Dear Metaverse ACM SIGCHI Chapter Members and Enthusiasts, We are excited to announce that nominations are now open for leadership positions in our volunteer-driven chapter for the upcoming year. This is an excellent opportunity to shape the future of our community and contribute to the advancement of human-computer interaction in the metaverse. Positions Open for … Read moreCall for Leadership Nominations: Metaverse ACM SIGCHI Chapter

As a global community, we understand the importance of inclusive communication that transcends borders and time zones. That’s why we’ve decided to transition to asynchronous meetings with the help of Miro. By utilizing this innovative platform, we can collaborate and share ideas on our own schedules, without being limited by physical location or conflicting time … Read moreXR Design Thinking Asynchronous Meeting

This list is curated from one of the IEEE standard reports and authored by Michelle Cortese and Jessica Outlaw in 2021 [ Link to Full Article ] References: [1]  M. Slater, D. Perez-Marcos, H. H. Ehrsson, and M. V. Sanchez-Vives, “Inducing illusory ownership of a virtual body,” Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2009, doi: 10.3389/neuro.01.029.2009. [2]  E.T. Hall, … Read moreEthical Design Principles for Social VR

Disclaimer: I was chatting and sharing ideas with ChatGPT, and at the end, I asked ChatGPT to write an article. Although AI wrote it, the article covered essential topics. The Metaverse is a term used to describe a shared virtual world, typically created by a combination of augmented and virtual reality technologies. With the growing … Read moreKey Security Threats in the Metaverse

The Metaverse and Immersive technologies are commonly associated with headsets and holograms, but Brelyon, an MIT spin-off, is solving the problem of presenting large amounts of information differently. They claim to have created the first headset-free virtual display for gaming and enterprise applications.    According to Dr. Barrak Heshmat Dehkordi, the CEO of Brelyon, they developed a … Read moreBrelyon Monitor

For more than 30 years, Avi Bar-Zeev has been at the forefront of XR and The Metaverse. He first introduced Disney’s revolutionary Aladdin VR ride in the early 1990s, created the 3D worlds of Second Life, and co-founded Keyhole (Google Earth) around 2001. In 2010, he co-invented Microsoft Hololens, and in 2015, he helped define … Read moreThe Seven Major Verses

Title: Branding in the Metaverse Subtitle: Exploring established brand management perspectives and the advent of decentralized branding on Web 3.0 Authors: Alaa Eldin Helal , Thiago de Marco Costa Publication Date: 31st of May 2022 Comment: This study provides a framework for understanding branding in Metaverse, this framework examines the marketing efforts of companies in regards … Read moreThesis: Branding in Metaverse

1) PhD in “Connecting online musicians and audiences to reduce travels and pollution” The PhD will focus on the creation of musical interactions in shared augmented/virtual environments, for performance settings. Related topics that may be investigated include music emotion recognition, binaural audio, virtual acoustics and 5G networking. Required skills:  M.Sc. degree in computer science, electronics, … Read moreFully-funded PhD positions related to Metaverse

This paper is selected for curation in Metaverse Knowledge Center, because it presents elements of sense of place in immersive heritage environments and it can be used as a foundation for future studies about interaction and tourism in Metaverse. I. Ghani, A. Rafi and P. Woods, “Sense of place in immersive architectural virtual heritage environment,” 2016 … Read moreSense of Place in Virtual Heritage Environments

Anyone who has seen the 2018 Sci-Fi/Adventure movie Ready Player One by Steven Spielberg might have been experiencing a deja vu lately, ever since the Metaverse has taken over the internet and it’s not so much of a mystery why. For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about – a) How does … Read moreThe distant future of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is not so distant after all.