RETRACTED: Virtual Identity, Real Perception? Stimulating User Behavior and Promoting Value Co-Creation in Metaverse Cultural Heritage Tourism

RETRACTED: Virtual Identity, Real Perception? 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Stimulating User Behavior and Promoting Value Co-Creation in Metaverse Cultural Heritage Tourism Shan Jiang, Junping Xu, Jiacheng Luo, Younghwan Pan This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7067604/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Editorial Note The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square. Editorial notes are used to provide important context regarding the topic of a preprint or to alert readers to potential issues concerning that preprint or a downstream publication associated with it. For more information on editorial notes, see our Editorial Policies . Abstract The authors have requested that this preprint be removed from Research Square. 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