Exploring the Darkverse: A Multi-Perspective Analysis of the Negative Societal Impacts of the Metaverse

Yogesh K. Dwivedi, N. Kshetri, L. Hughes, Nripendra P. Rana, A.M. Baabdullah, A.K. Kar, A. Koohang, S. Ribeiro-Navarrete, N. Belei, J. Balakrishnan, S. Basu, A. Behl, G.H. Davies, Vincent Dutot (), R. Dwivedi, L. Evans, R. Felix, R. Foster-Fletcher, M. Giannakis, A. Gupta, C. Hinsch, A. Jain, N. Jane Patel, T. Jung, S. Juneja, Q. Kamran, S. Mohamed Ab, N. Pandey, S. Papagiannidis, R. Raman, P.A. Rauschnabel, P. Tak, A. Taylor, M.C. Dieck, G. Viglia, Y. Wang and M. Yan
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Yogesh K. Dwivedi: Swansea University, School of CS&IT, Jain Deemed-to-be University, Bangalore, India
Nripendra P. Rana: Qatar University
A. Behl: CVIT - CVIT - Center for Visual Information Technology [Hyderabad] - IIIT-H - International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad [Hyderabad]
Vincent Dutot: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
A. Gupta: Department of Civil Engineering, MNIT, Jaipur, India
T. Jung: Alfred Wegener Institute [Potsdam] - AWI - Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung = Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research = Institut Alfred-Wegener pour la recherche polaire et marine - Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft = Helmholtz Association
A. Taylor: FZU / CAS - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences - CAS - Czech Academy of Sciences [Prague]
Y. Wang: HKUST - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M. Yan: Zhejiang University [Hangzhou, China]

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Abstract: The Metaverse has the potential to form the next pervasive computing archetype that can transform many aspects of work and life at a societal level. Despite the many forecasted benefits from the metaverse, its negative outcomes have remained relatively unexplored with the majority of views grounded on logical thoughts derived from prior data points linked with similar technologies, somewhat lacking academic and expert perspective. This study responds to the dark side perspectives through informed and multifaceted narratives provided by invited leading academics and experts from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. The metaverse dark side perspectives covered include: technological and consumer vulnerability, privacy, and diminished reality, human\textendash computer interface, identity theft, invasive advertising, misinformation, propaganda, phishing, financial crimes, terrorist activities, abuse, pornography, social inclusion, mental health, sexual harassment and metaverse-triggered unintended consequences. The paper concludes with a synthesis of common themes, formulating propositions, and presenting implications for practice and policy. \textcopyright 2023, The Author(s).

Keywords: Computer crime; Crime; Dark side of the metaverse; Datapoints; Metaverse; Metaverses; Multi-perspective; Negative consequence; Negative consequences; Second life; Second Life; Societal impacts; Ubiquitous computing; Unintended consequences; Virtual reality; Virtual world; Virtual worlds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Information Systems Frontiers, 2023, 25 (5), pp.2071--2114. ⟨10.1007/s10796-023-10400-x⟩

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