MULTI-USER CROSS-DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION OF METAVERSE INSTANTIATION

A method including receiving a request to establish a multi-player session for users to enable participation in a metaverse. The method including determining whether an application generating the metaverse is installed on local devices of the users selected for participation in the metaverse by the users. The method including launching a corresponding local instance of the application when the application is installed on a corresponding local device. The method including launching a corresponding cloud instance of the application on a cloud based streaming server when the application is not installed on the corresponding local device. The method including determining that each instance of the application for the users has been launched, wherein each instance for the users is a local instance or a cloud instance. The method including enabling a start of the multi-player session when the instances of the application for the users has been launched.