Avatar privacy challenges in the metaverse: A comprehensive review and future directions

S Eltanbouly, O Halabi, J Qadir - International Journal of Human …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The concept of the Metaverse has sparked great interest as a futuristic virtual space that
provides immersive experiences and social interactions through digital avatars. However …

[PDF][PDF] i have abused someone who abused me": Understanding people who have experienced both sides of harassment accusations in social vr

G Freeman, L Li, K Schulenberg - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - guof.people.clemson.edu
Authors' addresses: Guo Freeman, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA,
29634, guof@ clemson. edu; Lingyuan Li, lingyuan. li@ ischool. utexas. edu, The University …

[PDF][PDF] Beyond Mute and Block: Adoption and Effectiveness of Safety Tools in Social VR, from Ubiquitous Harassment to Social Sculpting

M Weerasinghe, S Macdonald, C Fiani… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2025 - mkhamis.com
Harassment in Social Virtual Reality (SVR) is a growing concern. The current SVR
landscape features inconsistent access to non-standardised safety features, with minimal …

Exploring Topic Modelling of User Reviews as a Monitoring Mechanism for Emergent Issues Within Social VR Communities

A Singh, J O'Hagan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.03994, 2024 - arxiv.org
Users of social virtual reality (VR) platforms often use user reviews to document incidents of
witnessed and/or experienced user harassment. However, at present, research has yet to be …

Safe Guard: an LLM-agent for Real-time Voice-based Hate Speech Detection in Social Virtual Reality

Y Xu, Q Hou, H Wan, M Prpa - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.15623, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we present Safe Guard, an LLM-agent for the detection of hate speech in voice-
based interactions in social VR (VRChat). Our system leverages Open AI GPT and audio …

What if... we Knew the Effects and Benefits of Virtual Reality in Childhood?

CC de Araújo, MH Kunst, M Uehara… - Proceedings of the 26th …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This article provides a systematic review of Head-Mounted Display Virtual Reality devices
intended for children. The primary objective of this study is to investigate inquiries …

Centering Children's Health in Technology Design: Understanding Online Behaviors and Perspectives of Children and Parents in a Digital World

O Richards - 2024 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Child health challenges are on the rise, exacerbated by a decline in preventive care, a
global pandemic, and heightened use of digital technology for varied aspects of life, all of …

[PDF][PDF] REPHRAIN

JD Curtis, DA Ellis, C Fiani, S Ghai, M Khamis… - 2024 - rephrain.ac.uk
1. Understanding how children might adapt to circumvent such measures as age assurance
is crucial, yet there is a notable lack of reference to potential reactions, adaptive behaviours …