A Survey on the Metaverse: The State-of-the-Art, Technologies, Applications, and Challenges
Linyi University · Beijing Information Science & Technology University · +5 more institutions
Abstract
In recent years, the concept of the Metaverse has attracted considerable attention. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the Metaverse. First, the development status of the Metaverse is presented. We summarize the policies of various countries, companies, and organizations relevant to the Metaverse, as well as statistics on the number of Metaverse-related publications. Characteristics of the Metaverse are identified: 1) multitechnology convergence; 2) sociality; and 3) hyper-spatio-temporality. For the multitechnology convergence of the Metaverse, we divide the technological framework of the Metaverse into five dimensions. For the sociality of the Metaverse, we focus on the Metaverse as a virtual…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 102.64
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 65
Authors
8- HWHang WangCorresponding
Linyi University, Beijing Information Science & Technology University, University of Science and Technology Beijing
- HNHuansheng Ning
University of Science and Technology Beijing
- YLYujia Lin
University of Science and Technology Beijing
- WWWenxi Wang
University of Science and Technology Beijing
- SDSahraoui Dhelim
University College Dublin
Topics & keywords
- Metaverse
- Computer science
- Possible world
- Temporality
- Social worlds
- Affordance
- Data science
- Epistemology