MetaBlock: A Revolutionary System for Healthcare Industry Fusing Metaverse and Blockchain

The Metaverse is like another world functioning parallel to the actual physical world. It merges physical reality with digital virtuality by the convergence of different technologies that enable interactions with virtual objects and environment. The complete immersive experience with metaverse gener...

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Main Authors: Adla Sanober, Shamama Anwar
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Language:English
Published: İzmir Akademi Derneği 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Metaverse
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4060550
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description The Metaverse is like another world functioning parallel to the actual physical world. It merges physical reality with digital virtuality by the convergence of different technologies that enable interactions with virtual objects and environment. The complete immersive experience with metaverse generates huge data which comes with its own set of challenges, a major one being the security and storage of user centric data. Considerably, blockchain offers a significant solution due to its exceptional features of decentralization, immutability, and transparency. For a detailed insight into the role of blockchain in the metaverse, the paper explores its usage in the healthcare industry. The paper then proposes a healthcare system named MetaBlock that is a fusion of both the metaverse and blockchain techniques. The paper discusses the components of the system from a detailed technical interpretation, such as data acquisition, data storage, virtual object and space simulation, data sharing and data privacy protection. Finally, an important research direction in terms of distributed consensus mechanism is discussed.
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spelling doaj-art-9bead417ba8845b0b152cd4ed517a1502025-08-20T02:34:42Zengİzmir Akademi DerneğiJournal of Metaverse2792-02322024-12-014211612510.57019/jmv.15138862220MetaBlock: A Revolutionary System for Healthcare Industry Fusing Metaverse and BlockchainAdla Sanober0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8678-3701Shamama Anwar1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2013-7181Birla Institute of Technology, MesraBirla Institute of Technology, MesraThe Metaverse is like another world functioning parallel to the actual physical world. It merges physical reality with digital virtuality by the convergence of different technologies that enable interactions with virtual objects and environment. The complete immersive experience with metaverse generates huge data which comes with its own set of challenges, a major one being the security and storage of user centric data. Considerably, blockchain offers a significant solution due to its exceptional features of decentralization, immutability, and transparency. For a detailed insight into the role of blockchain in the metaverse, the paper explores its usage in the healthcare industry. The paper then proposes a healthcare system named MetaBlock that is a fusion of both the metaverse and blockchain techniques. The paper discusses the components of the system from a detailed technical interpretation, such as data acquisition, data storage, virtual object and space simulation, data sharing and data privacy protection. Finally, an important research direction in terms of distributed consensus mechanism is discussed.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4060550healthcareblockchainmetaverseimmutabilitydistributed consensus
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healthcare
blockchain
metaverse
immutability
distributed consensus
title MetaBlock: A Revolutionary System for Healthcare Industry Fusing Metaverse and Blockchain
title_full MetaBlock: A Revolutionary System for Healthcare Industry Fusing Metaverse and Blockchain
title_fullStr MetaBlock: A Revolutionary System for Healthcare Industry Fusing Metaverse and Blockchain
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title_short MetaBlock: A Revolutionary System for Healthcare Industry Fusing Metaverse and Blockchain
title_sort metablock a revolutionary system for healthcare industry fusing metaverse and blockchain
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blockchain
metaverse
immutability
distributed consensus
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