Early Pub

Volume: 5 Issue: 2

Year: 2025

Editorial

Editorial

1. Shaping the Future of Metaverse Research: Innovation, Collaboration, and Journal of Metaverse’s Academic Impact

Enis Karaarslan , Ömer Aydın , Senem Yazıcı Yılmaz , Hasan Tınmaz , Süleyman Eken , Nida Gökçe Narin , Umit Cali , Kürşad Özkaynar , Önder Gürcan , Mina Fanea-ıvanovici , Osman Gazi Güçlütürk , Man Qi , Huseyin Kusetogullari , Moharram Challenger , Nebojsa Bacanin

Page : 73-91

Research Articles

Research Article

2. Metaverse Effect: Exploring Students’ Vocabulary Achievement, Retention, and Perceptions in Virtual Environments

Elif Ay Kaya , Ceylan Yangın Ersanlı

Page : 92-103

Research Article

3. Exploring Musical Affordance of a Virtual Reality Malay Gamelan Through Qualitative Study

Khatriza Ahmad Saffian , Noris Mohd Norowi

Page : 104-111

Research Article

4. Navigating New Realities: The Impact of Metaverse Technologies on Financial Innovation

Ayman Abdalmajeed Alsmadi

Page : 112-123

Research Article

6. RBFT: Resilience-Oriented Blockchain Consensus Protocol

Oumaima Fadi , Karim Zkik , Adil Bahaj , Abdellatif El Ghazi , Mohammed Boulmalf

Page : 132-144

Research Article

7. Dressed to Gamble: How Poker Drives the Dynamics of Wearables and Visits on Decentraland’s Social Virtual World

Amaury Trujillo , Clara Bacciu , Matteo Abrate

Page : 145-155

Research Article

8. Metaverse Support Groups for LGBTQ+ Youth: An Observational Study on Safety, Self-Expression, and Early Intervention

Joe Hasei , Yosuke Matsumoto , Hiroki Kawai , Yuko Okahisa , Manabu Takaki , Toshifumi Ozaki

Page : 156-167

Research Article

9. A Philosophical and Ontological Perspective on Artificial General Intelligence and The Metaverse

Martin Schmalzried

Page : 168-180

Research Article

10. Not a One-Size-Fits-All Solution: How Different Goals (Re)Define Media Brands in the Metaverse

Paulo Couraceiro

Page : 181-194

Review Articles

Review

5. Sexual Crimes in Metaverse: New Frontiers in Forensic Psychology and Legal Challenges

Giulia Melis , Merylin Monaro

Page : 124-131
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