Top tech firms including Google and Facebook’s Oculus created a non-profit organisation for international headset manufacturers to promote the growth of virtual reality (VR).

Acer Starbreeze, HTC Vive, Samsung and Sony Interactive Entertainment are also on board for the Global Virtual Reality Association (GVRA), which plans to “develop and share best practices for industry and foster dialogue between public and private stakeholders around the world.”

It wants to promote “responsible development and adoption” of VR globally. Association’s members will conduct research and bring the international VR sector together as the technology progresses.

GVRA will also serve as a resource for consumers and policymakers.

In a statement, the association said it believes “VR has the potential to be the next great computing platform” and wants to “work to unlock and maximise VR’s potential and ensure those gains are shared as broadly around the world as possible.”

All players in the organisation are already very much involved in VR. Sony’s PlayStation VR headset recently launched, while Google has Cardboard and Daydream View.

HTC recently launched the consumer version of its ‘Viveport M’ mobile VR content platform, as part of the Vive content ecosystem dedicated exclusively to mobile devices. Alvin Graylin, president of HTC China has gone as far as to say that VR will replace the smartphone within four years.

Earlier in the year, HTC launched a consortium that pulls together 28 of the world’s largest VC firms, with a focus on VR, setting aside $10 billion of investible capital.

Meanwhile, Acer and Starbreeze announced in June that their respective board of directors have approved the establishment of a joint venture for design, manufacturing, promotion, marketing and sales of the StarVR head-mounted display.