Education on Metaverse Platforms Effects on Co2 Footprint Reduction: Istanbul School of Metaverse Case

Abstract

The carbon dioxide footprint is seen as one of the most important parameters of environmental sustainability and is considered worthy of monitoring. For a sustainable system, it is seen that an approach that pollutes the environment the least in greenhouse gas production is adopted at every stage of the supply chain. Its effect on greenhouse gas production is also being investigated for technological and digital transformation. A sustainable transformation is frequently discussed with its circular economy, social and environmental dimensions. In this study, an investigation the environmental sustainability of projects for the use of metaverse platforms based on VR/AR technologies as an active component in digital transformation in education. The same effects may be seen at other service sectors such as health, sport, entertainment, tourism etc. The methodology of the study is to compare the greenhouse gas emissions of a system that will be built on the metaverse instead of traditional education services. During the study, a bibliometric analysis has been reported and displayed on these research keywords. So the overall methodology is called mixed-methodology. Considering the results of the study, the use of metaverse platforms provides a great advantage in the field of education. The project of supporting the system with renewable energy will carry this advantage to a much higher level. It is seen that the Istanbul School of Metaverse projects first applications during a semester creates environmental advantage for sustainability. The issue to be discussed should be the social and accompanying economic impacts of the system on resource efficiency, human resources, employment and post-humanist approaches beyond the environmental and sustainability of the metaverse system.

Keywords: Istanbul School of Metaverse, ISoM, Sustainability, Metaverse, CO2 Footprint