Players are not Ready 101: A Tutorial on Organising Mixed-mode Events in the Metaverse

Abstract

While the academic community tries to define and experiment with the metaverse, businesses and institutions seek to build their representation in the metaverse. Many educational institutions build meta-campuses and move online classes into virtual environments beyond simple videoconferencing. This paper describes our experience building a university metaverse, highlighting the technical, human, and organisational challenges we have encountered through two major events. Considering the issue of real-time communication and scalability in the web-based metaverse, we also present an analysis of video streaming in virtual reality (VR) platforms: Meta's Workroom, Spatial, and Mozilla Hubs.