Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse

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Autor(a) principal: Cruz, M.
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Oliveira, A., Pinheiro, A.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/28893
Resumo: We were promised that the Metaverse would revolutionize our lives, social interactions, work, and business. However, how and when will this happen? We have seen the growth and development of technology, but there is no agreement or prediction about a specific time, and we can only follow the how question. To investigate more leads about this concept, we considered a main research question: How is the Metaverse actually being perceived? This question is connected with three objectives: to verify how the Metaverse is being represented and characterized, identify the main dimensions that facilitate or influence the acceptance of the Metaverse, and identify the leading technologies that suit the Metaverse concept. This study consisted of a documental analysis—or meta-analysis—of fifty of the most relevant scientific papers (taking into account some inclusion criteria) published in the last three years, using the Leximancer software to create concept maps to illustrate the main concepts and themes extracted from the articles to understand their associations or relations with the Metaverse concept. This study provided us with essential findings about how this concept has been perceived and allowed us to answer our objectives, contributing to a scientific discussion on the topic, and providing some valid suggestions for future research, which is already in progress. It also provided new leads on approaching this concept in development.
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title Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
spellingShingle Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
Cruz, M.
Metaverse
Virtual reality
Animation
Digital games
Gaming
title_short Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
title_full Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
title_fullStr Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
title_full_unstemmed Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
title_sort Meeting ourselves or other sides of us?—Meta-analysis of the Metaverse
author Cruz, M.
author_facet Cruz, M.
Oliveira, A.
Pinheiro, A.
author_role author
author2 Oliveira, A.
Pinheiro, A.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Cruz, M.
Oliveira, A.
Pinheiro, A.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Metaverse
Virtual reality
Animation
Digital games
Gaming
topic Metaverse
Virtual reality
Animation
Digital games
Gaming
description We were promised that the Metaverse would revolutionize our lives, social interactions, work, and business. However, how and when will this happen? We have seen the growth and development of technology, but there is no agreement or prediction about a specific time, and we can only follow the how question. To investigate more leads about this concept, we considered a main research question: How is the Metaverse actually being perceived? This question is connected with three objectives: to verify how the Metaverse is being represented and characterized, identify the main dimensions that facilitate or influence the acceptance of the Metaverse, and identify the leading technologies that suit the Metaverse concept. This study consisted of a documental analysis—or meta-analysis—of fifty of the most relevant scientific papers (taking into account some inclusion criteria) published in the last three years, using the Leximancer software to create concept maps to illustrate the main concepts and themes extracted from the articles to understand their associations or relations with the Metaverse concept. This study provided us with essential findings about how this concept has been perceived and allowed us to answer our objectives, contributing to a scientific discussion on the topic, and providing some valid suggestions for future research, which is already in progress. It also provided new leads on approaching this concept in development.
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