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The Growing Need for Metaverse Regulation

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Intelligent Systems and Applications (IntelliSys 2022)

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The immersive technologies of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are reaching maturity levels that will soon enable widespread deployment in consumer markets. At the same time, major corporations have begun investing billions of dollars annually on immersive technologies and platforms. Combined, these conditions greatly increase prospects for broad adoption of virtual and augmented environments by large populations. Recently branded “the metaverse” by Meta and other platform providers, many major corporations have expressed plans for deploying consumer products within the next three to five years. With the prospect that the metaverse platforms gain broad adoption over the next decade, it’s important to consider the risks and plan for meaningful regulation as necessary.

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Rosenberg, L.B. (2023). The Growing Need for Metaverse Regulation. In: Arai, K. (eds) Intelligent Systems and Applications. IntelliSys 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 544. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16075-2_39

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