Enabling Technologies and Critical Applications of Metaverse
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Computing and Artificial Intelligence".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 21520
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Interests: distributed systems and blockchain; mobile edge computing; artificial intelligence of things
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The term “metaverse” appeared for the first time in the science fiction Snow Crash, referring to a 3D virtual urban environment where users can build and trade virtual real estates. Recently, a number of metaverse projects have been launched, including Decentraland, Axie Infinity, and The Sandbox. The market value of each project is as high as billions of US dollars. Metaverse is expected to play a transformative role in gaming, social interaction, education, healthcare, etc. Despite the significance of metaverse, its underlying technologies are understudied, and its application is still limited in video games. There is a critical need for researchers and practitioners to discuss the enabling technologies and explore the critical applications of metaverse. This Special Issue aims to collect the latest developments in metaverse, including studies on the killer applications and enabling technologies, such as virtual/augmented/mixed reality, blockchain, non-fungible tokens, smart contract, brain machine interfaces, haptic feedback unit, and human sensing. The potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Non-fungible tokens and token economy for metaverse
- Virtual/augmented/mixed reality for metaverse
- Artificial intelligence for metaverse
- Blockchain and decentralized networking for metaverse
- Human sensing and immersive experiences for metaverse
- Emerging applications of metaverse in education, healthcare, etc.
Dr. Shan Jiang
Dr. Zonghu Liao
Dr. Shigang Liu
Guest Editors
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