To enhance interoperability, transparency, and inclusivity of the nascent Metaverse, Tampere will
require a framework, strategy and benchmarks that would inform its stakeholders on their options
including preparing citizens for nuanced interactions with vendors, commercial platforms, and
government services.
Having identified the five areas that serve as guiding principles for any future development (happiness,
health and wellbeing, governance, inclusivity, sustainability), the current report looks at the ways various
technologies could help or hinder the progress towards these goals. It makes assumptions on how these
technologies will develop short, medium and long term (until 2040) including on their convergence,
which may enhance some and make others obsolete