The metaverse is set to shift in how people can interact with the world using technologies like augmented reality, virtual reality, blockchain and IoT to form a new immersive virtual world experience and beyond. For example, cities have an exciting opportunity to play in how the metaverse comes to be. This page shares the latest information and literature on how cities, countries and industries are engaging with the metaverse.
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Publications
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2024
- The Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges for the Financial Services Industry – Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research
- The Consumer Metaverse – Consumers in the Immersive Digital World – TEAM FINLAND
- The Next Frontier in Customer Experience Design – Boston Consulting Group
- Interoperability and ecosystems: Assembling the industrial metaverse – Siemens
- The Metaverse: Opportunities and Challenges for the Financial Services Industry – HKIMR
- The Metaverse in 2040 – Pew Research Center
- Metaverse Identity: Defining the Self in a Blended Reality – WEF and Accenture
- Navigating the Industrial Metaverse: A Blueprint for Future Innovations – WEF and Accenture
- The economic implications of services in the metaverse – Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
- IP and Metaverse(s) – an externally commissioned research report – UK Intellectual Property Office
- Assembling the Industrial Metaverse: 4 Strategic Imperatives – Siemens
- Unleashing European Innovations for the Metaverse – LSE Consulting
- Metaverse: A law enforcement perspective – Interpol
2023
- Securing the Metaverse: Addressing the Harms in Extended Reality – Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge
- Taking the Hyperbole Out of the Metaverse – Bain & Company
- Metaverse masters? Expect the unexpected – Accenture
- Metaverse – European Parliament
- The Metaverse: Policy Implications For A New Digital Frontier – Digital Cooperation Organization
- Governing the Metaverse and tomorrow’s internet – Renaissance Numérique
- AI, Blockchain, and Immersive Technologies: Metaversal Business Models of Professional Football Clubs in 2030 – WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
- Introducing Metaverse for education and research – SURF
- The Metaverse and The Future of Travel: Five Things to Consider About Travel in the Metaverse – Ipsos
- The Metaverse: Policy Implications for A New Digital Frontier – Digital Cooperation Organization
- Introducing Metaverse for education and research – SURF
- Top100 takeaways: the Meta Shapers Web3 & AI Summit 2023 – Meta Shapers
- Exploring the Industrial Metaverse: A Roadmap to the Future – WEF and University of Cambridge
- Bringing Geospatial Context to the Metaverse: Considerations for the Next Steps – World Geospatial Industry Council
- Responsible Metaverse Self-governance Framework – UAE
- Exploring the industrial metaverse – Deloitte
- The Industrial Metaverse: Making the invisible visible to drive sustainable growth – Arthur D. Little
- Toward a successful metaverse: The case for measuring enabling factors – Economist & Meta
- Social Implications of the Metaverse – WEF and Accenture
- Embracing Spatial Computing: A Comprehensive Report for Companies, Investors, and Users – Metaverse Summit
- Privacy and Safety in the Metaverse – WEF and Accenture
- The Metaverse and Homeland Security– The RAND Corporation
- Understanding the value of the metaverse – KPMG
- An EU initiative on virtual worlds: a head start in the next technological transition – European Commission
- Next-Generation Virtual Worlds: Societal, Technological, Economic and Policy Challenges for the EU – European Commission
- Tampere Metaverse Vision 2040 – The Metaverse Institute
- Metavese – Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs
- Metaverse as a disruptive technology revolutionising tourism management and marketing – Elsevier
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Metaverse – Cointelegraph Research
- Metaverse and Money – PayPal
- The Metaverse at Work – a first look at how companies are navigating the industrial and enterprise Metaverses – Nokia & EY
- MEGANE: Morphable Eyeglass and Avatar Network– CVPR
- The Metaverse in Asia – Deloitte
- The Metaverse, Extended Reality and Children – UNICEF
- How expanding ecosystems risks consumer rights to privacy in the Metaverse – Australian Human Rights Commission
- Beyond the Metaverse: CX Predictions for 2023 – Acxiom
- Beyond The Hype Cycle: The Metaverse Matters Now More Than Ever – activate consulting
- AI in metaverse – metaverse summit
- The Metaverse and its Potential for the United States – Deloitte
