Draft BEREC Report on Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0

Virtual worlds (VW) are meant to have a significant economic and social impact by transforming the way online content and applications are experienced by means of immersive environments. VW are part of a wider technological change: the transition towards Web 4.

This BEREC Report aims at contributing to the knowledge sharing and exchanges with relevant stakeholders and EU institutions focusing on implications to the electronic communications sector and the state of the art of network developments aimed to enable immersive technologies. It builds on previous BEREC’s work including in particular the BEREC high-level position on artificial intelligence and virtual worlds provided as a contribution to the call for inputs on competition in generative AI and Virtual Worlds issued in 2024 by the European Commission (EC).

The report is open for public consultation.