Metaverse and natural hazards management

Document Type : Extension

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Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

10.22092/jaist.2025.368481.1133

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This article introduces Metaverse technology and outlines its capabilities, prospects, and challenges in managing natural hazards. Metaverse is a vision of the future Internet that combines virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, the Internet of Things, blockchain, and artificial intelligence to offer a powerful tool for managing natural hazards. Metaverse can simulate natural hazard conditions and propose effective training and educational programs for hazard response. Further, the Metaverse aids in data analysis and hazard prediction. Metaverse collects real-time data from the environment and transfers it to analytical systems. This data plays a crucial role in predicting and reacting more swiftly to natural hazards. Metaverse makes international collaboration and sharing of best practices and experiences possible. This cooperation increases economic efficiency and improves preparedness levels in facing natural hazards. Additionally, the Metaverse can reduce crisis management's social and psychological impacts. However, challenges also exist in using the Metaverse. These challenges include resistance to traditional structure changes, the need for advanced technological infrastructure, data privacy protection, ensuring information security, and high setup and maintenance costs. Despite these challenges, the Metaverse's role in managing natural hazards is unparalleled, offering numerous potential benefits for the future.

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  • Receive Date: 31 January 2025
  • Revise Date: 12 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 12 February 2025

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