The metaverse digital environments: a scoping review of the challenges, privacy and security issues DOI Creative Commons
Muhammad Tukur, Jens Schneider, Mowafa Househ

и другие.

Frontiers in Big Data, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 6

Опубликована: Ноя. 23, 2023

The concept of the “metaverse” has garnered significant attention recently, positioned as “next frontier” internet. This emerging digital realm carries substantial economic and financial implications for both IT non-IT industries. However, integration evolution these virtual universes bring forth a multitude intricate issues quandaries that demand resolution. Within this research endeavor, our objective was to delve into appraise array challenges, privacy concerns, security have come light during development metaverse environments in wake COVID-19 pandemic. Through meticulous review analysis literature spanning from January 2020 December 2022, we meticulously identified scrutinized 29 distinct along with 12 policy, privacy, matters intertwined metaverse. Among challenges unearthed, foremost were concerns pertaining costs associated hardware software, implementation complexities, disparities, ethical moral surrounding socio-control, collectively cited by 43%, 40%, 33% surveyed articles, respectively. Turning focus issues, top three emerged investigation encompassed formulation rules principles, encroachment threats within metaverse, looming concerning data management, all mentioned examined literature. In summation, is multifaceted dynamically evolving domain, offering opportunities hurdles researchers practitioners alike. It aspiration insights, recommendations articulated report will catalyze extensive dialogues among industry stakeholders, governmental bodies, other interested parties metaverse's destiny world they aim construct or bequeath future generations.

Язык: Английский

Exploring the Darkverse: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of the Negative Societal Impacts of the Metaverse DOI Creative Commons
Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Nir Kshetri, Laurie Hughes

и другие.

Information Systems Frontiers, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 25(5), С. 2071 - 2114

Опубликована: Июнь 2, 2023

The Metaverse has the potential to form next pervasive computing archetype that can transform many aspects of work and life at a societal level. Despite forecasted benefits from metaverse, its negative outcomes have remained relatively unexplored with majority views grounded on logical thoughts derived prior data points linked similar technologies, somewhat lacking academic expert perspective. This study responds dark side perspectives through informed multifaceted narratives provided by invited leading academics experts diverse disciplinary backgrounds. metaverse covered include: technological consumer vulnerability, privacy, diminished reality, human-computer interface, identity theft, invasive advertising, misinformation, propaganda, phishing, financial crimes, terrorist activities, abuse, pornography, social inclusion, mental health, sexual harassment metaverse-triggered unintended consequences. paper concludes synthesis common themes, formulating propositions, presenting implications for practice policy.

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Travelling the Metaverse: Potential Benefits and Main Challenges for Tourism Sectors and Research Applications DOI Open Access
Salvatore Mónaco, Giovanna Sacchi

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(4), С. 3348 - 3348

Опубликована: Фев. 11, 2023

The paper focuses on analysing the potential benefits and challenges of Metaverse, particularly in field research tourism food wine sectors. Metaverse is part new generation internet known as web 3.0, which also includes AI, blockchain other digital innovations. marketing sectors are main fields where companies experimenting with solutions to offer people a fully functioning immersive experience. This aims highlight impact well activities. Open concern social acceptance, affordability, environmental sustainability these technologies. Research needed Metaverse’s ability reduce bias accurately simulate real experiences, tourists’ perceptions, attitudes, willingness pay for mediated experiences. Another important issue management sensitive data that will travel through Metaverse. Looking forward, has become valuable tool advancing virtual collaboration interdisciplinary projects.

Язык: Английский

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Mapping Metaverse Research: Identifying Future Research Areas Based on Bibliometric and Topic Modeling Techniques DOI Creative Commons
Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Horst Treiblmaier

и другие.

