Metaverse, the internet's next iteration, is the network of immersive three-dimensional virtual worlds. The technologies of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have facilitated its development. The metaverse technology, though, is not particularly recent, but recently got more attention due to the advent of Web3. Web3 is decentralized internet. It started as a kind of social media its scope has now widely increased. The purpose of this work is to systematically analyse the metaverse and the changes in its application over time, from its origin to the present. We performed a systematic literature review of empirical studies on metaverse published in the last decade. After looking into this work, we discovered that the metaverse has several other uses outside its potential as a brand-new social media platform, and can this futuristic technology may continue to be a part of various future challenges and research.

Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning,