1Global Policy and Research Section, Digital Education Policy Division, Korea Education and Research Information Service, Daegu, Korea
2Department of Early Childhood Education, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Honam University, Gwangju, Korea
Editor: Sun Huh, Hallym University, Korea
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Conflict of interest
Bokyung Kye, Na-Ra Han, Eun-Ji Kim, and So Young Jo have been employees of the Korea Education and Research Information Service. However, this review article is not an official opinion of the Korea Education and Research Information Service, but rather reflects the authors’ opinions. Otherwise, no potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
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Editors’ note
The metaverse is a new and unique environment in health education. Although the application of the metaverse in health education is still uncommon, there have already been some cases of its application. The evaluation of metaverse applications is another emerging topic, the relevance of which was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This review article can serve as an introductory guide for health educators to the metaverse’s possibilities for educational applications.
From Lee S. Log in Metaverse: revolution of human×space×time (IS-115) [Internet]. Seongnam: Software Policy & Research Institute; 2021 [cited 2021 Nov 29]. Available from: https://spri.kr/posts/view/23165?code=issue_reports [3]; Smart J, Cascio J, Paffendorf J. Metaverse roadmap: pathway to the 3D web [Internet]. Ann Arbor (MI): Acceleration Studies Foundation; 2007 [cited 2021 Nov 29]. Available from: https://metaverseroadmap.org/MetaverseRoadmapOverview.pdf [4].
The technical features are summarized by referring to the content and examples of Kim [1].
3D, 3-dimensional; HUD, head-up display; SNS, social networking service; GPS, Global Positioning System; AI, artificial intelligence.