Information, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14(7), С. 356 - 356

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

The metaverse represents an immersive digital environment that has garnered significant attention as a result of its potential to revolutionize various industry sectors and profound societal impact. While academic interest in the surged, dearth comprehensive review articles employing bibliometric techniques remains. This study seeks address this gap by analyzing 595 metaverse-related journal using topic modeling techniques, marking first kind investigate profile research. findings reveal exponential growth research since 2020, identifying major trends, prolific authors, most active journals field. A keyword co-occurrence analysis further uncovers four clusters interests, highlighting unique facets underscoring far-reaching implications across sectors, including education, healthcare, retail, tourism. emphasizes need for more collaboration advancing field presents 27 questions future investigation. serves foundation understanding current state trajectory.

Язык: Английский

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The Metaverse digital environments: A scoping review of the techniques, technologies, and applications DOI Creative Commons
Muhammad Tukur, Jens Schneider, Mowafa Househ

и другие.

Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(2), С. 101967 - 101967

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2024

The "metaverse" has gained immense attention as the next internet frontier, holding significant economic implications, especially for IT sector. To establish groundwork immersive metaverse spaces, our comprehensive scoping review uncovers current techniques and technologies in development. This study investigates post-COVID-19 techniques, technologies, applications, spanning from January 2020 to December 2022. Findings reveal potential applications across 11 industries, with education, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate being notable. We identified 12 major four key development that have prominence landscape. Notably, "Extended Reality (XR)," "Artificial Intelligence (AI)," "Decentralized Technologies" were three most frequently mentioned appearing 73%, 40%, 30% of reviewed articles, respectively. Furthermore, "VR space convergence" "fundamental technology" emerged primary enablers 73% 43% selected "object connection" "communication computing infrastructure" playing supportive roles. Integrating these is vital holistic Our report serves a catalyst discussions among stakeholders, promoting further research transformative metaverse. It highlights need advancing understanding technological evolution this emerging digital realm.

Язык: Английский

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Metaverse Metamorphosis DOI
Manpreet Arora

Advances in social networking and online communities book series, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 275 - 286

Опубликована: Июнь 6, 2024

The incorporation of the metaverse into world business has brought about a significant and fundamental change, altering conventional frameworks methods while presenting unparalleled prospects for expansion creativity. This chapter examines influence transformation on worldwide economy, emphasising its ability to generate fresh work, labour, employment. In addition, an attempt been made explore economic consequences metaverse, encompassing emergence sectors, markets, sources income, as well promotion employment generation. impact development, innovation, quality life globally, highlighting revolutionary capabilities. Furthermore, author explores significance closing divide between research discoveries industrial implementations, necessity cooperation information sharing convert academic tangible advancements that have effect real world. globally.

Язык: Английский

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Government in the metaverse: Requirements and suitability for providing digital public services DOI
Martin Lněnička, Nina Rizun, Charalampos Alexopoulos

и другие.

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 203, С. 123346 - 123346

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Migration to the metaverse and its predictors: Attachment to virtual places and metaverse-related threat DOI Creative Commons
Tomasz Oleksy, Anna Wnuk,

Małgorzata Piskorska

и другие.

Computers in Human Behavior, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 141, С. 107642 - 107642

Опубликована: Дек. 28, 2022

The most ambitious visions of metaverse technology promise to create virtual places that offer the same possibilities as real world. However, any novel technology, raises controversies and questions. Does one want migrate metaverse? one's willingness move worlds depend on bonds with existing sense threat related this technology? To address these questions, we drew theories place attachment intergroup threat. In two studies – (1) among users open-world games (N = 366) (2) using a sample representative Polish population in terms age, gender size residential 995) observed low level metaverse. participants displayed high perceived metaverse-related threat, ranging from privacy concerns belief can deprive access essential human experiences. greater virtual, opposed real, was associated both an increased results provide better understanding individuals' perception how translate into attitudes towards technology.

