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Remote Learning Challenges and the Promise of the Metaverse Digital technologies have revolutionized education in the past 20 years, but remote learning through 2D screens has proven to be challenging and frustrating, particularly for students who miss interacting with their classmates and teachers. Fortunately, the metaverse provides a solution to these problems. Benefits of VR and the Metaverse for Education The metaverse is the next step in the evolution of the internet, encompassing a variety of technologies, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR). These technologies transport users to new environments, blend physical and virtual realities, and project computer-generated images onto the real world. Research shows that VR can improve comprehension, knowledge retention, student engagement, attention span, and motivation. It can also provide social interaction and discussion, which are critical for learning. The metaverse’s learning possibilities are limitless; for example, students can learn about dinosaurs by walking among them or conduct surgery simulations without jeopardizing patients or themselves. Addressing Equity and Inclusion in Education through the Metaverse The metaverse can also address equity issues in education, where students from poorer backgrounds often fall behind their wealthier peers. Disadvantaged schools and students can collaborate with those in wealthier areas, outstanding teachers can teach in underserved schools, and students can learn from people they don’t have access to locally. Additionally, students who are uncomfortable with in-person interactions, such as those with agoraphobia and PTSD, can benefit from the virtual classroom. Government Support and Teacher Training for Successful Metaverse Deployment To successfully implement metaverse technologies in education, government support is essential. This includes curriculum development, digital literacy schemes, and teacher training. Education administrators who creatively deploy these technologies in their schools and colleges can also provide best practices for others to adopt. Ultimately, skilled teachers who know how to inspire their students will make the biggest difference in utilizing these technologies to their full potential. In conclusion, the metaverse’s incorporation into education will revolutionize learning for students. It will provide immersive experiences that engage, motivate and inspire them to learn. With proper support and implementation, the metaverse can create a more equitable and inclusive educational experience for all students. Keywords: Metaverse, Education, Remote learning, VR, AR, MR, Student engagement, Equity, Inclusion, Curriculum development, Teacher training.

Each virtual world has its own rules and regulations about what the user can and cannot do when logging in. The metaverse is similar to Second Life and other games in that it allows users to take on alternate personas, meet new friends and create their characters. Although it is a digital world, think about what you are going to do you would do in the real world. Don’t touch anyone without their consent The first rule of the Metaverse is that you should never touch another avatar without their consent. Do not use violence This may seem obvious, but it is important to note that you cannot use guns, blasters, grenades, or even magic spells against other avatars if you are not in a PvP location. You cannot have more than one avatar Owning another avatar is one of the biggest bans in the Metaverse. The reason for this rule is that some users try to trick other avatars into “selling” their avatars, which can lead to people confusing you or people with bad intentions trying to take advantage of another identity. Beware of breaking the rules Most virtual worlds prohibit users from doing anything from exchanging real-world information with other users to using profanity. Many rules are basic behavioral things but it is best to be aware of these so as not to ruin someone’s experience. Racist or sexist words or behavior. Many Metaversos have strict “no hate speech” policies and permanently ban users who use words considered racist, sexist, or discriminatory. Don’t sell inappropriate or spammy products Many virtual worlds have strict rules about the products and services you can present in the game. Some only allow you to present products and services approved by their moderators. You may not display nudity of any kind Although some virtual worlds allow you to show nudity, most do not allow any form of nudity within the game. Some metaverses with nudity usually require you to be over 18 years of age. The only advertisements you will see are for user-safe products or services. The Metaverse makes money by selling ads to companies that want to sell their products and services to users. Most cyberspaces have strict rules that only allow companies to advertise safe products and services to users

