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Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: Oct 14, 2022
Date Accepted: Jan 11, 2023

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The Metaverse, the Built Environment, and Public Health: Opportunities and Uncertainties

Koohsari MJ, McCormack GR, Nakaya T, Yasunaga A, Fuller D, Nagai Y, Oka K

The Metaverse, the Built Environment, and Public Health: Opportunities and Uncertainties

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e43549

DOI: 10.2196/43549

PMID: 36780208

PMCID: 9972199

The Metaverse, the built environment, and public health: Opportunities and uncertainties

  • Mohammad Javad Koohsari; 
  • Gavin R McCormack; 
  • Tomoki Nakaya; 
  • Akitomo Yasunaga; 
  • Daniel Fuller; 
  • Yukari Nagai; 
  • Koichiro Oka

ABSTRACT

There has been a growing interest in the “metaverse”, and discourse about how this platform may contribute to different fields of science is already beginning to emerge. In this viewpoint article, we discuss key opportunities and uncertainties about how a metaverse might contribute to advancing knowledge in the interdisciplinary field of the built environment and public health aimed at reducing non-communicable diseases.


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Please cite as:

Koohsari MJ, McCormack GR, Nakaya T, Yasunaga A, Fuller D, Nagai Y, Oka K

The Metaverse, the Built Environment, and Public Health: Opportunities and Uncertainties

J Med Internet Res 2023;25:e43549

DOI: 10.2196/43549

PMID: 36780208

PMCID: 9972199

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