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Lee S, Yuh C, Shin YB, Lee HJ, Lee YM, Lee J, Cho CH. Effects of a Rice-Farming Simulation Video Game on Nature Relatedness, Nutritional Status, and Psychological State in Urban-Dwelling Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Waitlist Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res 2024; 26:e51596. [PMID: 38252464 PMCID: PMC10845032 DOI: 10.2196/51596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, urban inhabitants faced significant challenges in maintaining connections with nature, adhering to nutritional guidelines, and managing mental well-being. OBJECTIVE Recognizing the urgent need for innovative approaches, this study was designed to explore the potential benefits of a specific digital intervention, the rice-farming simulation game Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, for nature relatedness, nutritional behaviors, and psychological well-being. METHODS A total of 66 adults without any prior major psychiatric disorders residing in an urban area were recruited for the study. They were randomly assigned to 2 groups through block randomization: the immediate intervention group (IIG; 34/66, 52%) and the waitlist group (32/66, 48%). Participants in the IIG were instructed to play the game for at least 4 days per week for 3 weeks, with each session lasting from 30 minutes to 3 hours. Assessments were performed at baseline, week 1, and week 3. The Nature Relatedness Scale (NR) and Nutrition Quotient Scale were used to evaluate nature relatedness and nutritional state, respectively. Furthermore, psychological state was assessed using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF), Brief Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, Social Avoidance and Distress Scale, Toronto Alexithymia Scale, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised, and Korean Resilience Quotient. RESULTS This study's results revealed significant time interactions between the IIG and waitlist group for both the total NR score (P=.001) and the score of the self subdomain of NR (P<.001), indicating an impact of the game on nature relatedness. No group×time interactions were found for the total Nutrition Quotient Scale and subdomain scores, although both groups showed increases from baseline. For psychological state, a significant group×time interaction was observed in the total WHOQOL-BREF score (P=.049), suggesting an impact of the game on quality of life. The psychological (P=.01), social (P=.003), and environmental (P=.04) subdomains of the WHOQOL-BREF showed only a significant time effect. Other psychological scales did not display any significant changes (all P>.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that the rice-farming game intervention might have positive effects on nature relatedness, nature-friendly dietary behaviors, quality of life, anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships, and resilience among urban adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. The impact of pronature games in confined urban environments provides valuable evidence of how digital technologies can be used to enhance urban residents' affinity for nature and psychological well-being. This understanding can be extended in the future to other digital platforms, such as metaverses. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinical Research Information Service (CRIS) KCT0007657; http://tinyurl.com/yck7zxp7.
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- Seulki Lee
- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Education, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medical Education, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Tiwari A, Dubey A, Yadav AK, Bhansali R, Bagaria V. A review of Smart future of healthcare in the digital age to improve Quality of orthopaedic patient care in metaverse called: The Healthverse!! J Clin Orthop Trauma 2024; 48:102340. [PMID: 38292151 PMCID: PMC10823058 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2024.102340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024] Open
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- Anjali Tiwari
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Girgaum, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Trauma & Orthopedic Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, UK
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Girgaum, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Girgaum, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Jin SV. "In the Metaverse We (Mis)trust?" Third-Level Digital (In)equality, Social Phobia, Neo-Luddism, and Blockchain/Cryptocurrency Transparency in the Artificial Intelligence-Powered Metaverse. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2024; 27:64-75. [PMID: 38197840 PMCID: PMC10794821 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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The Metaverse, powered by a variety of key innovative technologies including 3D virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain/cryptocurrency-based non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the Internet of Things, has been proposed as the future of a virtual universe for education, work, business, and commerce. This research (∑ N = 954) presents the results of three cross-sectional surveys that examine the influence of third-level digital (in)equality and consumer (mis)trust on Metaverse adoption intention. Study 1, focusing on the Metaverse for hybrid education, reports the mediating effect of (mis)trust in the Metaverse on the relationship between the educational dimension of third-level digital (in)equality and behavioral intention to adopt the Metaverse for virtual learning as well as the moderating effect of social phobia. Study 2, focusing on the Metaverse for remote working, reports the mediating effect of (mis)trust in the Metaverse on the relationship between the economic labor dimension of third-level digital (in)equality and Metaverse adoption for virtual working as well as the moderating effect of neo-Luddism. Study 3, focusing on the Metaverse for business, reports the mediating effect of (mis)trust in the Metaverse on the relationship between the economic commerce dimension of third-level digital (in)equality and Metaverse adoption for virtual commerce as well as the moderating effect of blockchain/cryptocurrency transparency perception. This research can provide theoretical frameworks to examine people's hopes and fears about the Metaverse and consequential adoption versus non-adoption of the Metaverse for hybrid education, hybrid remote working, and omni-channel virtual commerce. Practical, managerial, and policy implications for the Metaverse and the NFT market are also discussed.
