Metaverse: Technologies, Opportunities and Threats
暫譯: 元宇宙：技術、機會與威脅

這本書採取跨學科的方法來研究元宇宙（Metaverse）及其與當前社會熱門話題的相關性，以及它將如何在未來改變這些話題。此外，書中還包含學術文本，因為在這個領域內可用的科學內容並不多。簡而言之，書中的各個部分都會對每個人有所幫助。最重要的是，這些主題被分為四個主要部分。第一部分是引言，解釋了主要問題。第二部分是技術主題，解釋了該主題的技術基礎設施，接下來是第三部分，解釋了元宇宙的社會和人文維度。第四部分也是最後一部分則是關於產業應用。

Dr. Fatih Sinan Esen received his undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from Bilkent University in 2006. He completed his master's (MBA) in Istanbul Bilgi University. He obtained his doctoral degree from Gazi University, Department of Business Administration. He is currently working on his second Ph.D. in the field of artificial intelligence and natural language processing (NLP) at Ankara University, Computer Engineering Department. He works on national/international monitoring of information and communication technologies (ICT), policy development, and coordination of national strategies. His research interests are in the areas of computer literacy, research methods, expert systems, and artificial neural networks.

Hasan Tinmaz completed his undergraduate studies at Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkiye) in the Faculty of Education, Computer Education Department in 2001. He graduated from the same university's Graduate Program in Curriculum and Instruction in 2004. After completing his doctoral studies with a thesis on the uses, gratification, and integration of social media in Middle East Technical University's Computer Education and Instructional Technologies program, he currently works as an assistant professor in the AI & Big Data department of Endicott College of International Studies at Woosong University (Daejeon, South Korea). His research areas include social media, educational technology, curriculum and instruction design, technology management, psychological and sociological issues in technology, technology planning, Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, and Metaverse.

Dr. Madhusudan Singh received his M. Tech. degree in software engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A), and Ph.D. in Ubiquitous IT from Dongseo University, Busan, South Korea, in 2012, after which he worked as Senior Research Engineer at Samsung Display, followed by Research Professor, Yonsei Institute of Convergences Technology, Yonsei University, South Korea. He was also Assistant Professor in the Dept. of AI and Big Data at Woosong University, South Korea. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Management (IT/Cybersecurity Track) in the College of Engineering, Technology Management, (ETM) at Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) University, Oregon, USA. His research interests include Quantum Computing, Blockchain Technology, Metaverse Data Security, AI, Data Science, Information Security, and HCI.

Dr. Fatih Sinan Esen於2006年在比爾肯特大學獲得計算機工程學士學位。他在伊斯坦堡比爾吉大學完成了碩士學位（MBA）。他在加茲大學商業管理系獲得博士學位。目前，他正在安卡拉大學計算機工程系攻讀第二個博士學位，專注於人工智慧和自然語言處理（NLP）領域。他從事國內外資訊與通信技術（ICT）的監測、政策發展及國家策略的協調工作。他的研究興趣包括計算機素養、研究方法、專家系統和人工神經網絡。

Hasan Tinmaz於2001年在中東科技大學（安卡拉，土耳其）教育學院計算機教育系完成本科學業。他於2004年畢業於同一所大學的課程與教學研究生項目。完成以社交媒體在中東科技大學計算機教育與教學技術項目中的使用、滿足與整合為主題的博士論文後，他目前在韓國大田的伍松大學國際研究學院AI與大數據系擔任助理教授。他的研究領域包括社交媒體、教育技術、課程與教學設計、技術管理、技術中的心理與社會問題、技術規劃、工業4.0、人工智慧和元宇宙。

Dr. Madhusudan Singh於2012年在印度信息技術學院阿拉哈巴德（IIIT-A）獲得軟體工程碩士學位，並在韓國釜山的東西大學獲得無所不在的IT博士學位，之後他在三星顯示器擔任高級研究工程師，隨後成為延世大學延世融合技術研究所的研究教授。他也曾在韓國伍松大學的AI與大數據系擔任助理教授。目前，他在美國俄勒岡科技學院（Oregon Tech）工程學院技術管理系（IT/網絡安全專業）擔任助理教授。他的研究興趣包括量子計算、區塊鏈技術、元宇宙數據安全、人工智慧、數據科學、資訊安全和人機互動（HCI）。