The metaverse as a virtual form of smart cities: Opportunities and challenges for environmental, economic, and social sustainability in urban futures

Z Allam, A Sharifi, SE Bibri, DS Jones, J Krogstie - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
Data infrastructures, economic processes, and governance models of digital platforms are
increasingly pervading urban sectors and spheres of urban life. This phenomenon is known …

Digital twins in the automotive industry: The road toward physical-digital convergence

D Piromalis, A Kantaros - Applied System Innovation, 2022 - mdpi.com
A newly introduced term in the field of simulating an artificial or physical system is that of the
“Digital Twin” concept method. It employs a digital representation and modeling method …

The social shaping of the metaverse as an alternative to the imaginaries of data-driven smart Cities: A study in science, technology, and society

SE Bibri - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
Science and technology transform the frontiers of knowledge and have deep and powerful
impacts on society, demonstrating how social reality varies with each era of the world. As a …

The Metaverse as a virtual form of data-driven smart cities: The ethics of the hyper-connectivity, datafication, algorithmization, and platformization of urban society

SE Bibri, Z Allam - Computational Urban Science, 2022 - Springer
Recent advances in computing and immersive technologies have provided Meta (formerly
Facebook) with the opportunity to leapfrog or expedite its way of thinking and devising a …

The Metaverse as a virtual form of data-driven smart urbanism: platformization and its underlying processes, institutional dimensions, and disruptive impacts

SE Bibri, Z Allam, J Krogstie - Computational Urban Science, 2022 - Springer
The emerging phenomenon of platformization has given rise to what has been termed"
platform society,“a digitally connected world where platforms have penetrated the heart of …

Cybersecurity in the AI-Based metaverse: A survey

M Pooyandeh, KJ Han, I Sohn - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Metaverse is a multi-user virtual world that combines physical reality with digital virtual
reality. The three basic technologies for building the Metaverse are immersive technologies …

The theoretical, practical, and technological foundations of the 15-minute city model: proximity and its environmental, social and economic benefits for sustainability

Z Allam, SE Bibri, D Chabaud, C Moreno - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conventional and emerging paradigms of urbanism require new responses under the
current circumstances, especially in relation to the integration of sustainability dimensions …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging smart city, transport and energy trends in urban settings: Results of a pan-European foresight exercise with 120 experts

M Angelidou, C Politis, A Panori, T Bakratsas… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forecasting future trends constitutes a key process for supporting urban and territorial policy
making in general. In this work, we explore how the domains of smart cities, smart transport …

Urban planning in the 15-minute city: Revisited under sustainable and smart city developments until 2030

G Pozoukidou, M Angelidou - Smart Cities, 2022 - mdpi.com
The 15-minute-city concept represents an increasingly popular urban policymaking and
planning paradigm that seeks to shift attention to the neighborhood as a “place” rather …

Exploring the intersection of sustainable consumption and the Metaverse: a review of current literature and future research directions

A Pellegrino, R Wang, A Stasi - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This study aims to analyze the intersection between the Metaverse and sustainable
consumption by examining and reviewing 21 journal articles and to identify future research …