MetaGadget: IoT Framework for Event-Triggered Integration of User-Developed Devices into Commercial Metaverse Platforms

This demonstration introduces MetaGadget, an IoT framework designed to integrate user-developed devices into commercial metaverse platforms. Synchronizing virtual reality (VR) environments with physical devices has traditionally required a constant connection to VR clients, limiting flexibility and resource efficiency. MetaGadget overcomes these limitations by configuring user-developed devices as IoT units with server capabilities, supporting communication via HTTP protocols within the commercial metaverse platform, Cluster. This approach enables event-triggered device control without the need for persistent connections from metaverse clients. Through the demonstration, users will experience event-triggered interaction between VR and physical devices, as well as real-world device control through the VR space by multiple people. Our framework is expected to reduce technical barriers to integrating VR spaces and custom devices, contribute to interoperability, and increase resource efficiency through event-triggered connections.