Metaverse for Social Good

Duan, Haihan; Li, Jiaye; Fan, Sizheng; Lin, Zhonghao; Wu, Xiao Cheng; Cai, Wei

doi:10.1145/3474085.3479238

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“…A metaverse first appeared in Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel Snowstorm ( Joshua, 2017 ). "Meta" means transcendence, "verse" in the cosmic stem of "universe", which represents users communicating with each other and the application of 3D software ( Duan et al., 2021 ). The number of individuals using online platforms has increased dramatically in recent years, especially during the epidemic ( Sweeney, 2019 ).…”

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A study of college students' intention to use metaverse technology for basketball learning based on UTAUT2

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“…In the metaverse, various realistic learning scenes can be simulated and created by modeling and rendering technologies such as digital twins, VR, AR, XR, etc. ( Davis et al, 2009 ; Duan et al, 2021 ; Lv et al, 2022 ; Shin, 2022 ). The scenes can be reproduced like real-world classroom layouts in 3D form or constructed as partially or fully virtual scenes according to the learning contents, especially for that can not be easily seen in the real world, such as universe, marine, forest, historical site, etc.…”

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“…However, it is challenging for most educators to get students with special needs to be accepted by general students and learn together without barriers. Based on the peculiarities of the metaverse, it is explicable that the metaverse could be served as an ideal zone that allows children with special needs to have the possibility to study with general learners together ( Duan et al, 2021 ).…”

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

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

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“…Undoubtedly, the Metaverse is one of the most concerned and promising smart applications in the next generation of wireless network intelligent applications [18][19][20]. The goal of the Metaverse is to create a world where virtuality and reality merge that can accommodate hundreds of millions of people interacting online [21] . This means that the Metaverse places higher demands on the current edge AI architecture.…”

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6G-enabled Edge AI for Metaverse: Challenges, Methods, and Future Research Directions

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6G-enabled edge intelligence opens up a new era of Internet of Everything and makes it possible to interconnect people-devices-cloud anytime, anywhere. More and more next-generation wireless network smart service applications are changing our way of life and improving our quality of life. As the hottest new form of next-generation Internet applications, Metaverse is striving to connect billions of users and create a shared world where virtual and reality merge. However, limited by resources, computing power, and sensory devices, Metaverse is still far from realizing its full vision of immersion, materialization, and interoperability. To this end, this survey aims to realize this vision through the organic integration of 6G-enabled edge AI and Metaverse. Specifically, we first introduce three new types of edge-Metaverse architectures that use 6G-enabled edge AI to solve resource and computing constraints in Metaverse. Then we summarize technical challenges that these architectures face in Metaverse and the existing solutions. Furthermore, we explore how the edge-Metaverse architecture technology helps Metaverse to interact and share digital data. Finally, we discuss future research directions to realize the true vision of Metaverse with 6G-enabled edge AI.

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Metaverse for Social Good

Cited by 492 publications

References 17 publications

A study of college students' intention to use metaverse technology for basketball learning based on UTAUT2

A study of college students' intention to use metaverse technology for basketball learning based on UTAUT2

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

6G-enabled Edge AI for Metaverse: Challenges, Methods, and Future Research Directions

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