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- Seunga Venus Jin
- NU-Q Communication Program, Northwestern University in Qatar, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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Dwivedi YK, Kshetri N, Hughes L, Rana NP, Baabdullah AM, Kar AK, Koohang A, Ribeiro-Navarrete S, Belei N, Balakrishnan J, Basu S, Behl A, Davies GH, Dutot V, Dwivedi R, Evans L, Felix R, Foster-Fletcher R, Giannakis M, Gupta A, Hinsch C, Jain A, Jane Patel N, Jung T, Juneja S, Kamran Q, Mohamed AB S, Pandey N, Papagiannidis S, Raman R, Rauschnabel PA, Tak P, Taylor A, tom Dieck MC, Viglia G, Wang Y, Yan M. Exploring the Darkverse: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of the Negative Societal Impacts of the Metaverse. Inf Syst Front 2023:1-44. [PMID: 37361890 PMCID: PMC10235847 DOI: 10.1007/s10796-023-10400-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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The Metaverse has the potential to form the next pervasive computing archetype that can transform many aspects of work and life at a societal level. Despite the many forecasted benefits from the metaverse, its negative outcomes have remained relatively unexplored with the majority of views grounded on logical thoughts derived from prior data points linked with similar technologies, somewhat lacking academic and expert perspective. This study responds to the dark side perspectives through informed and multifaceted narratives provided by invited leading academics and experts from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. The metaverse dark side perspectives covered include: technological and consumer vulnerability, privacy, and diminished reality, human-computer interface, identity theft, invasive advertising, misinformation, propaganda, phishing, financial crimes, terrorist activities, abuse, pornography, social inclusion, mental health, sexual harassment and metaverse-triggered unintended consequences. The paper concludes with a synthesis of common themes, formulating propositions, and presenting implications for practice and policy.
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- Yogesh K. Dwivedi
- Digital Futures for Sustainable Business & Society Research Group, School of Management, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Bay, Swansea, Wales UK
- Department of Management, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune & Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra India
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- Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC USA
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- Digital Futures for Sustainable Business & Society Research Group, School of Management, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Bay, Swansea, Wales UK
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- Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Economics, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Economics and Administration, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Artificial Intelligence, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
- Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
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- School of Computing, Middle Georgia State University, Macon, GA USA
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- Institute for Management Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- EM Normandie Business School, Métis Lab, 30-32 Rue Henri Barbusse, 92110 Clichy, France
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- Prin. L. N. Welingkar Insititute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Media and Communication, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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- Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 1201 W University Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539 USA
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- Audencia Nantes Business School, 8 Route de La Jonelière, B.P. 31222, 44312 Nantes, Cedex 3 France
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- Marketing Area, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, India
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- Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University, 1 Campus Dr, Allendale, USA
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- Government Relations & Policy at MKAI, New Delhi, India
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- Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
- School of Management, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Birlasoft Limited, Marketing Area, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, India
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- Department of International Management, Dortmund, Germany
- Department of Engineering Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Marketing Area, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai, India
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- Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune & Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India
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- Digital Marketing and Media Innovation, College of Business, Universität Der Bundeswehr München, Werner-Heisenberg-Weg 39, 85577 Neubiberg, Germany
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- Marketing Area, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi, India
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- Faculty of Business and Law, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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- School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, University of Portsmouth, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO13DE UK
- Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Aosta Valley, Aosta, Italy
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- Sheffield University Management School, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Film Producer of Jindian Warner Pictures Beijing Co. LTD, Beijing, China
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Lee HW, Chang K, Uhm JP, Owiro E. How Avatar Identification Affects Enjoyment in the Metaverse: The Roles of Avatar Customization and Social Engagement. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 2023; 26:255-262. [PMID: 37001178 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.0257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Despite growing interest in studying the metaverse, a theory-driven investigation into the factors that contribute to an enjoyable metaverse experience remains scarce. The current study examined the impacts of avatar identification, social engagement, and avatar customization on users' enjoyment of the metaverse based on the impression management theory. A total of 301 metaverse users were recruited for the study. The hypothesized models of mediation effect of social engagement and moderation effect of avatar customization were tested between avatar identification and enjoyment. Results indicated that social engagement mediates the relationship between avatar identification and enjoyment in metaverse participation. Furthermore, the significant moderation effect implied that the degree of avatar customization affected the relationship between avatar identification and enjoyment in the metaverse. Empirical evidence from this study contributes to theorizing the transformative role of social engagement and conditional effects based on avatar customization in shaping a positive emotion (i.e., enjoyment) from a metaverse experience. The findings allow researchers and practitioners to gain an initial understanding of the factors contributing to a favorable metaverse experience.
