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Mixed reality (MR) technology development is now gaining momentum due to advances in computer vision, sensor fusion, and realistic display technologies. With most of the research and development focused on delivering the promise of MR,…

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Commercial Virtual Reality (VR) transforms people's virtual experiences but introduces deceptive design opportunities that threaten user privacy. Although privacy deceptive patterns on 2D platforms are well-documented, their impacts in VR…

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Virtual reality (VR), while enhancing user experiences, introduces significant privacy risks. This paper reveals a novel vulnerability in VR systems that allows attackers to capture VR privacy through obstacles utilizing millimeter-wave…

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Third-party security apps are an integral part of the Android app ecosystem. Many users install them as an extra layer of protection for their devices. There are hundreds of such security apps, both free and paid in Google Play Store and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-09 Weixian Yao , Yexuan Li , Weiye Lin , Tianhui Hu , Imran Chowdhury , Rahat Masood , Suranga Seneviratne

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

The use of Immersive Technologies has shown its potential to revolutionize many sectors such as health, entertainment, education, and industrial sectors. Immersive technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented reality (AR), and Mixed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Keshav Sood , Sanjay Selvaraj , Youyang Qu

Virtual reality (VR) has recently proliferated significantly, consisting of headsets or head-mounted displays (HMDs) and hand controllers for an embodied and immersive experience. The VR device is usually embedded with different kinds of…

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Extended Reality (XR) technology is changing online interactions, but its granular data collection sensors may be more invasive to user privacy than web, mobile, and the Internet of Things technologies. Despite an increased interest in…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Hilda Hadan , Derrick M. Wang , Lennart E. Nacke , Leah Zhang-Kennedy

Like many desktop operating systems in the 1990s, Android is now in the process of including support for multi-user scenarios. Because these scenarios introduce new threats to the system, we should have an understanding of how well the…

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Virtual assistants (VAs) have seen increased use in recent years due to their ease of use for daily tasks. Despite their growing prevalence, their security and privacy implications are still not well understood. To address this gap, we…

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Android is the most widely deployed end-user focused operating system. With its growing set of use cases encompassing communication, navigation, media consumption, entertainment, finance, health, and access to sensors, actuators, cameras,…

Virtual Reality (VR) and its applications have attracted significant and increasing attention. However, the requirements of much larger file sizes, different storage formats, and immersive viewing conditions pose significant challenges to…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-06 Meixu Chen , Yize Jin , Todd Goodall , Xiangxu Yu , Alan C. Bovik

Today's virtual reality (VR) systems provide immersive interactions that seamlessly connect users with online services and one another. However, these immersive interfaces also introduce new vulnerabilities, making it easier for users to…

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Context: Post-release user feedback plays an integral role in improving software quality and informing new features. Given its growing importance, feedback concerning security enhancements is particularly noteworthy. In considering the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Sherlock A. Licorish , Stephen G. MacDonell , Tony Clear

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) head-mounted displays (HMD) appear to be effective research tools, which may address the problem of ecological validity in neuropsychological testing. However, their widespread implementation is hindered by VR induced…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-01-21 Panagiotis Kourtesis , Danai Korre , Simona Collina , Leonidas A. A. Doumas , Sarah E. MacPherson

Virtual reality (VR) telepresence applications and the so-called "metaverse" promise to be the next major medium of human-computer interaction. However, with recent studies demonstrating the ease at which VR users can be profiled and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Vivek Nair , Gonzalo Munilla Garrido , Dawn Song

In this paper, we introduce a new methodology for assessing the positioning accuracy of virtual reality (VR) headsets, utilizing a cooperative industrial robot to simulate user head trajectories in a reproducible manner. We conduct a…

The rise of Virtual Reality (VR) has provided developers with an unprecedented platform for creating games and applications (apps) that require distinct inputs, different from those of conventional devices like smartphones. The Meta Quest…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-19 John Y. Kim , Chaoshun Zuo , Yanjie Zhao , Zhiqiang Lin

Accessibility reviews provide valuable insights into both the limitations and benefits experienced by users with disabilities when using virtual reality (VR) applications. However, a comprehensive investigation into VR accessibility for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Yi Wang , Chetan Arora , Xiao Liu , Thuong Hoang , ZHengxin Zhang , Henry Been Lirn Duh , John Grundy