One of the recurring questions is how can we enter the metaverse and specifically what devices can we use to get the first glimpses of the metaverse. What types of devices are considered devices for the Metaverse? You can use a variety of different devices to access the Metaverse. The primary would be to have a PC or cell phone although this is generally much less immersive than a dedicated augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) device. This is why Metaverse-specific devices allow you to enter and fully immerse yourself in these worlds. Virtual reality goggles or augmented reality equipment essentially embed the metaverse directly into your field of vision. Virtual Reality Glasses: This type of goggle is fully immersive as it features sights and sounds that transport the user’s consciousness into another universe. Thanks to these devices, we are completely immersed in the experience and have no sense of the real world around us. There are two types of virtual reality glasses; wireless ones, which have autonomy and the ability to process applications on their own, and those connected to a power source and data processing (e.g. a computer) through cables. These are some of the options we have: Augmented Reality Glasses:  One of the advantages of augmented reality glasses is that they are much less bulky than virtual reality glasses and are therefore more portable. These glasses let us observe intelligent information, such as a notification to our cell phone, checking email, and having maps. They help us see things in our real environment that are not there. Some examples are the following: Metaverse on the web: If you don’t have virtual reality or augmented reality glasses, you can always access the Metaverse through the versions available for the web through the Internet on sites such as Decentraland or Roblox.

The Metaverse is a digital place where we can interact and exchange experiences, using new digital identities called “avatars”, using logical support, which replicates the real planet, but without its restrictions. If we contextualize this criterion what we can see is a new world, a new digital world. Then, if we imagine that we are part of the work of a world that gives us a vision of the proportion of things that have the possibility of doing. On the other hand, it is logical to think that a digital environment will have its crimes, simultaneously laws that regulate them, even its currency, logically digital. Some examples of metaverses to which you can enter Second Life: is a 3D virtual environment where users control avatars to socialize, learn and do business. Decentraland: is an online digital world that combines social resources with cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and virtual real estate. Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft’s Metaverse is the alliance of the digital and physical universes with which they can engage deeper connections between individuals in the work environment. How to earn money in the metaverse? The stock market: A long-term investment in some interesting position in the metaverse will surely give you a return on investment. Business: In the metaverse, there are businesses with the possibility of being materialized in the physical world, i.e. there can be a store in the metaverse and when you make a purchase it could be delivered physically.  The economy of the metaverse is managed through cryptocurrencies and NFTs, which are also revalued and in themselves form a business opportunity. Real Estate: Some metaverses such as Descentraland own “land” or properties that can be bought and subsequently sold at a higher price. E-learning: Nowadays it is common to see universities that have anatomy classes through virtual reality, something that could bring the metaverse is that from your home you can move around the body virtually and know all its functions, the imaginative and logical mixture is what will leave the learning. Works of Art: The NFT are unique digital objects and when it comes to works of art these have been quoted impressively. Conclusion The metaverse can already be entered, without the need for special equipment, but soon we will be able to have virtual reality glasses, which will immersively take you to unimaginable places or have sensory, touristic, gaming, and even business experiences that you have never previously experienced. The metaverse will be a world to explore, but it will require cybersecurity services, retail, wholesale, and events.

The concept of the metaverse has become so widespread that there is a gigantic proportion of people who believe that there is a virtual “place” that serves as an access point. What does exist are a multitude of proposals that fall under the Metaverse initiative, such as virtual games, digital universes to connect to for socializing, or other types of initiatives. Celebrities in the metaverse: Snoop Dogg He has landed in The Sandbox which is one of the metaverses on the Ethereum blockchain. This space is going to create a virtual representation of his real mansion that he has in California. He has already announced that, once his virtual home is open, he will use it to arrange various events, such as car shows, virtual concerts where he will perform himself, or pool parties. Quite a few people are still waiting to go to Snoop Dogg’s virtual mansion, and best of all: there is someone who has applied for the chance to be Snoop Dogg’s virtual neighbor, so he has bought the house next door. Paris Hilton Paris has also brought her real mansion to the virtual realm, so her fans will be able to see it up close. Not only that, but she mentions that one of the attractions of being able to go to her mansion virtually is that users will be able to go into her closet and digitally merchandise several of her clothes. Other celebrities in the Metaverse Celebrity Lim Junjie, one of Singapore’s most celebrated artists, has invested a huge proportion of money in buying land in Decentraland. Model Sara Sampaio has bought a private island in Sandbox while Vashu Bhagnani has invested in buying a virtual place known as Poojaverse to be used by his organization. Also, tennis player Stanislas Wawrinka has bought a private island in Sandbox. Metaverse costs Land values in the metaverse have grown enormously in 2021: if we take the data from the analysis, in the first month of the year of 2021 they had an average cost of $100, however, already in the last month of the year of that same year, the figure climbed to $15,000 on average. Along the same lines, according to Forbes, around 8,000 virtual lands were sold per month in the two worlds (The Sandbox and Decentreland), at an average transaction cost of 3.5 Ethereum between November 2021 and January 2022.

