• Brussels, Berlin, Europe
25. September 2023

Kick-Off Meeting Metaverse Think-Tanks in cooperation with the Mittelstand-Digital Zentren of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection

Tuesday was the kick-off meeting of the #Metaverse Think-Tank – an initiative of the Mittelstand-Digital Zentren Deutschlandweit and the Foundation Metaverse Europe! Two discussion rounds were part of the four-hour meeting with stakeholders and experts from business and science. To start, the experts and representatives of SMEs present spoke about the potentials and areas of application of XR and AI […]

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23. July 2023

Foundation Metaverse Europe Meeting with Nicola Beer, Vice President of the European Parliament

Last week we were in Brussels to place the efforts and goals we pursue with the Foundation Metaverse Europe on a European level. To further concretize this, we met Nicola Beer, Vice President in the European Parliament, among others. We talked to her in reference to the recently published initiative of the European Commission “Web.4.0 and virtual worlds”, about our […]

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14. July 2023

Europe takes a stand on #Web4.0 and #Metaverse

On Wednesday, the European Commission presented the strategy for web4.0 and virtual worlds at a special high-level event. Roberto Viola, Director Geneal of DG CONNECT presso European Commission was a guest at the Federal Ministry of Digital and Transport online. Afterwards there was the possibility to ask questions directly to Rehana Schwinninger-Ladak , Head of the Unit “Interactive Technologies, Digital […]

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12. May 2023

The fusion of reality and AI: The metaverse of the future.

The hype around artificial intelligence is the top digitization topic this year with ChatGPT and Co. Artificial intelligence has the potential to perform many complex tasks more effectively and quickly than human workers, which can lead to higher productivity and efficiency. More and more companies and organizations are therefore trying to take advantage of this technology. Although artificial intelligence offers […]

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26. March 2023

Review of the Foundation Metaverse Europe Expert Roundtable on Web3, Crypto and Digital Ownership

On 21.3.23, our Foundation Metaverse Europe expert panel on Web3, Crypto and Digital Ownership took place at the TÜV Nord Group Representative Office in Berlin. The occasion was to highlight the current developments on our core topic of digital ownership with leading experts from the field of Web3 and Blockchain and to derive the current recommendations for action. We started […]

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8. March 2023

How should the metaverse affect society? – Foundation Metaverse Europe founder on the digitalpacemaker podcast.

In Vodafone’s new DigitalPacemaker episode, Foundation Metaverse Europe founder Maren Courage and Bundestag member Mario Brandenburg spoke with Ulrich Irnich, CIO at Vodafone Germany about how the Metaverse is expected to impact society. Episode #26 discusses the influences the Metaverse will have on our society. The guests will be Mario Brandenburg, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education […]

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27. February 2023

What will become of our shared reality in the metaverse?

With the Foundation Metaverse Europe we started to ask questions and to think ourselves into a world in which Augmented Reality or the “Augmented Metaverse”, similar to the Internet today, will be part of our everyday life in the future. The next development step after the cell phone is definitely the cool smart MR glasses, which have already been announced […]

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26. January 2023

Review first foundation meeting 2023

If we continue to discuss so well in top-class expert circles, we have a good feeling for a responsible society in the age of exponential technology growth. Cue metaverse, the tip of the iceberg in which so many of the highly exciting Technologies like XR, AI, 5/6G Blockchain will play along is not an issue we can push into the […]

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24. November 2022

Video recording: “Come with me to the Metaverse – How can we democratize Extended Digital Reality?”

At the D³ – Germany, Digital, Democratic: Online Congress on Digital Democracy 2022, more than 1,000 participants discussed all aspects of digital democratic participation with over 100 experts over two days. On Day 2, Board Member Stiftung Zukunft Berlin Isabella Hermann joined Maren Courage, Executive Director Foundation Metaverse Europe and Sebastian Weise, Konrad Adenauer Foundation to discuss the topic “Come […]

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19. November 2022

Article in the Tagesspiegel about our 1st study “Democratic values according to European understanding in the metaverse”.

While many are still not quite sure whether virtual worlds like the Metaverse will have much appeal at all, visions are already being developed for their suitability for democracy. Yesterday, Stiftung Zukunft Berlin and Foundation Metaverse Europe presented an explorative study on this topic, in which they identify political options for action. … Read more

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Review of our event: Acting with entrepreneurial confidence and strengthening Europe’s sovereignty: Recognising, forecasting, implementing.

ByOliver Autumn

On 29 May, together with the Metaverse Europe Foundation, we hosted a ground-breaking event at the CUPRA City Garage Berlin, highlighting the urgent need to act on security while keeping European sovereignty in mind. The evening began with a welcome from Christian Rücker, CEO of ARDOR SE, and Moritz Baumann, Manager of the CUPRA City Garage Berlin. Maren Courage, Director […]

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Foundation Metaverse Europe short interview with Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament and EPP Coordinator of the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI)

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Axel Voss, Member of the European Parliament and EPP coordinator of the legal affairs committee (JURI). Focus on digital policy on “What do you think is currently the most urgent task in the areas of digital sovereignty?” In order to bring the relevant ethical issues that interest us as a foundation to a wider audience, we have captured valuable views […]

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Kick-off Wertekompass “Metaverse-Bildung”

ByOliver Autumn

On 17 April 2024, we met as part of the Foundation Metaverse Europe at (and with) Deutsche Telekom in Berlin for the kick-off “Value Compass Metaverse Education”. The expert group met for four intensive hours. After we had defined the status quo, we had a stimulating discussion that ultimately led to the definition of a clear goal and the development […]

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Metaverse Policy update

ByPatrick Grady

This month’s big news was the publishing of two reports by the World Economic Forum. Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Realityand Navigating the Industrial Metaverse: A Blueprint for Future Innovations. In the EU, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre published its second report on Shaping the Next Generation of Virtual Worlds. It summarises a conference that shedded […]

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Review of the 1st Symposium of the Metaverse Europe Foundation in Brussels

ByMaren Courage

A major milestone has been reached: Our 1st Metaverse Europe Foundation Symposium in Brussels began in the MeetDistrict with a motivating keynote speech by Axel Voss, MEP and spokesperson of the Legal Affairs Committee, and two powerful impulses from Rehana Schwinninger-Ladak, Head of Unit DG Connect, European Commission and Emmie Hine, University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di […]

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Policy Corner

ByOliver Autumn

It has been a busy start to 2024 for metaverse policy enthusiasts. In the European Parliament, MEPs approved reports from two Committees. The first report, by the Internal Market & Consumer Protection Committee, focused on interoperability, connectivity infrastructure, and accessibility and introduced the notion of “avatar rights.” The second report, by the Legal Affairs Committee, focused on international, civil, and […]

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