According to Decrypt, one of the unique selling points of the Web3 metaverse has always been the idea of interoperability; that users can port their NFTs between metaverse platforms. But to date, interoperability between metaverse platforms has been very limited.

That could be set to change, with Bored Ape Yacht Club founder Greg Solano, aka Garga, telling Decrypt, “We’re going to be publishing our object standards as they become available; some are coming very soon, and others will be coming over the course of the next year.” Those object standards will, Solano said, be “open standards that anyone can adopt, and can build on top of.”

The idea is that a designer can create a 3D character model for BAYC’s Otherside metaverse and, “just as easily take it to another metaverse.” And vice versa (or metaverse-a).

Bored Ape Yacht Club owner Yuga Labs, the company behind the Otherside metaverse, wants to build a “truly interoperable” metaverse; one that “is going to allow for you to be able to play as whatever character it is that you are,” Yuga Labs CEO Nicole Muniz told Decrypt. “Maybe you're an ape. Maybe you’re not; maybe you’re not a Yuga property, that’s okay.”

The goal is ultimately to create an open world in which, “everyone is able to have a shared fun experience,” she added.