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- Hyun-Woo Lee
- The Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- The Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- The Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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- The Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA
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Leung T, Woo BKP. Pioneering the Metaverse: The Role of the Metaverse in an Aging Population. JMIR Aging 2023; 6:e40582. [PMID: 36662547 PMCID: PMC9947819 DOI: 10.2196/40582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 11/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Amid a worldwide pandemic in the setting of an era of rapidly developing technologies, we turn now to the novel and exciting endeavor of pioneering the metaverse. Described as the conglomeration of augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence, the metaverse has widespread applications in multiple settings, including revolutionizing health care. It also holds the potential to transform geriatric medicine, introducing new dimensions through which we can prevent social isolation, encourage health and well-being, and offer a new dimension through which we manage chronic disease. Although it is still a futuristic and novel technology, the metaverse's realization may indeed be closer than we think.
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- University of California, Los Angeles, Sylmar, CA, United States.,Chinese American Health Promotion Laboratory, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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López-Ojeda W, Hurley RA. The Medical Metaverse, Part 1: Introduction, Definitions, and New Horizons for Neuropsychiatry. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2023; 35:A4-3. [PMID: 36633472 DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.20220187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Wilfredo López-Ojeda
- Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) and the Research and Academic Affairs Service Line, W. G. Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, N.C. (López-Ojeda, Hurley); Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (López-Ojeda, Hurley) and Department of Radiology (Hurley), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (Hurley)
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- Veterans Affairs Mid-Atlantic Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC) and the Research and Academic Affairs Service Line, W. G. Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, N.C. (López-Ojeda, Hurley); Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (López-Ojeda, Hurley) and Department of Radiology (Hurley), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (Hurley)
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Ali S, Abdullah, Armand TPT, Athar A, Hussain A, Ali M, Yaseen M, Joo MI, Kim HC. Metaverse in Healthcare Integrated with Explainable AI and Blockchain: Enabling Immersiveness, Ensuring Trust, and Providing Patient Data Security. Sensors (Basel) 2023; 23:565. [PMID: 36679361 PMCID: PMC9862285 DOI: 10.3390/s23020565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Digitization and automation have always had an immense impact on healthcare. It embraces every new and advanced technology. Recently the world has witnessed the prominence of the metaverse which is an emerging technology in digital space. The metaverse has huge potential to provide a plethora of health services seamlessly to patients and medical professionals with an immersive experience. This paper proposes the amalgamation of artificial intelligence and blockchain in the metaverse to provide better, faster, and more secure healthcare facilities in digital space with a realistic experience. Our proposed architecture can be summarized as follows. It consists of three environments, namely the doctor's environment, the patient's environment, and the metaverse environment. The doctors and patients interact in a metaverse environment assisted by blockchain technology which ensures the safety, security, and privacy of data. The metaverse environment is the main part of our proposed architecture. The doctors, patients, and nurses enter this environment by registering on the blockchain and they are represented by avatars in the metaverse environment. All the consultation activities between the doctor and the patient will be recorded and the data, i.e., images, speech, text, videos, clinical data, etc., will be gathered, transferred, and stored on the blockchain. These data are used for disease prediction and diagnosis by explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) models. The GradCAM and LIME approaches of XAI provide logical reasoning for the prediction of diseases and ensure trust, explainability, interpretability, and transparency regarding the diagnosis and prediction of diseases. Blockchain technology provides data security for patients while enabling transparency, traceability, and immutability regarding their data. These features of blockchain ensure trust among the patients regarding their data. Consequently, this proposed architecture ensures transparency and trust regarding both the diagnosis of diseases and the data security of the patient. We also explored the building block technologies of the metaverse. Furthermore, we also investigated the advantages and challenges of a metaverse in healthcare.
