This study explores how the metaverse can enhance smart city development and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals, ...

Japanese businesses are playing catchup in the immersive, 3D online world known as the metaverse. But their efforts are now paying off as the foundations of a true economic ecosystem come into ...

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

An obituary for the latest fad to join the tech graveyard The Metaverse, the once-buzzy technology that promised to allow users to hang out awkwardly in a disorientating video-game-like world ...

Blockchain technology supports both the metaverse and cryptocurrencies, enhancing transaction speed and reducing costs. Cryptocurrencies and NFTs facilitate e-commerce and digital ownership in ...