In an increasingly digital world, the line between the real and the virtual is becoming blurred. The purpose of Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, and other monumental technological leaders is to produce a virtual network through which individuals can interact and do business online. This is how technological entrepreneurs, with their revolutionary ideas, have become the enormous visionaries of the 21st century. We are talking about personalities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. The virtual universe One of the consequences of the aforementioned technological evolution is that the line between the real planet and the virtual one is increasingly blurred. We have even been able to immerse ourselves in video games thanks to virtual reality or insert virtual resources into the real world through aumented reality. In other words, we are doing more and more of our daily work from the Internet and, in this way, we depend more on the whole virtual world than on the whole real world in various areas of our lives. What is the Metaverse? The metaverse will be a realm in which humans could interact both socially and economically through avatars in cyberspace, which functions as a reflection of the entire real world, but without the physical restrictions of the real world. Interactivity: It has to have the function of influencing objects and users. Incorporeality: The metaverse removes physical barriers and the closest thing to corporeality would be found in resources such as our avatar, which would represent our identity. Persistence: The metaverse will become more concrete and will converge in the alliance of diverse technologies in assignment with virtual immersion so that our life there will enjoy continuity. Who are behind the metaverse? For the metaverse to see the light of day, the promotion of the leading organizations in technology and novelty to a universal degree is needed, and this is how it is being: the advances are notorious and the investment will expand in the following years. Next, we learn what both organizations that are currently leading this plan remain accomplishing. Epic Games The company author of Fortnite or Roblox made a taste on April 13, 2021, an investment of about one billion dollars for the work of a “long-term perspective of the metaverse”. Even Sony Group Corporation has contributed to the cause with an additional investment of two hundred million to enter fully into the plan and give both its technology and its entertainment avenues. Facebook The company led by Mark Zuckerberg was achieved with the company Oculus, specializing in virtual reality glasses. In 2021, Facebook made taste the construction of 10,000 jobs on the European continent over the next 5 years to develop the metaverse.

The Metaverse is the evolution of the Internet with virtual spaces linked to each other, where connected individuals will be able to interact in an experiential experience. In the words of Zuckerberg himself, the Metaverse “is a group of virtual spaces where you can generate and explore with other people who are not in the same physical space as you”. The Metaverse will rely heavily on the latest virtual reality (VR) technologies since it will be how users will be able to inhabit these virtual spaces through devices with this technology. Origin of the Metaverse The progress of technology has led to techniques that surprise us today, such as AI (artificial intelligence) or virtual reality, which will continue to evolve, especially towards a transformation associated with the world of the Internet. The concept of Metaverse was used in 1992 in a novel by Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash, which explains a virtual place that converges with the physical. It was not until the emergence of the web and the progress of the internet that the Metaverse became a reality. Facebook was not the first to place the issue of Metaverse in public criticism, many organizations are already investing and generating efforts for the work and promotion of the spheres in these virtual spaces. What is the Metaverse for? The construction of scenarios and virtual universes where each individual creates his or her avatar and interacts with other users is nothing new. Meta is intended to bring together this kind of universe with Internet browsing and virtual reality. This choice takes on particular significance if we analyze that, after a year of pandemic disease and remote work, the company launched Horizon Workrooms in August 2021, which, using virtual reality glasses, enables users to enter virtual meeting rooms to interact with other colleagues. The Metaverse serves to enlarge occupations and remove geographic boundaries, seeking to bring individuals together by simply connecting to the network, where they will be able to interact at a different levels. How the Metaverse works  The Metaverse is already operating today, although they are temporary or exclusive virtual spaces for a specific environment. Organizations, organisms, and individuals develop virtual spaces or dynamics over virtual societies that are already operating. Individuals connect to the Internet and can participate in such spaces and societies in the enormous cosmos of the network. To understand how this works, let’s look at some key insights: