Defining the Metaverse: A Systematic Literature Review
University of Potsdam · Weizenbaum Institute
Abstract
The term Metaverse is emerging as a result of the late push by multinational technology conglomerates and a recent surge of interest in Web 3.0, Blockchain, NFT, and Cryptocurrencies. From a scientific point of view, there is no definite consensus on what the Metaverse will be like. This paper collects, analyzes, and synthesizes scientific definitions and the accompanying major characteristics of the Metaverse using the methodology of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR). Two revised definitions for the Metaverse are presented, both condensing the key attributes, where the first one is rather simplistic holistic describing “a three-dimensional online environment in which users represented by avatars interact…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 49.57
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 52
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2Topics & keywords
- Computer science
- Metaverse
- Possible world
- Data science
- Human–computer interaction
- Epistemology
- Virtual reality
- Philosophy