Metaverse: concept, content and context

By:

Cheng, Shenghui

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Springer Cham 2023Description: xxii, 218 pISBN:

9783031243615

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

004.67 CHE

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	IT & Decisions Sciences	004.67 CHE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		006705

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
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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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