The Metaverse, the Built Environment, and Public Health: Opportunities and Uncertainties

Mohammad Javad Koohsari   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Gavin R McCormack   ^{2, 3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Tomoki Nakaya   ⁶ , PhD ;   Akitomo Yasunaga   ⁷ , PhD ;   Daniel Fuller   ⁸ , PhD ;   Yukari Nagai   ¹ , PhD ;   Koichiro Oka   ² , PhD

¹ School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan

² Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Tokorozawa, Japan

³ Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁴ Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁵ School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

⁶ Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

⁷ Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Bunka Gakuen University, Tokyo, Japan

⁸ Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, SK, Canada