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- Sikandar Ali
- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Digital Anti-Aging Healthcare, College of AI Convergence, u-AHRC, Inje University, Gimhae 50834, Republic of Korea
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Moro C. Utilizing the metaverse in anatomy and physiology. Anat Sci Educ 2022. [PMID: 36545794 DOI: 10.1002/ase.2244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Of the many disruptive technologies being introduced within modern curricula, the metaverse, is of particular interest for its ability to transform the environment in which students learn. The modern metaverse refers to a computer-generated world which is networked, immersive, and allows users to interact with others by engaging a number of senses (including eyesight, hearing, kinesthesia, and proprioception). This multisensory involvement allows the learner to feel part of the virtual environment, in a way that somewhat resembles real-world experiences. Socially, it allows learners to interact with others in real-time regardless of where on earth they are located. This article outlines 20 use-cases where the metaverse could be employed within a health sciences, medicine, anatomy, and physiology disciplines, considering the benefits for learning and engagement, as well as the potental risks.
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- Christian Moro
- Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, Australia
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Wiederhold BK. The MetaPharmacy: What Happens When Big Pharma Goes Virtual? Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw 2022; 25:767-768. [PMID: 36475957 DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2022.29262.editorial] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lee CW. Application of Metaverse Service to Healthcare Industry: A Strategic Perspective. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022; 19:ijerph192013038. [PMID: 36293609 PMCID: PMC9602592 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192013038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/27/2022] [Accepted: 10/05/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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This study is to explore a state of the art in metaverse service that is an emerging issue in applying it to the healthcare industry. The purpose of this study is to provide applicable strategic scenarios for effective metaverse service planning and implementation in healthcare settings. This study is focused on metaverse service as a business model. Thus, related literatures of metaverse service are reviewed in various aspects in healthcare industry. An exploratory approach is used to analyze current qualitative data characterizing healthcare metaverse service business positions and derive applicable strategies from business trends of current metaverse services. Several cases are examined based on the data obtained from various sources of healthcare and other related industries. This study synthesizes finding results and suggests applicable strategies of metaverse service in the healthcare industry. This study will facilitate strategic decision-making and policy-making processes to pursue a business opportunity development through an application of a metaverse service in healthcare and similar settings.
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- Chang Won Lee
- Healthcare MBA Track and School of Business, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea
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Bhugaonkar K, Bhugaonkar R, Masne N. The Trend of Metaverse and Augmented & Virtual Reality Extending to the Healthcare System. Cureus 2022; 14:e29071. [PMID: 36258985 PMCID: PMC9559180 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.29071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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There is no escaping Internet's favorite buzzword for 2022: The Metaverse. Everyone is talking about it, but only a few know what it is or how it works. One can look at the Metaverse as a 3D model of the Internet where it is possible to spend your reality parallel to the virtual world. In broad terms, Metaverse can be explained as a virtual space, graphically rich, leaning towards verisimilitude where people can do all sorts of things they do in real-life such as shop, play, socialize, and party. The pandemic has accelerated innovations in the digital age. Looking beyond revolutions in telehealth, payments, remote monitoring, and secure data-sharing are other essential innovations in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and blockchain technology. The Metaverse is still in its nascent stage and evolving continuously, having a huge potential in health care to combine the technologies of AI, AR/VR, web 3.0, Internet of medical devices, and quantum computing, along with robotics to give a new direction to healthcare systems. From improving surgical precision to therapeutic usage and more, the Metaverse can bring significant changes to the industry
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Petrigna L, Musumeci G. The Metaverse: A New Challenge for the Healthcare System: A Scoping Review. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol 2022; 7. [PMID: 36135421 DOI: 10.3390/jfmk7030063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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(1) Background: The metaverse is now a reality, and it interests the scientific community, the educational setting, and medical care. Considering the number of people in front of screens, especially children and adolescents, the metaverse could and should become a place of health promotion. Consequently, the objective of the present study was to review the current literature to detect articles that connected the metaverse with prevention and treatment, education and training, and research setting. (2) Methods: Articles were searched on Pubmed, Web of Science, and Scopus, including English-written papers published until 12 August 2022. They were screened against the eligibility criteria and discussed narratively. (3) Results: The literature published is poor; only 21 articles were included, and 11 of them were added in a second moment. These articles were mainly reviews of the literature or editorials. The aspects related to this virtual world in terms of health prevention and the treatment of clinical conditions, education and training, and research have been narratively discussed. (4) Conclusions: The metaverse could be considered a useful instrument to arrive easily and quickly to the population. Given its importance, today, different studies and investments are required to develop proper health promotion programs that are feasible and valid in the metaverse.
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