| Item Type |
Conference or Workshop Item
(Paper)
|
| Abstract |
Organizations claim to host what is called a metaverse – an extended version of our real world. First rudimental realizations of such metaverses can be found throughout the internet, e.g., Epic Game’s Fortnite. At the same time, research and practice struggle to specify what a metaverse truly is and how we can characterize it. With our work, we analyze the proximity of the realization of a holistic metaverse platform and present the results of a qualitative interview study (n=30). The goal of our work is to use the expertise of practitioners to discuss different examples that claim to represent a metaverse, e.g., Second Life and Decentraland. To achieve this goal, we develop a typology we call the Metagon and use it to evaluate existing metaverse platforms. We contribute to theory by clarifying the meaning of metaverse platforms. Practitioners are guided by a demonstration of metaverse characteristics. |
| Authors |
Schöbel, Sofia; Karatas, Jasmin; Tingelhoff, Fabian & Leimeister, Jan Marco |
| Research Team |
IWI6 |
| Journal or Publication Title |
Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference of System Science (HICSS) |
| Language |
English |
| Keywords |
Interviews, Metagon, Metaverse, Platforms, Typology |
| Subjects |
information management |
| HSG Classification |
contribution to scientific community |
| Date |
6 January 2023 |
| Place of Publication |
Maui, Hawaii, USA |
| Volume |
56 |
| Number of Pages |
10 |
| Event Title |
Hawaii International Conference of System Science (HICSS) |
| Event Location |
Maui, Hawaii, USA |
| Event Dates |
3-6 Jan 2023 |
| Depositing User |
Dr. Mahei Li
|
| Date Deposited |
17 Oct 2022 09:46 |
| Last Modified |
28 Feb 2023 12:40 |
| URI: |
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/267601 |
Not everything is a Metaverse?! A Practitioners Perspective on Characterizing Metaverse Platforms
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