Cyberology: Cyber-Physical-Social-Thinking Spaces-Based Discipline and Interdiscipline Hierarchy for Metaverse (General Cyberspace)

【Author】 Ning, Huansheng; Lin, Yujia; Wang, Wenxi; Wang, Hang; Shi, Feifei; Zhang, Xiaohong; Daneshmand, Mahmoud

【Source】IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL

【影响因子】10.238

【Abstract】It is well known that the metaverse, also named general cyberspace (GC), is virtual-real fusion spaces, consisting of a virtual space, namely, cyberspace and virtual-real spaces, namely, cyber-enabled physical, social, and thinking (cyber-enabled) spaces. This article discusses the open issues of the metaverse in terms of science and technology and proposes a new discipline and interdiscipline hierarchy for the metaverse (GC), namely, cyberology first. Then, it explores various relevant standards of discipline classification and a discipline and interdiscipline hierarchy based on physical, social, and thinking spaces, and investigates the cyberspace and cyber-enabled spaces. On the basis of the above research, this article enriches the contents of cyberology in two terms: 1) the disciplines in cyberspace and 2) the interdisciplines in cyber-enabled spaces. Finally, this article gives predictions of cyberology on the future development of the metaverse from the aspects of cyber-physical space, cyber-social space and cyber-thinking space.

【Keywords】Metaverse; Psychology; Cyberspace; Economics; Law; Education; Chemistry; Cyber-enabled; cyberology; cyberspace; discipline; general cyberspace (GC); interdiscipline; metaverse

【发表时间】2023 1-Mar

【收录时间】2023-05-07

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