Social Networking in Metaverse (SocMeta) TC Innovation Project
SocMeta proposal has been selected for funding by IEEE ComSoc under the TC Innovation Project initiative. Its main goals are related to how the Metaverse will revolutionize the existing social networking features applied to different contexts, from the Social Internet of Things to Vehicular Social Networks, as well as Online Social Networks.
Metaverse is mainly used to refer to the expected future iterations of the Internet. This concept can also be referred to as Web 3.0. The advent of the Metaverse concept has further expedited the evolution of haptic, tactile Internet, and multimedia applications, thanks to the use of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Extended Reality (XR) services. As a result, fully immersive sensing will most likely define the next generation of wireless networks, providing novel and immersive user experiences.
Metaverse will be the opportunity to create new social networks that do not exist in the real world. In the SocMeta project, we intend to define new trust relationships that will allow seamless confidence in both worlds. We intend to introduce a new trust concept of Metaverse social networks that allows equivalence of trust between entities. In this project, we will investigate among the following topics (but not limited to):
- Authentication and identification in the Metaverse/XR
- Privacy in the Metaverse/XR
- Trust in the Metaverse/XR
- BlockChain for the Metaverse
- Physical Threats in the Metaverse/XR
- Countermeasures for cybersecurity in Metaverse/XR
- AI-driven Security in the Metaverse/XR
- Automated intrusion detection in the Metaverse/XR
- Criminality in the Metaverse/XR
- Forensics and legal procedures in the Metaverse/XR
- Define proper features of social networking in Metaverse
- Investigate social networking for AR/VR/XR
- Investigate security and privacy issues in Metaverse
- Define a framework for integrated Metaverse with traditional online social networks
- Analyse social networking features among Digital Twins
- Investigate issues arisen by the overlapping of physical world with virtual and extended world
In SocMeta we will look for innovative proposals from IEEE ComSoc students, addressing the main topics of SocMeta. Please, see the call for competition at the following link.