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FT: Reality Governance

PART I — FORESIGHT SNAPSHOT  |  FT: Reality Governance  |  Fixed Time-Stamped Synthesis


2026 FT: Reality Governance

Card Type

Future Technology Possibility

Series

Immersive Futures Guild — Vision 2035

Layer

1 — Atomic Foresight Object

Status

Active

Confidence

Medium

Workshop

Circle of Scholars — January 2026

Facilitator

Circle of Scholars Workshop Team

Tags

governance  |  regulation  |  policy  |  layer1  |  ft

Tally.so Form

https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-ft-realgov-2026


As immersive technologies become capable of mediating substantial portions of human experience — work, education, social interaction, civic life — questions of governance move from technical and corporate domains into policy and democratic processes. Reality governance refers to the emerging field of policy, regulation, and institutional frameworks that govern who controls immersive environments, what occurs within them, and who bears accountability for harms.

Key Drivers / Contributing Conditions:

  • Metaverse platform governance debates

  • Regulatory extension into virtual spaces

  • Democratic legitimacy questions about corporate control of social environments

Tensions Carried Forward to Part II:

  • Who has legitimate authority to govern persistent immersive educational environments?

  • How should democratic accountability be extended to AI-mediated immersive spaces?

Linked Scenarios / Strands: SC: Responsible AI | SCENARIO: Open Human Agency

Ways of Knowing: Tree  ·  Garden  ·  Lantern


PART II — COMMUNITY EVIDENCE & DIALOGUE TRACK  |  FT: Reality Governance  |  H2 2026 — Living


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COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION FORM  —  FT: Reality Governance

Submit case examples, methodological challenges, cultural perspectives, and proposed evidence criteria via: https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-ft-realgov-2026


Part II — Scope and Instructions

This section collects community responses, case examples, and challenges to the Part I foresight snapshot above.

It opens July 1, 2026 and undergoes synthesis review in September 2026, November 2026, and January 2027.

Contributions are submitted via the Tally.so form above and appear in the registers below after editorial review.

The Part I text is not modified in response to Part II contributions; it is versioned at the Annual Handoff review.

Contribution categories:  Case Example  |  Methodological Challenge  |  Cultural/Community Perspective  |  Proposed Evidence Criterion

Ways of Knowing accepted:  Tree (evidence)  |  Garden (practice)  |  Lantern (futures)


Tensions Open for Community Response:

  • Who has legitimate authority to govern persistent immersive educational environments?

  • How should democratic accountability be extended to AI-mediated immersive spaces?


Contributor / Date

Category

Way of Knowing

Contribution Summary

[ Awaiting contributions — form opens July 1, 2026 ]




 

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