TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cheng, Shenghui
TI  - Metaverse: concept, content and context
SN  - 9783031243615
U1  - 004.67 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer
KW  - Metaverse
KW  - Virtual reality
N1  - Table of content:
Front Matter
Pages i-xxii
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Metaverse
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 1-23
Basic Infrastructure of the Metaverse
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 25-46
Metaverse and Immersive Interaction Technology
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 47-81
Metaverse and Blockchain
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 83-106
Metaverse and Social View
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 107-122
Metaverse and Digital Asset
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 123-144
Metaverse Security
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 145-163
Metaverse and Law
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 165-185
Metaverse and Investing
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 187-205
The Future of the Metaverse
Shenghui Cheng
Pages 207-215
Back Matter
Pages 217-218
[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-24359-2]
N2  - The metaverse, a hybrid society of the real and the virtual is attracting significant attention from academia to industry and is starting to change the world. Composed of ten chapters, this book introduces the metaverse from three aspects – concept, content and context. It starts with numerous concepts related to the metaverse, such as virtual reality, augmented reality, Web 3.0 and NFTs and describes the background, features, advantages and disadvantages. It then presents the content or key techniques around the metaverse, Artificial Intelligence, big data, edge computing, 3D modeling and blockchain. For each technique, it depicts how it performs to advance the development of the metaverse. Finally, it gives the context of the metaverse and illustrates the new society in the virtual world, consisting of economic systems, assets, social activities, security, law, etcetera.  

Overall, Metaverse: Concept, Content and Context provides a panoramic view of the metaverse, a key feature of which is the intuitive visualizations with numerous figures that clearly address the main aspects. This book is well-designed and well-written and will appeal to beginners and students as well as professionals, welcome to the metaverse community!   
(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-24359-2)
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