An example from the past: How standards helped technologies achieve breakthroughs
When the MP3 format was standardized at the end of the 1990s, it fundamentally changed the music industry. Suddenly, audio files could be played, shared, and saved across platforms — without loss of quality or compatibility issues. The situation was similar with JPEG for images or PDF for documents: Uniform standards made these technologies suitable for the mass market.
Today, the 3D industry is facing a similar challenge. More and more companies need realistic digital images of physical objects and spaces — whether for virtual showrooms, digital twins or AR applications. But without uniform standards, various formats compete and thus increase integration costs.
The Metaverse Standards Forum: Common Rules for Interoperable 3D Worlds
This is exactly where that goes Metaverse Standards Forum on. The initiative brings leading technology companies such as NVIDIA, meta And the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft just like SaaS software providers such as Obsphera together to develop open standards for immersive 3D applications. The goal: an interoperable infrastructure in which 3D content can be used seamlessly between different platforms.
For OVRLAY, which specializes in high-precision 3D reconstructions with its SaaS solution Obsphera, membership in this forum is not a symbolic step, but a strategic advantage. Because through cooperation with the partners involved, current findings and future standards flow directly into development.
How Obsphera benefits from this expertise
Obsphera uses Gaussian Splatting, a method based on Radiance Fields, to generate photorealistic 3D models from simple photos or videos. The highlight: The technology is not only cheaper than classic laser scanning, but also provides physically correct results — a basic requirement for industrial applications.
By participating in the Metaverse Standards Forum, the OVRLAY team can ensure that these models are compatible with upcoming 3D standards right from the start. For companies that use Obsphera, this means:
- Future security: The 3D reconstructions created can be easily integrated into various systems — whether in CAD software, VR environments or metaverse platforms.
- scalability: Standardised formats reduce post-processing costs and enable automated further processing.
- cost efficiency: Interoperable solutions eliminate the need for expensive individual adjustments.
Standards as a basis for the next level of 3D digitization
The history of digitization shows that technologies can only truly have a broad-based impact through common standards. That moment has now arrived for the 3D industry. Companies that invest in digital twins or immersive applications today should therefore not only pay attention to the quality of the models, but also to whether they are based on standardized formats.
With Obsphera, OVRLAY comes in right here — and uses the expertise of the Metaverse Standards Forum to offer companies a solution that is not only high-quality, but also sustainable.
