Emerging TechnologyVRProtocolShower Thoughts
Avoiding the Blue-Bubble: Why VR Collaboration Needs an Open Protocol
TL;DR
- VR collaboration that only works on one vendor’s headset and app repeats the messaging industry’s walled-garden mistake
- The fix is a protocol, not another app: an RCS-for-VR that any engine, runtime or headset can speak
- The building blocks already exist: OpenXR, glTF/OpenUSD, WebRTC data channels, Matrix-style federation and MPEG-I Scene Description
- VRCSP sketch: federated discovery, encrypted real-time state over WebRTC, CRDT scene edits, and org-managed identity and keys
- Vendors should compete on UX, standards bodies converge on a minimal testable spec, and enterprises demand interop in RFPs
5 min readRichard Pruitt