Virtual Worlds and Architectural Education: A Typological Framework

Pak, Burak; Newton, Casey; Verbeke, Johan

doi:10.52842/conf.ecaade.2012.1.739

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“…At this stage, the related technologies of virtual world developed rapidly (Wang et al. , 2017) and were widely used in architectural education, autism treatment and so on (Pak et al ., 2012; Stendal and Balandin, 2015). With the wider range of applications for virtual world, it has become a new challenge for virtual world development to move from a complex but completely separate set of immersive environments to a large integrated network of 3D virtual world or metaverse.…”

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“…and from which many branches have been derived, such as metaverse retail, open simulators, etc (Bourlakis et al, 2009;Crespo et al, 2013). At this stage, the related technologies of virtual world developed rapidly (Wang et al, 2017) and were widely used in architectural education, autism treatment and so on (Pak et al, 2012;Figure 11.…”

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An analysis of the current status of metaverse research based on bibliometrics

Feng

Wang²,

Su³

2022

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PurposeThe rise of the metaverse has brought profound changes to the economic and social operation models and injected new vitality into academic research. Although a large number of studies have emerged, there are few quantitative analyses of development frontiers and trends.Design/methodology/approachFrom a bibliometric perspective, this paper selects 183 pieces of metaverse-related literature in the WoS core database since 2000 as the object of analysis. This paper sums up the characteristics of the literature using the methods of descriptive statistical analysis, keywords analysis, thematic evolution analysis and summarizes the core themes and the laws of metaverse development in each stage.FindingsThe digital economy vision brought by the metaverse has led to an increasing number of researchers and achievements in this field. But the depth and breadth of research are still insufficient and unevenly distributed in the region, and the cross-fertilization fields need to be expanded. From the industry's point of view, VR games represented by Second Life and My World have contributed to the popularity of the metaverse. As technology progresses, the research hotspots in the field of metaverse gradually develop from conceptual research to artificial intelligence, blockchain, NFT and other technical applications. However, academic research has not yet caught up with the industry's pace and stays more in the concept discussion and preliminary application stage.Originality/valueA systematic overview of the current status, knowledge structure and hot issues of metaverse research is shown, which provides a thematic axis for this field, enriches and improves the quantitative analysis of its literature and provides a clear picture for researchers to continuously promote the development of this field. At the same time, it is necessary to warn that technological development is a double-edged sword. The process of metaverse development should return to rationality, respect the laws of its development and guarantee the healthy development of the metaverse by strengthening legal regulation and the ethical review of science and technology.

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