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PERSPECTIVE article

Front. Virtual Real.
Sec. Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour
Volume 6 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/frvir.2025.1503015
This article is part of the Research Topic A Metaverse for the Good: Design, Application and Understanding View all 14 articles

Metaverse, implemented. A philosophical perspective on agenda-setting ethical tools for the development of immersive technologies

Provisionally accepted
Mariachiara Tirinzoni Mariachiara Tirinzoni *
  • Independent, Milan, Italy

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon.

    The specific application of immersive technologies known as metaverse emerges as a potential substitute for current social networks. Given the social and anthropological effects we have been able to observe as a consequence of the mass adoption of social networks, the following work aims to provide the initial sketch of a framework for structuring an approach to the design and deployment of the metaverse that safeguards the values of transparency, justice and fairness, avoiding simplistic but potentially distorting drifts already suggested by major actors. The reflection works on a definition of the metaverse as an object endowed by both the features of a space and the ones of a tool, exploring a shift of perspective that, drawing on the theory of affordances, sees an important role of ethical thinking not just in the design of the metaverse, but in its deployment and implementation too.

    Keywords: VR, XR, Metaverse, social networks, Digital ethics, Philosophy of science, epistemology

    Received: 27 Sep 2024; Accepted: 31 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Tirinzoni. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Mariachiara Tirinzoni, Independent, Milan, Italy

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