This paper addresses the limited research on the metaverse's application in the construction industry. It aims to investigate how the metaverse can empower construction, identify adoption barriers, and determine the most significant barriers. We propose a novel application framework of construction metaverse based on cyber-physical-social systems, identify 17 barriers using the political-economic-social-technological framework, and employ an expert survey and bi-objective optimization to rank the barriers. Results indicate that scalability, lack of policy incentives, and immature business models are the most critical barriers. The findings provide valuable insights for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers in the construction industry, helping to allocate resources effectively and drive metaverse development. The study's importance lies in its potential to guide successful metaverse integration in construction, leading to improved efficiency and innovation. This research inspires future work on specific metaverse applications in construction and interdisciplinary research to understand and overcome the identified barriers.

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构建元宇宙：应用框架和采用障碍

本文针对虚拟宇宙在建筑行业应用的有限研究。它旨在研究虚拟世界如何增强构建能力、识别采用障碍并确定最重要的障碍。我们提出了一种基于网络-物理-社会系统的构建元宇宙的新颖应用框架，利用政治-经济-社会-技术框架识别了17个障碍，并采用专家调查和双目标优化对障碍进行排序。结果表明，可扩展性、缺乏政策激励和不成熟的商业模式是最关键的障碍。研究结果为建筑行业的研究人员、从业者和政策制定者提供了宝贵的见解，有助于有效分配资源并推动元宇宙的发展。该研究的重要性在于它有可能指导成功的元宇宙集成在建设中，从而提高效率和创新。这项研究启发了未来在建筑和跨学科研究中特定元宇宙应用的工作，以理解和克服已确定的障碍。