With the development of related technologies, the metaverse has attracted attention from around the world in recent years. We can expect a more realistic metaverse, one with more direct and physical interactions, in which the concepts of race, gender, and even physical disabilities are minimized. However, the development of metaverse is still in its infancy, with great potential for improvement. Regarding Metaverse’s huge potential, industry has already come forward with advance preparation, accompanied by feverish investment, but there are few discussions about Metaverse in academia to scientifically guide its development.
In this paper, the authors highlight the representative applications for social good. Then they propose a three-layer metaverse architecture from a macro perspective, containing infrastructure, interaction, and ecosystem. Moreover, they explained toward both a historical and novel metaverse with a detailed timeline and table of specific attributes. Lastly, they elucidate our implemented blockchain-driven metaverse prototype of a university campus and discuss the prototype design and insights.
Haihan Duan, Jiaye Li, Sizheng Fan, Zhonghao Lin, Xiao Wu, and Wei Cai. 2021. Metaverse for Social Good: A University Campus Prototype. Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Multimedia. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 153–161. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/3474085.3479238
