What is the Metaverse and who seeks to define it? Mapping the site of social construction

M Dolata, G Schwabe - Journal of Information Technology, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Metaverse has become a buzz-phrase among tech businesses. Facebook's rebranding
to Meta is symptomatic of this. Many firms and other actors are trying to shape visions of the …

Towards trustworthy metaverse: Advancements and challenges

JR Jim, MT Hosain, MF Mridha, MM Kabir… - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Metaverse, a transformative digital realm, holds immense promise for reshaping
industries and human interactions while potentially addressing global challenges and …

[HTML][HTML] “A Place Where “You can be who you've always wanted to be…” Examining the Ethics of Intelligent Virtual Environments

D Shanley, D Meacham - Journal of Responsible Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid development of interactive virtual reality (VR) spaces like VRChat has been made
possible due to continuing increases in computer processing power, advances in artificial …

Affective Computing and the Road to an Emotionally Intelligent Metaverse

F Pervez, M Shoukat, M Usama… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The metaverse is currently undergoing a profound transformation, fundamentally reshaping
our perception of reality. It has transcended its origins to become an expansion of human …

A survey on the Metaverse aspects and opportunities in education

J BenedettDörr… - … Conference on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Technological evolution has brought forth the Metaverse, a virtual environment that
challenges the boundary between physical and digital reality. This work explores its …

Customer Service Ethics in the Metaverse: A Value-Sensitive Design Science Approach

M Sonntag, J Schuir, J Mehmann… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this paper is to develop recommendations for the value-sensitive design of social
virtual reality (VR) applications with respect to the interaction between customers and …

[PDF][PDF] Mental health services in the metaverse: potential and concerns

S Gloeckler, N Biller-Andorno - Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 - zora.uzh.ch
The Metaverse, a concept describing the convergence of the physical and digital worlds,
may have a role to play in addressing mental disorders, which can be broadly characterised …

Ethics and Cultural Background as Key Factors for an Attractive Metaverse

T Catarci, G De Nicola, D Raffini - Communications of the ACM, 2024 - dl.acm.org
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Communications of the ACM skip to main content ACM Digital Library home ACM …

Beyond the physical self: understanding the perversion of reality and the desire for digital transcendence via digital avatars in the context of Baudrillard's theory

L Freund - AI & SOCIETY, 2024 - Springer
This paper explores the perversion of reality in the context of advanced technologies, such
as AI, VR, and AR, through the lens of Jean Baudrillard's theory of hyperreality and the …

Ethics and Regulation in Metaverse: Risks, Current Approaches, and Way Forward

A Tabassum, E Elmahjub, J Qadir - Understanding the Metaverse …, 2024 - Springer
The metaverse is rapidly gaining momentum as the next phase of virtual reality, offering an
innovative interactive platform for learning, economics, and social activities. This three …