Voices Of VR #786: XR Safety Initiative: Security, Privacy, & Ethics in XR

The XR Safety Initiative (XRSI), co-founded by Kavya Pearlman, was announced at the Open AR Cloud Symposium on May 28, 2019.

Overview

Authors: Voices of VR with Kent Bye

Publication Date: 26 July 2019

Link: https://voicesofvr.com/786-xr-safety-initiative-security-privacy-ethics-in-xr

Keywords: XR safety, VR security, XR security risks, immersive tech threats, VR attacks, XRSI, human joystick attack, chaperone system exploits, cybersecurity in XR, AR/VR privacy, haptic exploits, XR ethics

Type: Audio/Podcast

Summary

The XR Safety Initiative (XRSI), co-founded by Kavya Pearlman, was announced at the Open AR Cloud Symposium on May 28, 2019. XRSI collaborates with security researcher Ibrahim Baggili, whose 2019 IEEE paper detailed VR attacks that manipulate users' movements by altering virtual environments. Baggili, alongside Casey and Yarramreddy, demonstrated exploits disabling chaperone systems to direct users physically. Pearlman partnered with Baggili and Regine Bonneu to establish XRSI, which now categorizes security threats and seeks collaboration with developers and major companies to establish safety best practices.