A New Dimension to University Education The Metaversity

• Published in: 2022 32nd International Conference on Computer Theory and Applications (ICCTA) pp. 1 - 2
• Main Author: Elgamal, Yousry S.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 17.12.2022
• ISSN: 2770-6575
• DOI: 10.1109/ICCTA58027.2022.10206345

For a generation that has grown up with short-lived social media content. The key to learning is engagement. The metaverse is a short shared virtual environment that people access via internet, creating the sense of virtual presence.Benefits that metaverse offer to colleges include: making educational resources affordable, enhancing student performance, making virtual interactions more like real ones, enabling experimentation with hard-to-create phenomena, increasing accessibility for remote students, and attracting young demographic.This fall, 10 American universities got a free ticket for entry, as part of its 10M Meta Immersive Learning Project. Other universities worldwide have already started their metaversity programs in Hong Kong, Japan, France, Qatar, Brazil, South Korea, China, and Nigeria. Metaversity is also making the dawn of a new eduoconomy.