Technology plays a crucial role in safeguarding cultural and heritage assets for tourism destinations. Despite youths' apparent technological proficiency, there has been limited research on their intention to use virtual reality (VR) in such settings. This study stands as one of the pioneering...

To better understand the factors influencing technological adoption and the benefits it offers for education, this study looks at the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in war tourism. To comprehend how social influence, effort expectations, performance expectancy, and facilitating conditions influence...

Unternehmen aus verschiedenen Branchen wie Gaming, Reisen und Einzelhandel erkunden derzeit, welche Marketingpotenziale das Metaverse bietet. Es besteht jedoch noch große Unsicherheit über effektive Strategien in dieser neuen "Welt". Da die Forschung noch am Anfang steht, möchten wir zu einem...

The Gen-Z, who are deemed digital natives, have shown interest in the metaverse. The emergence of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (XR) technologies in recent years has fuelled the increased interest in metaverse gaming. However, extant literature is yet to...

Virtual Reality (VR) holds immense potential to revolutionize the tourism industry by transforming how destinations are marketed and experienced. Research consistently emphasizes VR's ability to enhance and enrich tourist experiences, offering new dimensions of engagement. However, despite its...

This study explores the influence of metaverse experiences and social interaction on tourists' engagement and satisfaction in virtual tourism environments. In the digital era, the metaverse provides an immersive, interactive platform for tourism, allowing users to experience destinations...

The technological evolution has not only opened new frontiers but has also become an indispensable part of our daily lives. However, the technology that enhances our lives presents a dual reality-it offers opportunities for criminals while creating challenges for law enforcement. Fraud,...

The "metaverse" - envisaged as an expansive, fully interoperable network of 3D virtual worlds - remains a distant prospect with a certain degree of conceptual and technological ambiguity. Nevertheless, an increasing number of firms are investigating the potential of the metaverse as a platform...

Exclusion-inclusion theory has received attention in various disciplines in the actual world. However, whether and how virtual tourism experiences can affect the degree of exclusion-inclusion for people who use wheelchairs has not been discussed. Driven by an interpretivist paradigm, this study...

Virtual influencers have become a growing phenomenon in the digital marketing landscape. They can exist in any form-robots, animals, cartoon figures, human avatars or even aliens -and are tailored with specific personalities that emulate human traits, behaviors and interactions. This research...

The term “metaverse” describes the merging of the virtual and physical world. The underlying technical development leads to a change in market conditions and should enable new business models – also in the area of the festival economy. The text is dedicated to the opportunities and...

Virtual reality (VR) tourism presents a creative way to improve travel experiences and offers smart travel. On the other hand, compared to wealthy nations with sophisticated information infrastructure and smart tourism support, the exploitation of VR tourism in emerging tourism economies looks...

Most ecotourism destinations have not yet fully explored the benefits of augmented reality (AR) marketing in relation to family vacations. Although AR improves travel experiences and destination branding, there is limited research on parents' perceptions of AR when traveling with children. This...

"This timely book investigates the rise and fall of Web3 and the metaverse, shedding light on how various factors have influenced this trajectory. Nir Kshetri delves into the inherent complexities of the metaverse, exploring competing technologies, external influences and the reactions of...

This book offers a comprehensive collection of the latest research presented at the 9th International XR-Metaverse Conference held in Busan, South Korea, in 2024. Its goal is to bridge the gap between academia and industry by advancing the state of the art in Metaverse, XR, AI-based AR and VR...