CHAPTER 13

Is the Metaverse Secure?

The Metaverse is expected to become a central activity in our daily lives. It is absolutely a priority to be sure that it is secure enough to host critical and private information, as well as most of the central processes and tasks that conform to society. Even though commercial applications that may be considered the beginning of the Metaverse, like social VR platforms, employ secure communication protocols to protect transmitted data, the Metaverse may still lead to many security concerns, such as users’ identification information. Since many Metaverse applications will require users to access using VR headsets, they often need to identify themselves with biometric information, which could be a target of ...

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