- The Metaverse in Asia: Strategies for Accelerating Economic Impact – Deloitte Center for the Edge
- The Metaverse and its Potential for Canada– Deloitte
- The Metaverse and its Potential for MENA– Deloitte
- Enabling the Metaverse in Sub-Saharan Africa– Deloitte
- The Metaverse and the Opportunity for the European Union– Deloitte
- Beyond the Metaverse: CX Predictions for 2023 – Acxiom
- The Metaverse and Standards – Standards Australia
- Metaverse Q1 2023 Report– Metaverse Insider
- Demystifying the Consumer Metaverse – WEF & Accenture
- Technology Metaverse: past and future – TFC
- Want to win in the Metaverse? Think internal first – KPMG
- The Industrial Metaverse: A Game Changer for Business – Wipro
- Avatars: Shaping Digital Identity in the Metaverse – Blockchain Research Lab
- The emergent industrial metaverse – MIT Technology Review & Siemens
- Metaverse and Trade-offs — California Management Review
- Amplifying diplomacy with the Metaverse — Accenture & Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy
- Labor Policies for a Digital Workforce: The Challenges of the Metaverse —PwC
- The Road to Interoperability – Lighthouse
- Interoperability in the Metaverse – WEF and Accenture
- Building a Responsible Metaverse – Accenture
- Cyber considerations for the Metaverse 2023 – KPMG
2022
- Total Immersion: How Immersive Experiences And The Metaverse Benefit Customer Experience And Operations – Capgemini Research Institute
- Metaverse marketing: How the metaverse will shape the future of consumer research and practice – Wiley
- Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy – Elsevier
- Mixed Reality (MR) for Generation Z in Cultural Heritage Tourism Towards Metaverse – ENTER22 e-Tourism Conference
- A whole new world? The metaverse and what it could mean for you – Deloitte
- The metaverse is here: AI could be the mastermind. Are you ready for a transformation? – Deloitte
- What’s all the buzz about the metaverse? On the board’s agenda – Deloitte
- Quantifying the Effects of Working in VR for One Week – arXiv
- The Potential Global Economic Impact of the Metaverse– The Analysis Group
- The Metaverse and Its Potential for Türkiye– Deloitte
- The Metaverse and the UK Opportunity– Meta
- Japan Case Study – Cluster
- PwC 2022 US Metaverse Survey – PwC
- Unlocking the Metaverse & Web3 – Simon Kucher & Partner
- Government Enters the Metaverse – Accenture
- Opportunities in the metaverse – J.P. Morgan
- Gaming and the Metaverse: The alarming rise of online child sexual exploitation and abuse within the new digital frontier – UNICRI
- Metaverse: challenges and opportunities for the Arab region – UNESCWA
- Metaverse: Opportunities, risks and policy implications – European Parliamentary Research Service
- Regulating the metaverse – Global Counsel
- Cyber considerations for the Metaverse – KPMG
- Metaverse and Money – Citi
- Value creation in the metaverse – McKinsey
- Marketing in the Metaverse – Justin McLaughlin
- 2022 Year Review & 2023 Year Ahead – Crypto.com
- Metaverse beyond fantas – Arthur D. Little
- State of The Open Metaverse 2021/22 – Outlier Ventures
- Shaping the metaverse towards sustainability – KPMG
- The Metaverse: Concepts and Issues for Congress – Congressional Research Service
- Understanding Metaverse’s Core Technologies – The Metaverse Insider
- What does virtual reality and the metaverse mean for training? – PWC
- A guidebook to the metaverse – bitkom
- GCC State of the Metaverse – Chalhoub Group
- The Metaverse Overview : Vision, Technology, and Tactics – Deloitte
- Metaverse: A Guide to the Next-Gen Internet – Credit Suisse
- The Metaverse in Asia: Strategies for Accelerating Economic Impact – Deloitte
- The Metaverse in 2040 – Pew Research Center
- Technology Vision 2022: Meet me in the metaverse – Accenture
- Metaverse report— Future is here, Global XR industry insight – Deloitte
- Value creation in the metaverse – McKinsey
- The State of the Metaverse in 2022- Building an Open World – Nextrope
- Metaverse Report – The European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum
- Metaverse Fashion Trends – Roblox
- Metaverse Market Report– Metaverse Insider
- Welcome to the Metaverse – Enders Analysis
- Metaverse – MDPI
- Meta Societies in Metaverse: Meta Economics and Meta Management for Meta Enterprises and Meta Cities – MDPI
- There’s more than one metaverse – De Gruyter
- Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy – Elsevier
- Embracing falsity through the metaverse: The case of synthetic customer experiences – Elsevier
- Is Metaverse in education a blessing or a curse: a combined content and bibliometric analysis – Springer
- Fusing Blockchain and AI With Metaverse: A Survey – IEEE