• Journal of Research and Publication Ethics
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.1-5
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• 2023

Purpose: There are already hundreds of millions of users of the Metaverse platform, and within a few years, it is expected to develop into a stage for new economic activities with huge industrial ripple effects due to the size of users. The purpose of this study is to derive considerations for the development of metaverse ethical guidelines. Research design, data, and methodology: The concept of the metaverse was examined through various opinions of industry and experts on the metaverse, and literature related to metaverse ethics was analyzed in the Korean journal database. Results: Six issues were identified through the existing research. (1) Establishing a unified definition of metaverse (2) Necessity of establishing ethical principles considering the operator (3) Personal information protection and privacy (4) Expression in a virtual environment (5) Copyright and intellectual property rights of creations (6) Virtual economy and fairness of trade. Conclusions: Metaverse ethics will be developed and implemented in a form and method different from the real world, but basically, continuous discussions on ethical rationality are needed in the process. In addition, since the ethical judgment in the metaverse environment accompanies cultural differences and epochal changes, it is necessary to focus on metaverse ethics cases.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.51-63
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• 2022

Metaverse provides a simulated environment where a large number of users can participate in various activities. In order for Metaverse to be sustainable, it is necessary to study ethics that can be applied to a Metaverse service platform. In this paper, Metaverse ethics and the rules for applying to the platform are explored. And, in order to judge the ethicality of avatar actions in social Metaverse, the identity, interaction, and relationship of an avatar are investigated. Then, an action-based audit approach to avatar interactions (e.g., dialogues, gestures, facial expressions) is introduced in two cases that an avatar enters a digital world and that an avatar requests the auditing to subjects, e.g., avatars controlled by human users, artificial intelligence (AI) avatars (e.g., as conversational bots), and virtual objects. Pseudocodes for performing the two cases in a system are presented and they are examined based on the description of the avatars' actions.

• Review of Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 2022

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.703-717
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• 2022

Metaverse provides a simulated environment that can produce various values while conducting economic, social, and cultural activities in a digital society where the virtual and real worlds are connected. In this paper, the direction of technological progress is predicted by analyzing the characteristics of Metaverse services and their businesses. Technologies and latest researches for the realization of the Metaverse service platform are also explored. In addition, Metaverse Ethics to construct a sustainable Metaverse and Metaverse UX to increase users' service participation are also discussed. Moreover, the R&D promotion strategy for Metaverse services are presented.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.665-675
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• 2022

After the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been growing interests in metaverse technology and social use of virtual reality platforms in non-face-to-face environments, but social issues and ethical concerns raised by metaverse have not been sufficiently discussed. In this paper, we discuss the social functions of the metaverse by examining the movie 'Ready Player One', and investigate the ethical problems that may arise in various implementation of metaverse. We identify the potential ethical problems that could occur in the context of metaverse including identity fragmentation, metaverse violence and crime, and mismanagement of personal information. We also propose some promising approaches to tackle these ethical problems ranging over descriptive ethics, normative ethics, and analytical (meta) ethics.

• Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.694-702
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• 2022

This paper is the UX-based technology strategy research which is a solution to how conversational AI can be ethically evolved in the Metaverse environment. Since conversational AI influences people's on-offline decision-making factors through interaction with people, the Metaverse AI ethics must be reflected. In the machine learning process of conversational AI, cultural codes along with user's personal experience data must be included and considered to reduce the error value of user experience. Through this, the super-personalized Metaverse service can evolve ethically with social values. With above hypothesis as a result of the study, a conceptual model of a forward-looking perspective was developed and proposed by adding user experience data to the machine learning (ML) process for context-based interactive AI in the Metaverse service environment.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.511-523
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• 2022

This study attempts an appropriate Christian understanding and application of the metaverse. To this end, the general concept, type, and utilization of the metaverse were examined, and the main characteristics of the metaverse were analyzed in three main categories by the association of the concepts and the common factors. Based on this, the main focus of the Christian understanding of the metaverse found in this study is, first, the "transcendental worldview" of the metaverse. Applications include restructuring the Christian worldview and creating a Christian metaverse environment for future generations. Second, it is a "fusion and composite on- and offline" understanding of the metaverse. An integrated on- and off-line understanding of the church, worship, mission, and the missional acceptance of the metaverse are its applications. Third, in the metaverse, it is an "extension of the functionality of the avatar." This presents its application tasks, such as establishing human identity, expanding the concepts of empathy and communication, and expanding Christian ethics and economic views. At the heart of the Christian understanding of the metaverse is worldview, mission, and understanding on human being.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2022.06a
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• pp.568-571
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• 2022

2007년에 '메타버스 로드맵(Metaverse Roadmap)보고서가 발표된 이후, 메타버스 로드맵에 축이 되는 라이프 로깅, 증강현실, 거울세계, 가상세계의 의미와 활용내용에 대한 연구 역시 활발히 이루어지고 있으며, 이것이 갖는 산업적·경제적 영향에 대해 다양한 방송매체·미디어 등을 통해 접할 수 있다. 또한 메타버스를 활용한 사회적 기능으로는 ①경제(메타버스 활용 산업 생태계 육성), ② 교육(메타버스 기반 체감형 학습지원), ③문화관광(시공간 제약 없는 온택트 문화마케팅), ④소통(시민 중심의 맞춤형 열린 소통), ⑤도시(현실과 가상을 결합한 XR기반 도시혁신), ⑥행정(현실보다 편리한 신개념 가상 행정), ⑦인프라('메타버스 서울'의 안정적인 인프라 조성)를 통해 메타버스의 순기능을 극대화하기 위한 전략으로 활용되고 있음을 확인할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문은 메타버스에 대한 기술 및 활용에 관한 관심에 비교해 메타버스 윤리에 대한 논의가 부족한 상황이라는 점에 주목한다. 그래서 메타버스에 대한 사회적 기능에 대해서 살펴보고, 메타버스에서 발생할 수 있는 사회·윤리적 문제를 영화 '레디 플레이어 원(Ready Player One)'을 통해 살펴보았다.