A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse
The metaverse is an upcoming computing paradigm aiming towards blending reality seamlessly with the artificially generated 3D worlds of deep cyberspace. This giant interactive mesh of three-dimensional reconstructed realms has recently received tremendous attention from both an academic and commerci...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2023-03-01
|
| Series: | Mathematics |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/6/1286 |
| _version_ | 1797610381727760384 |
|---|---|
| author | Anjan Bandyopadhyay Ansh Sarkar Sujata Swain Debajyoty Banik Aboul Ella Hassanien Saurav Mallik Aimin Li Hong Qin |
| author_facet | Anjan Bandyopadhyay Ansh Sarkar Sujata Swain Debajyoty Banik Aboul Ella Hassanien Saurav Mallik Aimin Li Hong Qin |
| author_sort | Anjan Bandyopadhyay |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The metaverse is an upcoming computing paradigm aiming towards blending reality seamlessly with the artificially generated 3D worlds of deep cyberspace. This giant interactive mesh of three-dimensional reconstructed realms has recently received tremendous attention from both an academic and commercial point of view owing to the curiosity instilled by its vast possible use cases. Every virtual world in the metaverse is controlled and maintained by a virtual service provider (VSP). Interconnected clusters of LiDAR sensors act as a feeder network to these VSPs which then process the data and reconstruct the best quality immersive environment possible. These data can then be leveraged to provide users with highly targeted virtual services by building upon the concept of digital twins (DTs) representing digital analogs of real-world items owned by parties that create and establish the communication channels connecting the DTs to their real-world counterparts. Logically, DTs represent data on servers where postprocessing can be shared easily across VSPs, giving rise to new marketplaces and economic frontiers. This paper presents a dynamic and distributed framework to enable high-quality reconstructions based on incoming data streams from sensors as well as to allow for the optimal allocation of VSPs to users. The optimal synchronization intensity control problem between the available VSPs and the feeder network is modeled using a simultaneous differential game, while the allocation of VSPs to users is modeled using a preference-based game-theoretic approach, where the users give strict preferences over the available VSPs. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-11T06:13:36Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-ad5b20b2a0bc48cd918b35a057b5259d |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2227-7390 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-11T06:13:36Z |
| publishDate | 2023-03-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Mathematics |
| spelling | doaj.art-ad5b20b2a0bc48cd918b35a057b5259d2023-11-17T12:26:29ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902023-03-01116128610.3390/math11061286A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the MetaverseAnjan Bandyopadhyay0Ansh Sarkar1Sujata Swain2Debajyoty Banik3Aboul Ella Hassanien4Saurav Mallik5Aimin Li6Hong Qin7School of Computer Science and Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha 751024, IndiaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha 751024, IndiaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha 751024, IndiaSchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha 751024, IndiaFaculty of Computer and AI, Cairo University, Giza 12613, EgyptDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USASchool of Computer Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710049, ChinaDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USAThe metaverse is an upcoming computing paradigm aiming towards blending reality seamlessly with the artificially generated 3D worlds of deep cyberspace. This giant interactive mesh of three-dimensional reconstructed realms has recently received tremendous attention from both an academic and commercial point of view owing to the curiosity instilled by its vast possible use cases. Every virtual world in the metaverse is controlled and maintained by a virtual service provider (VSP). Interconnected clusters of LiDAR sensors act as a feeder network to these VSPs which then process the data and reconstruct the best quality immersive environment possible. These data can then be leveraged to provide users with highly targeted virtual services by building upon the concept of digital twins (DTs) representing digital analogs of real-world items owned by parties that create and establish the communication channels connecting the DTs to their real-world counterparts. Logically, DTs represent data on servers where postprocessing can be shared easily across VSPs, giving rise to new marketplaces and economic frontiers. This paper presents a dynamic and distributed framework to enable high-quality reconstructions based on incoming data streams from sensors as well as to allow for the optimal allocation of VSPs to users. The optimal synchronization intensity control problem between the available VSPs and the feeder network is modeled using a simultaneous differential game, while the allocation of VSPs to users is modeled using a preference-based game-theoretic approach, where the users give strict preferences over the available VSPs.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/6/1286metaverseLiDARgame theorydigital twinsDSIC mechanismvirtual service provider |
| spellingShingle | Anjan Bandyopadhyay Ansh Sarkar Sujata Swain Debajyoty Banik Aboul Ella Hassanien Saurav Mallik Aimin Li Hong Qin A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse Mathematics metaverse LiDAR game theory digital twins DSIC mechanism virtual service provider |
| title | A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse |
| title_full | A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse |
| title_fullStr | A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse |
| title_short | A Game-Theoretic Approach for Rendering Immersive Experiences in the Metaverse |
| title_sort | game theoretic approach for rendering immersive experiences in the metaverse |
| topic | metaverse LiDAR game theory digital twins DSIC mechanism virtual service provider |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/6/1286 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT anjanbandyopadhyay agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT anshsarkar agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT sujataswain agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT debajyotybanik agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT aboulellahassanien agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT sauravmallik agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT aiminli agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT hongqin agametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT anjanbandyopadhyay gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT anshsarkar gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT sujataswain gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT debajyotybanik gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT aboulellahassanien gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT sauravmallik gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT aiminli gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse AT hongqin gametheoreticapproachforrenderingimmersiveexperiencesinthemetaverse |