# Safety and Privacy in Immersive Extended Reality: An Analysis and Policy Recommendations ## Overview **Authors:** Emmie Hine, Isadora Neroni Rezende, Huw Roberts, David Wong, Mariarosaria Taddeo & Luciano Floridi **Publication Date:** 3 July 2024 **Link:** [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44206-024-00114-1](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44206-024-00114-1?utm_source=chatgpt.com) **Keywords:** Extended reality (XR), virtual reaity, augment reality, European Union, digital governance, prviacy risks, safety concerns, future of xr governance **Type:** Peer-Reviewed Journals/White Papers ## Summary Extended reality (XR) technologies have seen cycles of progress and decline over decades but are steadily gaining traction. Immersive extended reality (IXR), encompassing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), has become increasingly widespread in recent years. As the European Union (EU) considers regulating these technologies, this article examines safety and privacy risks associated with IXR, evaluates the extent to which existing EU digital governance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, Product Safety Legislation, ePrivacy Directive, Digital Markets Act, Digital Services Act, and AI Act) address these issues, and offers recommendations to close regulatory gaps and enhance IXR governance. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://library.xrguild.org/privacy-and-policy/safety-and-privacy-in-immersive-extended-reality-an-analysis-and-policy-recommendations.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.