E125 - Will AR glasses kickstart the metaverse? Sean Mann about the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative

Spatial Realities (english) · Mar 26, 2026 · 1h 31m

Thomas Riedel

Thomas Bedenk

Sean Mann

Just one day after RP1 and the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF) announced the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative, Meta announced the discontinuation of the VR version of Meta Horizon Worlds. What might look like bad timing from a PR perspective actually confirmed that these two partners were on the right track. RP1 and MSF are leading an initiative to develop a browser tailored for the upcoming wave of Augmented Reality glasses.

A new narrative has emerged: a metaverse driven primarily by AR glasses.

For years, Meta dominated the XR industry with an…