The metaverse in education: Definition, framework, features, potential applications, challenges, and future research topics

Frontiers in Psychology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 13

Опубликована: Окт. 11, 2022

The declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic forced humanity to rethink how we teach and learn. metaverse, a 3D digital space mixed with real world virtual world, has been heralded as trend future education great potential. However, an emerging item, rarely did existing study discuss metaverse from perspective education. In this paper, first introduce visions including its origin, definitions, shared features. Then, in is clearly defined, detailed framework proposed, along in-depth discussions addition, four potential applications are described reasons cases: blended learning, language competence-based education, inclusive Moreover, challenges for educational purposes also presented. Finally, range research topics related proposed studies. We hope that, via researchers both computer science technology backgrounds could have clear vision provide stepping stone expect more interested topic can commence their studies inspired by paper.

Язык: Английский

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Avatar-mediated experience in the metaverse: The impact of avatar realism on user-avatar relationship

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 73, С. 103382 - 103382

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Metaverse in Healthcare Integrated with Explainable AI and Blockchain: Enabling Immersiveness, Ensuring Trust, and Providing Patient Data Security

Sensors, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 23(2), С. 565 - 565

Опубликована: Янв. 4, 2023

Digitization and automation have always had an immense impact on healthcare. It embraces every new advanced technology. Recently the world has witnessed prominence of metaverse which is emerging technology in digital space. The huge potential to provide a plethora health services seamlessly patients medical professionals with immersive experience. This paper proposes amalgamation artificial intelligence blockchain better, faster, more secure healthcare facilities space realistic Our proposed architecture can be summarized as follows. consists three environments, namely doctor's environment, patient's environment. doctors interact environment assisted by ensures safety, security, privacy data. main part our architecture. doctors, patients, nurses enter this registering they are represented avatars All consultation activities between doctor patient will recorded data, i.e., images, speech, text, videos, clinical etc., gathered, transferred, stored blockchain. These data used for disease prediction diagnosis explainable (XAI) models. GradCAM LIME approaches XAI logical reasoning diseases ensure trust, explainability, interpretability, transparency regarding diseases. Blockchain provides security while enabling transparency, traceability, immutability their features trust among Consequently, both patient. We also explored building block technologies metaverse. Furthermore, we investigated advantages challenges

Язык: Английский

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What Is Metaverse?—A Definition Based on Qualitative Meta-Synthesis

Future Internet, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(11), С. 310 - 310

Опубликована: Окт. 28, 2022

The term Metaverse has received much attention in various industries, society, and, increasingly, scientific communities. This creates demand for a comprehensive and broadly accepted definition of the subject, which is well grounded research. At same time, rather vision under evolution than an examinable phenomenon. Therefore, this study applied adapted version meta-synthesis method to analyze existing literature distill proposal definition. takes nature subject into account by weighing younger publications with many citations over older, less influential documents. Initially, 47 were fed process, 24 left after primary analysis. As result analysis, following proposed: “The interconnected web ubiquitous virtual worlds partly overlapping enhancing physical world. These enable users represented avatars connect interact each other, experience consume user-generated content immersive, scalable, synchronous persistent environment. An economic system provides incentives contributing Metaverse.” ensures systematic reproducible approach while at time preserving original voice notion analyzed order create new knowledge based on literature; thus proposed might serve as helpful foundation future

Язык: Английский

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Exploring the application scenarios and issues facing Metaverse technology in education

Interactive Learning Environments, Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 13

Опубликована: Окт. 16, 2022

This study aims to explore how the Metaverse platform could be applied field of online education, benefits it brings, and challenges posed by application education. The analyzes immersive learning brought about its potential save education costs, enhance efficiency students’ interest in learning, explores technology relation characteristics results show that can support several aspects classrooms with realistic senses, personalized teaching models, 3D identities, interactive communication, virtual reality (VR) technology, gamified learning. research also presents problems faced Edu-Metaverse, including development difficulties, interaction issues, content production, game addiction, privacy, ethics.

