Metaverse Impact and Trends in Sustainable Integration of Immersive Technologies in Education

ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic situation has brought a significant transition to education mechanisms across academic institutions, particularly leading to the integration of immersive technologies like metaverse in teaching and learning practices. The current study aims to examine the impact of immersive technologies while exploring how such technologies can influence the academic experience for educators and learners. It seeks to provide insights into the potential trends of metaverse and other immersive technologies in academic innovations and interdisciplinary research in the present and future educational systems. It employs a systematic research approach to investigate the impact of advanced digital learning and immersive technologies on the current education systems. The study collects relevant literature through Google Scholar, IEEE, and Scopus databases using the PRISMA guidelines and further evaluates them using the MMAT tool. Findings highlight the transformative effects of advanced digital learning and immersive technologies in the education sector for both educators and learners.