PART A: INTRODUCTION TO METAVERSE Chapter 1. Introduction of Metaverse in Business; Udgam Mishra and Nirma Sadamali Jayawardena Chapter 2. The Impact of Metaverse on Businesses; Sridharan. A and Sunita Kumar PART B: TECHNOLOGIES DRIVING THE METAVERSE Chapter 3. Augmented Reality: Shaping the Metaverse; Muruganantham Ganesan and B. Dinesh Kumar Chapter 4. Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse; K K Shihab, Anil Vashisht, Arif Hasan, and Astha Joshi Chapter 5. Metaverse and Internet of Things: A Way to Smart Cities; Anubha Anubha, Govind Nath Srivastava, and Daviender Narang Chapter 6.
Unleashing Digital Frontiers: Bridging Realities of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and the Metaverse; Arjun J Nair, Sridhar Manohar, Amit Mittal, and Rishi Chaudhry, Chapter 7. Non-Fungible Tokens and Blockchain: Foundations for a Sustainable Metaverse Economy; Rim Gafsi PART C: HOW CAN METAVERSE CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABILITY? Chapter 8. Sustainability in the Metaverse: Challenges, Implications, and Potential Solutions; Poornima Jirli and Anuja Shukla Chapter 9. Metaverse and ESG Governance: Addressing Social and Environmental Challenges in the Virtual World; Supriya Lamba Sahdev, Ahdi Hassan, Chitra Krishnan, Jasmine Mariappan, and Ivan Salazar Chang Chapter 10. Metaverse: Transformative Pathways for Skilling, Reskilling, and Upskilling in the Digital Age; Snigdha Dash, Prashant Dev Yadav, Rishi Manrai, and Aditya Kumar Gupta PART D: POTENTIAL PRESENT AND FUTURE OF METAVERSE TECHNOLOGY Chapter 11. Metaverse and wellness tourism: An investigation on mixed reality (MR) health care approaches in the tourism industry; Saranya Thaloor Chapter 12. Metaverse: A Game Changer for Reshaping Fashion Industry; Reema Varshney and Nimisha Rana Chaudhary Chapter 13. Metaverse in Education: Pioneering Virtual world for cutting edge hybrid learning experiences; Seema Garg, Namrata Pancholi, Anamica Singh, and Anchal Luthra Chapter 14.
Creative Synergy: Unleashing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse; Jasmine Mariappan, Supriya Lamba Sahdev, Chitra Krishnan, Firdous Ahmad Malik, and Astha Gupta Chapter 15. Good Governance and Implementation; Gaurav Duggal, Manoj Garg, and Achint Nigam Chapter 16. Dark Side of the Metaverse and User Protection; Gaurav Duggal, Manoj Garg, and Achint Nigam.