About

The Virtual Worlds Museum's vision is to enrich knowledge, ignite interest, and provide information to those who seek to learn more about immersive worlds. This is accomplished by preserving the history of virtual worlds, clarifying terminologies through interactive Exhibits, and creating programs about immersive ecosystems.
As a proponent of upstanding XR practices, the digital museum also promotes ethical technological innovation and community building. The Virtual Worlds Museum serves as a hub for exploration of the ever-evolving virtual world landscape through various websites, immersive exhibits, Discord channels, and platform partnerships. 

The digital museum is a community space where people of all ages can find and explore the vastness of virtual worlds through our Exhibits, Hubs, and XR Resources page. See our latest news in our blog, learn about our team, media partners, and view our FAQs.

BACKGROUND: After Director Julian Reyes spoke at AWE XR 2023 on Mapping Immersive Worlds, he noticed there wasn’t any community space to learn about these immersive technologies in depth. As a longtime curator of art, events, XR experiences, and electronic music, he was inspired to co-create the Virtual Worlds Museum, alongside longtime friends, volunteers, advisors, and XR professionals.

Combined with our commitment to ethics and community-building, our mission is to educate, preserve the history of these technologies, and bring like-minded organizations together. Our vision is to collaborate on a grand scale: we want to invite developers, platforms, standards organizations, companies, and our community to help us curate and build this collective project.

Terminology

The “Metaverse” has been a term since 1992. The concept eventually became mislabeled, overused, and misconstrued.

We strive to help bring clarity amidst the variances and confusion around this nomenclature and technology. We feel that virtual worlds are the "seeds of the Metaverse" and our exploration and research seeks to track its evolution through our exhibits, programs, and XR resources.

Our vision

To collaborate on a grand scale

We want to invite developers, platforms, standards organizations, companies, and our community to help us curate and build this collective project.

COMMUNITY DIGITAL MUSEUM CREATED WITH THE SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS
Together, we can shape the future of Interoperability by helping the tech industry understand the importance of virtual worlds
      
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