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The government, meanwhile, is alert for potential threats to national security.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266174
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Although the metaverse is in its early days, the enabling technologies are approaching a convergence point where some large companies are starting to experiment with it both as a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271953
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The music industry and fashion retailers are pioneers in using the metaverse to promote their brands and products and generate revenue from the burgeoning marketplace for virtual…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267480
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They are represented by realistic-looking human avatars, with whom people can form one-to-one social relationships. Today, the number of people with such AI companions likely…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271754
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The metaverse -- immersive 3D virtual environments seen as the next disruptive iteration of the internet -- is attracting hype and investment in equal measure. Proto-metaverses…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267012
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The plan actually covers not only the fully immersive digital environments that the term 'virtual reality' (VR) refers to in English, but also 'augmented reality' (AR), in which…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274022
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The pandemic sped up the expansion of e-commerce worldwide. However, growth rates are now reverting from 26% in 2020 and 19% in 2021 towards rates closer to 10%. Shoppers still…