article · Artificial Intelligence Review
The Metaverse represents an evolving virtual reality environment where users interact with digital objects and each other. Artificial intelligence is becoming central to this space by combining with technologies such as the Internet of Things, blockchain, natural language processing, augmented reality, mixed reality, and extended reality. This combination introduces opportunities to create personalised environments tailored to individual user behaviour and preferences. In addition, artificial intelligence can automate repetitive tasks, allowing users and developers to direct time and resources toward more complex or creative activities. Alongside these capabilities, significant hurdles exist. Critical challenges include safeguarding user privacy, preventing bias, and resolving issues of discrimination within digital spaces. A structured examination of these benefits, technical integrations, and ethical concerns provides insight into how immersive digital platforms can be responsibly developed and understood as virtual technologies continue to mature.
As virtual worlds expand into everyday digital interactions, integrating artificial intelligence creates more tailored and efficient virtual environments. However, understanding ethical pitfalls such as algorithmic bias and user privacy risks is essential to building safe and inclusive digital platforms before these immersive spaces achieve widespread adoption.
The work is an early-stage conceptual survey rather than a tested product. It outlines opportunities for software developers and technology platforms creating personalised virtual spaces and automated workflows across extended reality, blockchain, and the Internet of Things. Commercial adoption remains reliant on addressing unresolved technical and ethical barriers, specifically privacy management and bias mitigation.
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Abstract The Metaverse, a virtual reality (VR) space where users can interact with each other and digital objects, is rapidly becoming a reality. As this new world evolves, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in shaping its development. Integrating AI with emerging technologies in the Metaverse creates new possibilities for immersive experiences that were previously impossible. This paper explores how AI is integrated with technologies such as the Internet of Things, blockchain, Natural Language Processing, virtual reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and Extended Reality. One potential benefit of using AI in the Metaverse is the ability to create personalized experiences for individual users, based on their behavior and preferences. Another potential benefit of using AI in the Metaverse is the ability to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up time and resources for more complex and creative endeavors. However, there are also challenges associated with using AI in the Metaverse, such as ensuring user privacy and addressing issues of bias and discrimination. By examining the potential benefits and challenges of using AI in the Metaverse, including ethical considerations, we can better prepare for this exciting new era of VR. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of AI and its integration with other emerging technologies in the Metaverse, as the Metaverse continues to evolve and grow, it will be important for developers and researchers to stay up to date with the latest developments in AI and emerging technologies to fully leverage their potential.
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DOI: 10.1007/s10462-023-10641-x
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