Securing Bystander Privacy in Mixed Reality While Protecting the User Experience

TL;DR

This paper discusses the privacy challenges faced by mixed reality devices in protecting bystanders' privacy while maintaining user experience, reviewing current solutions and future research directions.

Contribution

It provides an overview of the privacy issues in mixed reality, analyzes existing solutions, and suggests future research avenues for better privacy protection.

Findings

Current solutions have limitations in balancing privacy and user experience

Bystander privacy remains a significant challenge in mixed reality environments

Future research should focus on innovative privacy-preserving techniques

Abstract

The modern Mixed Reality devices that make the Metaverse viable require vast information about the physical world and can also violate the privacy of unsuspecting or unwilling bystanders in their vicinity. In this article, we provide an introduction to the problem, existing solutions, and avenues for future research.