Язык: Английский

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Investigating Users’ Acceptance of the Metaverse with an Extended Technology Acceptance Model DOI
Rong Wu, Zhonggen Yu

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 40(19), С. 5810 - 5826

Опубликована: Авг. 6, 2023

AbstractThe Metaverse, characterized as an interactive and immersive 3D virtual world, is widely recognized for its considerable potential across a range of industries. However, the long-term viability success Metaverse are contingent upon extent to which users accept adopt it. Despite this critical aspect, there scarcity research that investigates factors influencing user acceptance Metaverse. To address gap, present study expands technology model by integrating social psychological constructs such interaction, presence, conformity, emotional attachment, flow, perceived enjoyment. The data were obtained through online survey. A total 418 responses collected from users, with response rate 84%. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was used analyze survey data. Results showed that: (1) ease use (β = 0.214, p < 0,001), attachment 0.375 enjoyment 0.194, 0,001) could have positive effect on usefulness; (2) 0.142, 0.018), 0.179, 0.008), presence 0.183, 0.008) use; (3) usefulness 0.432, 0.106, 0.011), 0.209, interaction attitudes toward using Metaverse; (4) 0.174, 0.001), 0.35, flow 0.128, 0.015) positively influence users' intention not significantly 0.078, 0.141). These results offer important implications developers practitioners looking design promote utilization Metaverse.Keywords: Metaversetechnology acceptancesocial interactionsocial presenceflowperceived enjoymentemotional attachmentconformity AcknowledgmentsWe would like extend our gratitude anonymous reviewers funding.Informed consentAll participants voluntarily signed consent form before answering questionnaire.Disclosure statementWe no conflicts interest declare relevant content article.Data availability statementThe support findings available request corresponding author. publicly due privacy or ethical restrictions.Additional informationFundingThis work supported Key Research Application Project Laboratory Technologies Localization Language Services State Administration Press Publication, "Research Intelligent Education Technology 'Belt Road Initiative" (Project Number: CSLS 20230012), Special fund Beijing Co-construction Project-Research reform "Undergraduate Teaching Reform Innovation Project" higher education in 2020-innovative "multilingual +" excellent talent training system (202010032003), Culture University Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Cultivation Program Funding Project, Fundamental Funds Central Universities, [23YCX004].Notes contributorsRong WuRong Wu doctoral student at Department English Studies, Faculty Foreign University. She has already participated six scientific projects published over ten academic papers. Her includes educational technologies, language acquisition, translation.Zhonggen YuZhonggen Yu, Professor University, Fellow Academy International Services, Director Center Research, National Base Service Export, 150 He focuses technologies.

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Significance of NFT Avtaars in Metaverse and their Promotion: Case Study DOI Creative Commons
Alpana Duggal, Mandeep Gupta, Deepanshu Gupta

и другие.

Deleted Journal, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 1(1), С. 28 - 36

Опубликована: Дек. 2, 2023

The metaverse is undergoing a transformative shift with the introduction of Non-Fungible Token (NFT) avatars, offering users unique and tradable digital identities. This research paper explores significance NFT avatars in metaverse, emphasizing their role redefining ownership, self-expression, user engagement. Additionally, delves into issues challenges associated promotion considering factors such as market dynamics, technological barriers, adoption. different that are developed by various Brands. These could be used future Metaverse. At end case study “Sizzling monster” has been made. very limited supply several brands have bought it at initial stage from Young Parrot Platform.

Язык: Английский

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Investigating Role of Blockchain in Making your Greetings Valuable DOI Creative Commons
Mandeep Gupta, Deepanshu Gupta

Universal Research Reports, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 10(4), С. 69 - 74

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2023

Current study is mostly focused on the exploration of role blockchain technology in enhancing value greetings. To accomplish this goal, renowned blockchain-based greetings NFTs from Opensea and Young Parrot have been taken into account. The welcome non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are built upon Matic Core networks. In order to get insight key determinants that significantly impact demand for used greetings, a comprehensive survey was undertaken including all facets burgeoning phenomenon. Extensive research has enhance comprehension propel based within domain factors under consideration include pricing, overall quantity, use case, popularity NFTs. A conducted Twitter, using sample size 525 individuals. Based findings study, it can be deduced primary determinant attributed their level popularity. Furthermore, observed Love Emogie restricted availability. limited availability just 43 Emojie contributed heightened owing inherent scarcity. However, also noted pricing case substantial influence.

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