The Rise of Metaverse and Interoperability with Split-Protocol

The concept of the metaverse dates to 1992; however, the popularity of this concept has gained increased attention in 2021 following the announcement by Mark Zuckerberg to rebrand Facebook as Meta. The topic of the metaverse is not new but an attractive topic that is gaining increased insight from researchers. This research focuses on a broader evaluation of the metaverse and its key elements and features of the metaverse. Even though metaverse is expected as a promising platform for information exchange and communication among internet users, it has several shortcomings such as requiring high-performance client terminals and a long response time in some cases. We address issues by introducing an interoperable Split- protocol with role changeover ability for resiliency and high availability of metaverse systems. The paper highlights key security and privacy threats, as well as the critical challenges in security defenses and privacy preservation under the distributed metaverse architecture.