The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research
Research trends about the Metaverse have increased in recent years due to its potential to create immersive realities, where complex thinking becomes relevant as an ability to promote emerging ways to understand and explain the different realities that comprise a digital society. Although some inves...
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| author | Carlos Enrique George-Reyes Iris Cristina Peláez Sánchez Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales Edgar Omar López-Caudana |
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| description | Research trends about the Metaverse have increased in recent years due to its potential to create immersive realities, where complex thinking becomes relevant as an ability to promote emerging ways to understand and explain the different realities that comprise a digital society. Although some investigations allow us to know both topics’ concepts and applications, scientific literature production about them is scarce. In this work, we conducted a systematic review of the literature (SLR), analyzing 234 publications from various databases, including Scopus and Web of Science, to understand how studies about the Metaverse overlap with the components of complex thought. The results showed that there has been extensive exploration of the Metaverse since 2022. The prevalence of the Metaverse aligns with the design of algorithms and retail sales, and it primarily correlates with virtual reality technology. Likewise, various reference frameworks and taxonomies have been designed to explain the operation of the Metaverse in different formative spaces. We concluded that examining the Metaverse from the perspective of critical, systemic, scientific, and innovative thinking can open lines of research that affect the knowledge of immersive technologies and the evolution of disruptive digital ecosystems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7816edce40694f0394d8ba7522e09fa52023-05-25T13:49:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2023-05-01810.3389/feduc.2023.11669991166999The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of researchCarlos Enrique George-Reyes0Iris Cristina Peláez Sánchez1Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales2Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales3Edgar Omar López-Caudana4Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey, MexicoMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), School of Humanities and Education, Monterrey, MexicoMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey, MexicoMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), School of Humanities and Education, Monterrey, MexicoMonterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey, MexicoResearch trends about the Metaverse have increased in recent years due to its potential to create immersive realities, where complex thinking becomes relevant as an ability to promote emerging ways to understand and explain the different realities that comprise a digital society. Although some investigations allow us to know both topics’ concepts and applications, scientific literature production about them is scarce. In this work, we conducted a systematic review of the literature (SLR), analyzing 234 publications from various databases, including Scopus and Web of Science, to understand how studies about the Metaverse overlap with the components of complex thought. The results showed that there has been extensive exploration of the Metaverse since 2022. The prevalence of the Metaverse aligns with the design of algorithms and retail sales, and it primarily correlates with virtual reality technology. Likewise, various reference frameworks and taxonomies have been designed to explain the operation of the Metaverse in different formative spaces. We concluded that examining the Metaverse from the perspective of critical, systemic, scientific, and innovative thinking can open lines of research that affect the knowledge of immersive technologies and the evolution of disruptive digital ecosystems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1166999/fullhigher educationMetaversecomplex thinkingeducational innovationeducation 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Enrique George-Reyes Iris Cristina Peláez Sánchez Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales Leonardo David Glasserman-Morales Edgar Omar López-Caudana The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research Frontiers in Education higher education Metaverse complex thinking educational innovation education 4.0 |
| title | The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research |
| title_full | The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research |
| title_fullStr | The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research |
| title_short | The Metaverse and complex thinking: opportunities, experiences, and future lines of research |
| title_sort | metaverse and complex thinking opportunities experiences and future lines of research |
| topic | higher education Metaverse complex thinking educational innovation education 4.0 |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1166999/full |
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