Dubbed “the successor to the mobile Internet,” the concept of the Metaverse has grown in
popularity. While there exist lite versions of the Metaverse today, they are still far from …

The rapid progress in digitalization and automation have led to an accelerated growth in
healthcare, generating novel models that are creating new channels for rendering treatment …

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed several limitations of existing healthcare systems.
Thus, there is a surge in healthcare innovation and new business models using computer …

Traditional education has been updated with the development of information technology in
human history. Within big data and cyber-physical systems, the Metaverse has generated …

The virtual world created by the development of the Internet, computers, artificial intelligence
(AI), and hardware technologies have brought various degrees of digital transformation to …

This work offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the Metaverse, focusing on its potential
implications for consumer behavior. We begin by proposing a conceptualization of the …

In recent years, the Internet of Things (IoT) has been studied in the context of the Metaverse
to provide users with immersive cyber-virtual experiences in mixed-reality environments …

The advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have led to technological advancements in a
plethora of domains. Healthcare, education, and smart city services are now enriched with AI …

The Metaverse has the potential to form the next pervasive computing archetype that can
transform many aspects of work and life at a societal level. Despite the many forecasted …

This study analyzes the sustainability of the metaverse technology by adopting a
responsible digitalization perspective to drive the transition to Industry 5.0. This is motivated …