.

Metaverse Acceleration and Sustainability Association (MASA) will be essential to the global metaverse community as a leading platform for metaverse-related collaborations and collective efforts such as open and responsible metaverse development toward a bright future where metaverse is adequately advanced, equitably accessible, and globally embraced for the benefit of humanity. 

The mission of the Metaverse Acceleration and Sustainability Association (MASA) is to undertake activities to accelerate the development of metaverse-related technologies, ecosystems and markets across the world, and to do so in a sustainable manner, supporting sustainable development goals.

Our workstreams include but are not limited to:

• Landscape, Outlook, and Roadmaps
• Open Standards, Conformity Assessment and Certification
• Open-Source Reference Implementations and Pilot Applications
• Digital Assets Pool and Exchange
• Innovation-Driving Competitions and Rankings
• Advocacy and Lobbying for Broad Acceptance and Adoption
• Coordination for Responsible Development: Safety, Privacy, Ethics, Inclusion, and Sustainability
• Metaverse Commercialization, Capitalization, and Monetization