Metaverse Technologies and Applications in the Future of Online Learning

Abstract

Metaverse, one of the most popular concepts of today, is the fictional universe in which there are many virtual reality environments. Like every emerging technology, this concept has started to be researched rapidly in the academic field. Metaverse contains important opportunities for many fields, such as education. VR technology is of great importance in the emergence of the metaverse. Especially VR headsets play a key role for metaverse in terms of immersive VR experience. In this chapter, leading VR headsets and metaverse applications are presented comparatively and analyzed systematically. It can be said that standalone VR headsets come to the fore in terms of usability and portability, and dominate almost the entire global market. Metaverse applications such as MeetinVR, Engage, Horizon Workrooms, AltspaceVR, etc., have started to gain an important place in the business life and education sector in the metaverse world. Finally, the use of metaverse in the education system of the future is discussed and potential research topics related to the concept of metaverse are presented.