Abstract
The Metaverse is the post-reality universe, a perpetual and persistent multiuser environment merging physical reality with digital virtuality. It is based on the convergence of technologies that enable multisensory interactions with virtual environments, digital objects and people such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Hence, the Metaverse is an interconnected web of social, networked immersive environments in persistent multiuser platforms. It enables seamless embodied user communication in real-time and dynamic interactions with digital artifacts. Its first iteration was a web of virtual worlds where avatars were able to teleport among them. The contemporary iteration of the Metaverse features social, immersive VR platforms compatible with massive multiplayer online video games, open game worlds and AR collaborative spaces.
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MetaverseComputer scienceVirtual realityHuman–computer interactionVirtuality (gaming)Augmented realitySocial worldsEmbodied cognitionMixed realityMultimediaWorld Wide WebArtificial intelligenceSociology
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- 486-497
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Stylianos Mystakidis
(2022).
Metaverse.
Encyclopedia
, 2
(1)
, 486-497.
https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia2010031
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- DOI
- 10.3390/encyclopedia2010031