Metaverse, Innovation (Meta Innovation) and Urban Interaction

Abstract

Although the Metaverse, which we can call a set of three-dimensional, radical innovations, has not yet been realized, it maintains its place on the agenda with its positive and negative aspects. The technologies that laid the foundations of metaverse continue to change people's lives in many areas at breakneck speed. Digital twin, blockchain, IOT, artificial intelligence, XR technologies have been adopted by city governments and started to be applied to municipal services. Metaverse has opened its doors as an innovation ecosystem for better quality, efficient and effective delivery of urban services. As the metaverse becomes widespread, it will be the case that city services will adapt to this ecosystem, and that effective and efficient service delivery for needs and problems will be realized with the metaverse innovative ecosystem. In this study, the future evolution of urban services in terms of metaverse and innovation is presented with examples from the world and Türkiye. Qualitative research method was used in the study and document analysis (documentary screening), which is the data analysis method, literature review were used. Within the scope of literature review and document analysis in this field, the study aims to address the technologies and innovative practices that guide city governments, offers suggestions to municipalities on what to do in this field, and tries to reveal what kind of effects meta-innovation will create in cities. The results obtained from the examples show that cities have started to apply metaverse technologies in the fields of tourism, local development, culture, health, education.

Keywords

• Metaverse
• Innovation
• XR Technologies
• Smart City
• Digital Twin

Metaverse, İnovasyon (Meta İnovasyon) ve Kent Etkileşimi

Abstract

Üç boyutlu, radikal inovasyonlar bütünü olarak adlandırabileceğimiz Metaverse, henüz hayata geçmemiş olmasına rağmen olumlu ve olumsuz yönleriyle gündemdeki yerini korumaktadır. Metaverse’in temellerini atan teknolojiler ise son hızla birçok alanda insanların yaşamını değiştirmeye devam etmektedir. Dijital ikiz, blockchain, IOT, yapay zekâ, XR teknolojileri kent yönetimleri tarafından da benimsenerek belediye hizmetlerine uygulanmaya başlanmıştır. Metaverse inovasyon ekosistemi olarak kapılarını kent hizmetlerinin daha kaliteli, verimli, etkin sunumu için açmış durumdadır. Metaverse yaygınlaştıkça kent hizmetlerinin bu ekosisteme adapte olması, ihtiyaç ve sorunlara yönelik etkin ve verimli hizmet sunumunun metaverse inovatif ekosistemiyle gerçekleştirilmesi söz konusu olacaktır. Bu çalışmada kent hizmetlerinin metaverse ve inovasyon boyutunda gelecekte neye evrileceği dünyadan ve Türkiye’den örneklerle ifade edilmiştir. Çalışmada nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmış, bu alanda literatür taraması ve doküman analizi kapsamında kent yönetimlerine yol gösteren teknolojilere ve inovatif uygulamalara değinmeyi amaçlamakta, belediyelere bu alanda izlenecek politikalar konusunda öneriler sunmakta, meta-inovasyonun kentlerde ne tür etkiler yaratacağı ortaya konulmaya çalışılmaktadır. Ele alınan örnekler üzerinden ulaşılan sonuçlar, kentlerin metaverse teknolojilerini; turizm, yerel kalkınma, kültür, sağlık, eğitim alanlarında uygulamaya başladığını göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Metaverse
• Inovasyon
• Akıllı Kent
• XR Teknolojisi
• Dijital İkiz

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