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Virtual Reality (VR) is an exciting new consumer technology which offers an immersive audio-visual experience to users through which they can navigate and interact with a digitally represented 3D space (i.e., a virtual world) using a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Mohd Sabra , Nisha Vinayaga Sureshkanth , Ari Sharma , Anindya Maiti , Murtuza Jadliwala

Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to fundamentally change how people engage with increasingly interactive urban environments. However, many challenges exist in designing and evaluating these new urban AR experiences, such as…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Tram Thi Minh Tran , Callum Parker , Marius Hoggenmüller , Luke Hespanhol , Martin Tomitsch

The well-established deceptive design literature has focused on conventional user interfaces. With the rise of extended reality (XR), understanding deceptive design's unique manifestations in this immersive domain is crucial. However,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Hilda Hadan , Lydia Choong , Leah Zhang-Kennedy , Lennart E. Nacke

Social VR has experienced tremendous growth in the commercial space recently as an emerging technology for rich interactions themed around leisure, work, and relationship building. As a result, the state of social VR application design has…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Ryan Handley , Bert Guerra , Rukkmini Goli , Douglas Zytko

The immersive nature of XR introduces a fundamentally different set of security and privacy (S&P) challenges due to the unprecedented user interactions and data collection that traditional paradigms struggle to mitigate. As the primary…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Kunlin Cai , Jinghuai Zhang , Ying Li , Zhiyuan Wang , Xun Chen , Tianshi Li , Yuan Tian

Virtual Reality (VR) techniques, serving as the bridge between the real and virtual worlds, have boomed and are widely used in manufacturing, remote healthcare, gaming, etc. Specifically, VR systems offer users immersive experiences that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Yancheng Jiang , Yan Jiang , Ruochen Zhou , Yi-Chao Chen , Xiaoyu Ji , Wenyuan Xu

The ethical design of social Virtual Reality (VR) is not a new topic, but "safety" concerns of using social VR are escalated to a different level given the heat of the Metaverse. For example, it was reported that nearly half of the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Qingxiao Zheng , Tue Ngoc Do , Lingqing Wang , Yun Huang

Virtual reality (VR) apps can harvest a wider range of user data than web/mobile apps running on personal computers or smartphones. Existing law and privacy regulations emphasize that VR developers should inform users of what data are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Yuxia Zhan , Yan Meng , Lu Zhou , Yichang Xiong , Xiaokuan Zhang , Lichuan Ma , Guoxing Chen , Qingqi Pei , Haojin Zhu

With the unprecedented diffusion of virtual reality, the number of application scenarios is continuously growing. As commercial and gaming applications become pervasive, the need for the secure and convenient identification of users, often…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Sara Baldoni , Salim Benhamadi , Federico Chiariotti , Michele Zorzi , Federica Battisti

Virtual Reality (VR) has gained popularity by providing immersive and interactive experiences without geographical limitations. It also provides a sense of personal privacy through physical separation. In this paper, we show that despite…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Zhuolin Yang , Zain Sarwar , Iris Hwang , Ronik Bhaskar , Ben Y. Zhao , Haitao Zheng

Virtual reality and related technologies such as mixed and augmented reality have received extensive coverage in both mainstream and fringe media outlets. When the subject goes to a new AR headset, another AR device, or AR glasses, the talk…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Sameer Chauhan , Luv Sachdeva

With the continuing development of affordable immersive virtual reality (VR) systems, there is now a growing market for consumer content. The current form of consumer systems is not dissimilar to the lab-based VR systems of the past 30…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-01-24 Anthony Steed , Tuukka M. Takala , Daniel Archer , Wallace Lages , Robert W. Lindeman

Extended Reality (XR) interfaces offer engaging user experiences, but their effective design requires a nuanced understanding of user behavior and preferences. This knowledge is challenging to obtain without the widespread adoption of XR…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Hyunsung Cho , Yukang Yan , Kashyap Todi , Mark Parent , Missie Smith , Tanya R. Jonker , Hrvoje Benko , David Lindlbauer

Although access to sufficient screen space is crucial to knowledge work, workers often find themselves with limited access to display infrastructure in remote or public settings. While virtual displays can be used to extend the available…

Mixed Reality (MR) devices require a world with always-on sensors and real-time processing applied to their outputs. We have grappled with some of the ethical concerns presented by this scenario, such as bystander privacy issues with…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Diane Hosfelt , Nicole Shadowen

In recent years, VR and AR has exploded into a multimillionaire market. As this emerging technology has spread to a variety of businesses and is rapidly increasing among users. It is critical to address potential privacy and security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-12 Parth Dipakkumar Patel , Prem Trivedi

As virtual reality (VR) systems become increasingly more advanced, they are likewise expected to respond intelligently and adapt to individual user states, abilities, and preferences. Recent work has explored how VR can be adapted and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Tangyao Li , Yitong Zhu , Hai-Ning Liang , Yuyang Wang

Although extended reality(XR)-using technologies have started to be discussed in the industrial setting, it is becoming important to understand how to implement them ethically and privacy-preservingly. In our paper, we summarise our…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-08 Anastasia Sergeeva , Claudia Negri-Ribalta , Gabriele Lenzini

Objectives: This paper presents an up-to-date overview of research performed in the Virtual Reality (VR) environment ranging from definitions, its presence in the various fields, and existing market players and their projects in the VR…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2017-09-01 Ayush Sharma , Piyush Bajpai , Sukhdev Singh , Kiran Khatter

Technological advancements have undoubtedly revolutionized various aspects of human life, altering the ways we perceive the world, engage with others, build relationships, and conduct our daily work routines. Among the recent advancements,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Ruchi Panchanadikar