Closed Call for Papers: Special Issue on Metaverse: Technologies for Virtual Worlds

Submissions due: 13 September 2022

Publication: March/April 2023

Virtual worlds can be a powerful tool for a variety of applications, including education, visualization, collaboration, and entertainment. Some of these virtual worlds utilize augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), or extended reality (XR); others use Web 3.0 technologies. These virtual worlds can be isolated or interconnected within a metaverse, and some can even use blockchain technologies to enforce permanent records of, for example, ownership of part of the virtual world.

This special issue of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications seeks high-quality articles on a variety of technologies for such virtual worlds, including AR, VR, and XR as well as Web 3.0 and blockchain to support applications of these virtual worlds for training or education, visualization, collaboration, or entertainment. In addition, frameworks and tools that support the development of applications for virtual worlds are also of great interest. Due to the support provided by different environments and for different devices, these applications and frameworks could build on game engines, such as Unity or Unreal; use web technologies, such as WebXR and Web 3.0; or use a stand-alone approach to natively support the virtual world and the devices to access the virtual world ranging from web browsers, hand-held devices, and head-mounted displays to full-scale CAVE-type systems. Topics of interest include:

Simulation environments for virtual worlds

Web-based technologies for virtual worlds

Blockchain technologies to support ownership in virtual worlds

Multi-scale network environments for virtual worlds

Collaborative environments for virtual worlds

Frameworks for multi-user virtual worlds

Virtual worlds to support learning and training

Virtual worlds that support maintenance or other tasks

Virtual worlds for visualization

Submission Guidelines

For author information and guidelines on submission criteria, visit the CG&A Author Information page. Please submit papers through the ScholarOne system, and be sure to select the special-issue name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the ScholarOne portal.