Metaverse Experience as Heterotopia: An Autoethnography Study in the Framework of Emotion-Based Rhythmanalysis

Abstract

Metaverse can be characterized as a revolutionary technological advancement that has the potential to contribute to various areas and to extend the physical world using extended, augmented, and virtual reality. In this article, we explore the relationship between the rhythm conceptualization of the metaverse experience as heterotopia space, and its users’ emotions. We applied the collaborative autoethnography method to reveal emotion-based rhythms in metaverse characterized as a heterotopia place. The results of this study revealed six emotion-based rhythms titled “On the Rhythms of Uncertain Expectations”, “The Change of Space Provoking Rhythms: Transition Rhythms”, “Reflections of Metaverse Rhythm on Body and Mind Mobility”, “Harmonization of Rhythms and the Emergence of Customary”, “The Relativity Rhythm: Relative-rhythm” and “Dissociation of Mechanical Time and Space in the Rhythms Flow”. The findings provide some implications for practitioners to develop strategies for metaverse or virtual reality and reveal key points for metaverse events, corresponding emotions and its potential influences.