Язык: Английский

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A Review of Metaverse’s Definitions, Architecture, Applications, Challenges, Issues, Solutions, and Future Trends

IEEE Access, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 10, С. 125835 - 125866

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2022

Metaverse is a vision enabling to constitute an environment in which someone could see real and virtualized worlds. The product (or something similar as we do not yet know its final form) of such technologies. In this circumstance, when applications that utilize the are used, there seem be no transportation charges, cap on amounts individuals, users, players, learners, or trainee who can take part. Hence, due feature, has attracted various researchers from different fields where it been exploited by them contribute those research areas. As for example, possible teach target audiences offering events classes any location globe. order participant Metaverse, necessary conditions considered well other settings initialized. line this, virtual reality, augmented availability required sensors, smart glasses, headsets, few others some examples requires. Despite advantages offers us, number considerations must taken into account while developing interested researchers. One these concerns privacy regarding participants (represented avatars inside environment). Another issue since still early stages, many attempts have made engage develop enhancing it. This review aims survey related articles concern development providing chronological stages throughout history Metaverse. It also list recent technological advances allowing Besides, Metaverse's definitions, properties, architecture, discussed listed review. novelty article suggested framework issues paid attention potential solutions aiming designers consider corresponding solution future works enhancement. Challenges faced relevant concerned detail highlighted. trends clarified.

Язык: Английский

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Metaverse Security and Privacy: An Overview

2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), Год журнала: 2022, Номер unknown, С. 2950 - 2959

Опубликована: Дек. 17, 2022

Metaverse is a living space and cyberspace that realizes the process of virtualizing digitizing real world. It integrates plethora existing technologies with goal being able to map world, even beyond has bright future expected have many applications in various scenarios. The support based on numerous related becoming mature. Hence, there no doubt security risks development may be more prominent complex. We present some Metaverse-related potential privacy issues Metaverse. current solutions for derived from these technologies. In addition, we also raise unresolved questions about To summarize, this survey provides an in-depth review raised by key applications. hope will provide insightful research directions prospects Metaverse's development, particularly terms protection

Язык: Английский

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Brands are calling your AVATAR in Metaverse–A study to explore XR‐based gamification marketing activities & consumer‐based brand equity in virtual world

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 23(2), С. 556 - 585

Опубликована: Июль 24, 2023

Abstract Brands are moving towards the Metaverse (3D immersive virtual spaces), where growth of intangible products and nonfungible tokens (NFTs) evolving into a new type hybrid experience for users. This paper aims to establish role “gamification marketing activities” its influence on consumer‐based brand equity in examine mediating consumers' engagement love. To evaluate conceptual model based cross‐cultural data from two emerging countries Asia Africa, study followed two‐stage, mechanism using PLS‐SEM neural network modeling. provides insights Metaverse–a taxonomy technology, context embodiment, presence AVATAR, interactivity world, supported by social exchange theory. also suggests practitioners focus authenticity while projecting their Metaverse.

Язык: Английский

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The Impact of Trust-Building Mechanisms on Purchase Intention towards Metaverse Shopping: The Moderating Role of Age

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 40(12), С. 3185 - 3203

Опубликована: Март 10, 2023

Given the uncertainty of online transactions in metaverse shopping, digital economy encourages building a trustworthy virtual environment. Based on media richness theory, this article examines how perceived helps engender multidimensional trust (i.e., cognitive and affective trust) leads to purchase intention context shopping. The proposed model is tested based survey data from 332 consumers an scenario-based platform pertaining initiatives. Structural equation modeling used examine research model. empirical findings show that builds trust, which turn affects towards Furthermore, we classify into natives (DNs) immigrants (DIs) chronological age different influences two dimensions shopping between groups. We identify address several knowledge gaps extant literature. also discuss theoretical managerial implications propose suggestions for future research.

Язык: Английский

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Towards Future Internet: The Metaverse Perspective for Diverse Industrial Applications

Mathematics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 11(4), С. 941 - 941

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2023

The Metaverse allows the integration of physical and digital versions users, processes, environments where entities communicate, transact, socialize. With shift towards Extended Reality (XR) technologies, is envisioned to support a wide range applicative verticals. It will seamless mix virtual worlds (realities) and, thus, be game changer for Future Internet, built on Semantic Web framework. ably assisted by convergence emerging wireless communication networks (such as Fifth-Generation Beyond networks) or Sixth-Generation (6G) networks, Blockchain (BC), 3.0, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). has potential in diverse industrial applications such twins, telehealth care, connected vehicles, education, social financial applications. Recent studies have focused explaining its key components, but systematic study terms not yet been performed. Owing this gap, survey presents salient features assistive technologies. We discuss high-level generic framework modern cyberspace challenges future directions Metaverse’s realization. A case Metaverse-assisted Real Estate Management (REM) presented, governs Buyer–Broker–Seller (BBS) architecture land registrations. performance evaluation current registration ecosystem cost evaluation, trust probability, mining BC network. obtained results show viability REM setups.

Язык: Английский

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