AWE Roundtable Discussion: Open Metaverse Browser Initiative

AWE Roundtable Discussion about the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative: Architecture, roadmap, and how to get involved in the open spatial web.
📅 June 17, 2026
🕑 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM PT
📍 Room 103B, AWE Long Beach (Developer Track)
🔗 https://www.awexr.com/usa-2026/agenda/2164-roundtable-discussions-open-metaverse-browser-init

Description
Someone will build the metaverse browser. OMBI exists to make sure it's open. The choices being made today will define what the metaverse becomes — and at AWE 2026, that work is no longer theoretical. Sneeze, the open-source metaverse browser engine, is running in the first native metaverse browser. What gets built on top of it, and who shapes what comes next, is the conversation we're having now.
Join Sean Mann (CEO, RP1) and Neil Trevett (President, Metaverse Standards Forum and Khronos Group) for an open discussion on Sneeze's architecture, the open standards roadmap, how OMBI connects with standards and tools you already use, and how to get directly involved. Come with questions. The metaverse will be built by the people who show up.

Speakers
Neil Trevett

Neil is Vice President of Developer Ecosystems at NVIDIA, empowering developers to harness GPU acceleration. As the elected President of the Khronos Group for twenty-five years, he has helped initiate many widely adopted open standards including glTF, OpenXR, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, and WebGL. Most recently, Neil initiated and serves as President of the Metaverse Standards Forum, which has grown to over 2,600 member organizations.
Sean Mann

Sean Mann, CEO of RP1, is a visionary leader with 25 years of entrepreneurial and technology expertise. In 2023, he was named 'Innovator of the Year' at the WebXR Awards, ranked as a top 20 Metaverse Industry founder by Metaverse Insider, and a featured Industry thought leader on CNBC. Sean shapes RP1's strategic direction, drawing from a diverse background in B2C and B2B sectors, including medical, consumer electronics, software technology, fitness, and wellness. His career highlights encompass business transformation, strategic partnerships, and pioneering marketing strategies. Sean and RP1 are active members of the Metaverse Standards Forum, the Open ARCloud, IEEE, The World Wide Web Consortium.

RSVP for more AWE events:
AWE Mixer & Social - https://luma.com/event/evt-q9z2Lops4QCYZHR
AWE Session: From Web Browser to Metaverse Browser - https://luma.com/event/evt-ZhCJvTXZAc9FDiI
AWE Virtual Afterparty - https://luma.com/event/evt-vrbt5zE29gBsAh3

Learn more about the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative: http://omb.wiki/

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