Department of Information Systems and Security
About The Metaverse
The Metaverse Research Group intends to explore the progression and extension of real-world participants鈥� interactions using emerging technologies, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), networked extended reality (XR), and artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The Metaverse Research Group pursues creating immersive and realistic three-dimensional environments to promote virtual collaboration and interconnection among people; and enabling intensive immersive experience. The Metaverse Research Group has the following exploratory objectives:
- Promote an innovative research and training environment for researchers and students.
- Create collaboration of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and training environments.
- Conduct academic research in the virtual environments associated with, but not limited to, user behaviors, virtually user-generated content, virtual currency, a virtual workforce, work collaboration, privacy concerns, digital assets, and any metaverse-related emerging technologies in business, social science, education, healthcare, and information technology disciplines.
- Collaborate and support industry practitioners by providing insights and knowledge regarding various applications of Metaverse technologies.