Metaverse Key Technologies and Blockchains: Impacts & Considerations

Mustaqeem Khan, Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, Wail Gueaieb

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3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

As of October 2021, Facebook officially renamed itself Meta, and social networks and three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds have adopted Metaverse as a new model. The metaverse offers consumers 3D immersive and individualized experiences through various innovative technologies. Although the metaverse is widely popular and beneficial, protecting user data and digital material is a natural concern where the transparency, decentralization, and immutability of blockchain make it a conclusive answer in this aspect. We intend to present the impact of blockchains on different metaverse key technologies and their applications. The work proves the technical challenges of the metaverse in each perspective and emphasizes the importance of blockchains. The article investigates blockchain's role in different metaverse enablers, such as immersive apps, digital twins (DTs), the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and artificial intelligence (AI). This article shows the blockchain's role in metaverse applications and services. Finally, we describe promising directions for future study, innovation, and development that will enable blockchain to be applied to the metaverse.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications, MetaCom 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages622-626
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350333336
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications, MetaCom 2023 - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: Jun 26 2023Jun 28 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications, MetaCom 2023

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE International Conference on Metaverse Computing, Networking and Applications, MetaCom 2023
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period6/26/236/28/23

Keywords

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Blockchain
  • Key enablers
  • Metaverse
  • Privacy
  • Security

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management
  • Media Technology
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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