By seamlessly integrating the physical and the virtual worlds, metaverse offers a platform of a new social ecosystem, dealing with digital twins and empowering virtual-reality symbiosis, which has been widely regarded as one of the key enablers of our future society with profound social and economic impacts. Empowered by the new generation of digital technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality (VR/AR/MR), 5G/6G, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, software services engineering, and edge computing, metaverse applications and services hold the potential to revolutionize the way we live, work, transact, learn, and interact. Bridging the virtual space and the real world, such metaverse services are more complicated with unique characteristics and present many new challenges and research questions to service design, development, and governance. This special issue aims at highlighting the latest novel research efforts in advancing metaverse services. We seek original and high-quality submissions related to, but are not limited to, the following topics:
Manuscript Submission Due: Mar 31, 2025
Distinguished Professor Michael Sheng (Lead Guest Editor), Macquarie University, Australia
Professor Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Professor Boualem Benatallah, Dublin City University, Ireland
As of 20 November 2024, IEEE Transactions on Services Computing will use the IEEE Author Portal for all new submissions.
Please be sure to select “SI on Metaverse-Services” when you submit your article. Author guidelines are available at the IEEE TSC website http://www.computer.org/tsc. Every manuscript should be no more than 14 pages. Submitted manuscripts should not have been previously published nor be currently under review for publication elsewhere. Moreover, they should a provide minimum of 30% original technical contributions in comparison to previous publications.
Questions, contact the Lead Guest Editor at michael.sheng@mq.edu.au
