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Artificial Intelligence for the Metaverse: A Survey

arXiv 2202.10336 ↗First posted 15 Feb 2022cs.CY cs.AI cs.LGcited by 25

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Abstract (arXiv)

Along with the massive growth of the Internet from the 1990s until now, various innovative technologies have been created to bring users breathtaking experiences with more virtual interactions in cyberspace. Many virtual environments with thousands of services and applications, from social networks to virtual gaming worlds, have been developed with immersive experience and digital transformation, but most are incoherent instead of being integrated into a platform. In this context, metaverse, a term formed by combining meta and universe, has been introduced as a shared virtual world that is fueled by many emerging technologies, such as fifth-generation networks and beyond, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (AI). Among such technologies, AI has shown the great importance of processing big data to enhance immersive experience and enable human-like intelligence of virtual agents. In this survey, we make a beneficial effort to explore the role of AI in the foundation and development of the metaverse. We first deliver a preliminary of AI, including machine learning algorithms and deep learning architectures, and its role in the metaverse. We then convey a comprehensive investigation of AI-based methods concerning six technical aspects that have potentials for the metaverse: natural language processing, machine vision, blockchain, networking, digital twin, and neural interface, and being potential for the metaverse. Subsequently, several AI-aided applications, such as healthcare, manufacturing, smart cities, and gaming, are studied to be deployed in the virtual worlds. Finally, we conclude the key contribution of this survey and open some future research directions in AI for the metaverse.

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  1. 2023PerceptionGPT: Effectively Fusing Visual Perception into LLMcited by 59
  2. 2022MetaAID: A Flexible Framework for Developing Metaverse Applications via AI Technology and Human Editingcited by 11
  3. 2022Metaverse for Healthcare: A Survey on Potential Applications, Challenges and Future Directionscited by 11
  4. 2022AI and 6G into the Metaverse: Fundamentals, Challenges and Future Research Trendscited by 8
  5. 2025SurveyG: A Multi-Agent LLM Framework with Hierarchical Citation Graph for Automated Survey Generationcited by 7
  6. 2022Edge-enabled Metaverse: The Convergence of Metaverse and Mobile Edge Computingcited by 5
  7. 2023Beyond Reality: The Pivotal Role of Generative AI in the Metaversecited by 5
  8. 2023Towards Ubiquitous Semantic Metaverse: Challenges, Approaches, and Opportunitiescited by 4
  9. 2023Artificial Intelligence for Web 3.0: A Comprehensive Surveycited by 4
  10. 2022Mobile Edge Computing, Metaverse, 6G Wireless Communications, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain: Survey and Their Convergencecited by 3
  11. 2022Secure and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence-Extended Reality (AI-XR) for Metaversescited by 3
  12. 2023Federated Learning for Metaverse: A Surveycited by 3
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  1. 2023The Metaverse: Survey, Trends, Novel Pipeline Ecosystem & Future Directionscited by 3
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  3. 2024A Blockchain-based Reliable Federated Meta-learning for Metaverse: A Dual Game Frameworkcited by 3
  4. 2026DeepSurvey-Bench: Evaluating Academic Value of Automatically Generated Scientific Surveyscited by 3
  5. 2024Artificial Intelligence for Secured Information Systems in Smart Cities: Collaborative IoT Computing with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Blockchaincited by 2
  6. 2022The Metaverse Data Deluge: What Can We Do About It?cited by 0
  7. 2022Need of 6G for the Metaverse Realizationcited by 0
  8. 2024Edge AI as a Service with Coordinated Deep Neural Networkscited by 0
  9. 2024Metaverse Survey & Tutorial: Exploring Key Requirements, Technologies, Standards, Applications, Challenges, and Perspectivescited by 0
  10. 2024Multimodal Perception System for Real Open Environmentcited by 0
  11. 2024BF-Meta: Secure Blockchain-enhanced Privacy-preserving Federated Learning for Metaversecited by 0
  12. 2025Protego: Detecting Adversarial Examples for Vision Transformers via Intrinsic Capabilitiescited by 0
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