Revisión de la literatura sobre la aproximación del metaverso en la educación superior

Abstract

The limitations due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020 increased the use of virtual communication and decreased the transfer, physical and face-to-face meeting, the Metaverse is an alternative for communication in education, medicine, business, and others. The general objective of this research is to determine the theoretical and technological implications to promote the use of Metaverse in higher education through a literature review. A descriptive type of study and the systematic mapping technique according to the PRISMA flowchart standard is used for the review of relevant literature. Those theories and the relationship of technologies were identified through a review of relevant literature, a feasibility table was prepared where the technological factors of relevance were determined, and the results were evaluated by usability criteria. The use of the systematic mapping technique obtained 40 relevant scientific articles, of which 20 articles are part of those feasible criteria for the design and development of the Metaverse oriented to higher education. It is concluded that, at present, any organization can choose to use favorable technologies for online meetings, of which a Metaverse scenario as a virtual space for education and training provides an excellent achievable solution for universities instead of physical and expensive facilities.