Regarded as the world’s fashion capital, France has now set its eyes on the metaverse. The French government wants to rid itself of the dominance of international internet giants in the rapidly expanding metaverse.
On Tuesday, the French Ministry of Economy presented a consultation on Virtual Immersive Universes or Metaverses for regional citizens, organizations or associations.Â
The primary emphasis is “the dominance of international Internet giants in the metaverse.”
Emmanuel Macron’s regime in France circulated this consultation publicly until 2 May to solicit public feedback on various policy matters, such as privacy, health and environmental hazards associated with virtual worlds.
The decision was made alongside Minister Emmanuel Macron’s strategy for Europe to meet “digital sovereignty” to forge its local rival to global internet giants in the metaverse space.
After the decision to pass stricter licensing laws for crypto firms, France’s decision to build a metaverse project shows it’s commitment towards the evolving digitization.
The Ministry of Economy highlighted that virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, blockchain, 3-dimensional production equipment, and gaming engines are some technologies that will be used to create immersive virtual universes or the so-called metaverse of the future.
Once during the election campaign last year, Macron stressed the need for a European metaverse to compete with the international giants offering metaverse so far.
Therefore, the Ministry of Economy has released a questionnaire to the stakeholders such as the citizens, companies, associations and researchers to express their views and expectations to design a strategy that is best suited for everyone.
