Extended Reality and Cybersecurity
A special issue of Information (ISSN 2078-2489). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 23 June 2024 | Viewed by 2832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: virtual reality; multimedia security; adversarial machine learning
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cybersecurity; IoT security and privacy; applied cryptography
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extended reality (XR), which encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, etc., is becoming increasingly popular as many global companies and organizations are heavily investing in the research and development of such technologies. The growth of XR has seen it being adopted in a variety of application areas, such as remote work, immersive training, marketing, healthcare, virtual events, education, and entertainment. In conjunction with advances in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, digital twins, 5G communication, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, and so on, XR is expected to deliver greater and more engaging immersive experiences.
However, as XR deals with people, data, and information, cybersecurity and privacy threats are major concerns surrounding the use of XR technology. Among others, examples of such threats include the possibility of adversaries attacking and disrupting collaboration in shared XR environments, stealing data and identities, eavesdropping on communications, committing fraud through impersonating legitimate users or generating fake transactions, harassment in XR space, obtaining physical device locations, and so on. Hence, it is imperative for researchers and practitioners to develop solutions to safeguard XR and its related technologies against such threats in order for XR to receive widespread acceptance and adoption.
This Special Issue welcomes a broad spectrum of research papers, ranging from innovative techniques and applications to position papers and comprehensive reviews, on XR, cybersecurity, privacy, and their related areas. We seek original and high-quality submissions that are related, but not limited, to topics including extended reality (including virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, etc.), the metaverse, security visualization, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, attacks against machine learning and their defenses, privacy and social issues in XR, and so on.
Dr. Yang-Wai Chow
Dr. Nan Li
Dr. Chau Nguyen
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- extended reality (virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, etc.)
- metaverse
- cybersecurity
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning/deep learning
- adversarial machine learning and defenses
- privacy and social issues
- authentication
- biometrics
- security visualization
- digital twins
