Chapter 1. Industry 5.0 and Digital Transformation: The Convergence of Humanity and Technology; Divyanshi Yadav and Sebya Yadav Chapter 2. Metaverse and Avatar: A Bibliometric Analysis; Shruti Traymbak, Jyoti Gaur, and Suesh Kumar Pandey Chapter 3. Innovation in Communication and Networking Field: Luminous Future as Metaverse; Shalini Dubey, Vineet Sengar, Shweta Singh, Manikant Dubey, and Swami Prasad Saxena Chapter 4. Ethics in the Metaverse: Examining the Effects and Consequences on Society; Ankit Garg, Surabhi Singh, Deepti Verma, Swati Tripathi, and Pankaj Chauhan Chapter 5. Securing the Metaverse: Ethical, Societal, and Regulatory Imperatives; Rifat Kamasak, Baris Yalcinkaya, Deniz Palalar Alkan, and Ugur Bati Chapter 6. Metaverse Ecosystem: Analyzing the Impact of Privacy Concerns, Ethical Dilemmas, User Engagement on Economic Growth and Technological Advancements; Anshul Agrawal, Vibhanshu Jha, and Ved Prakash Chapter 7.
Synergy and Discord: Exploring the Influence of AI-Driven Digitization on Markets and Workforces in the Metaverse Era; Monika Singh, Manjeet Kumar, and Swati Srivastava Chapter 8. Economic Sustainability of Metaverse; Arvind Nath Sinha, Satish Kumar, Rajneesh Khare, Nivedita Singh, Pankaj Priyadarshi, and Ambika Prasad Pandey Chapter 9. Adaptation of Metaverse Banking Services in India: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach; Sudha Swaroop, Shaivya Dixit, and Himadri Srivastava Chapter 10. Evolving Financial Services: Metaverse Banking as Catalysts for Financial Inclusion in the Virtual Business World; R.V. Naveenan, Brahmadev Panda, Shubham Mittal, and Ravindra Babu Chapter 11. Shaping Consumer Behavior and Purchasing Decisions in the Evolving Metaverse; Vijay Prakash Gupta, Chandra Shekhar Singh, and Santosh Kumar Chapter 12. Decoding the Influence of Metaverse Brand Engagement on Real-World Purchase Intentions: An Empirical Analysis of Pre-Adoption Behavior in Emerging Technology Ecosystems; Ved Prakash, Anshul Agrawal, and Rashi Kesh Chapter 13.
The Evolution of Marketing in the Metaverse: Insights into Marketing 6.0; Ruchika Rastogi and Samridhi Kapoor Chapter 14. Revolutionizing Healthcare in the Metaverse: A Blockchain-Powered Approach to Privacy and Decentralization; Rajneesh Khare, Yogesh Sharma, Nivedita Singh, and Rajeev Sijariya Chapter 15. Leveraging the Metaverse for Sustainable Higher Education: Exploring AI-Driven Virtual Learning Environment and Enhanced Educational Access; Manuha Nagpal, Dipti Singh, and Nitesh Rawat Chapter 16. Sustainability in the Metaverse: Navigating the Future of Virtual Worlds; Richa Banerjee, Narendra Singh Chaudhary, and Subeer Banerjee.