# Voices Of VR #786: XR Safety Initiative: Security, Privacy, & Ethics in XR ## Overview **Authors:** Voices of VR with Kent Bye **Publication Date:** 26 July 2019 **Link:** **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. --- # 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/security-and-safety/voices-of-vr-786-xr-safety-initiative-security-privacy-and-ethics-in-xr.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.