A Literature Review on Virtual Reality Authentication

Abstract

As virtual reality (VR) sees an increase in use in several domains such as retail, education, military; a secure authentication scheme for VR devices is necessary to keep users' personal information safe. A smaller section of research focuses on the authentication schemes of VR devices. To further the understanding of this topic, we conducted a detailed literature review of VR authentication by exploring papers published till October 2020. A total of N = 29 papers were found. While many papers evaluate the accuracy of authentication methods, few conduct detailed user studies. In the user studies done, we found a lack of focus on diverse populations such as the elderly, with the mean age of the participants being 25.11. Our findings from the literature review give a detailed overview of VR-based authentication schemes and highlight trends as well as current research gaps. These findings drive future research direction to create robust and usable authentication strategies.

Digital body, identity and privacy in social virtual reality: A systematic review

“…In the next level of full-text screening, we applied the eligibility criteria and further excluded 89 items. Five items were eligible according to our criteria, but were already included in a previous review by Jones et al (2021) which was also one of the selected papers. To avoid repetition, we did not include these items.…”

“…User authentications are the key to combating identity theft and achieving secured identity management. In their review of virtual reality authentication, Jones et al (2021) identified and provided a comprehensive overview of 29 papers until October 2020. They categorized the authentication methodologies of selected works into four types: knowledge-based authentication, biometric authentication, multi-model authentication and gaze-based authentication.…”

“…They categorized the authentication methodologies of selected works into four types: knowledge-based authentication, biometric authentication, multi-model authentication and gaze-based authentication. With further analysis of the performances and Frontiers in Virtual Reality frontiersin.org 13 TABLE 5 An overview of six papers focusing on VR identification and/or authentication, that are not included in the reviewed of (Jones et al, 2021).…”

Recent Trends of Authentication Methods in Extended Reality: A Survey

“…From Table 2, it can be seen that not many [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] existing surveys discussed authentication methods in both AR and VR environments. In recent work by [34][35][36][37], authors focused on surveying miscellaneous methods of authentication.…”

“…From Table 2, it can be seen that not many [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] existing surveys discussed authentication methods in both AR and VR environments. In recent work by [34][35][36][37], authors focused on surveying miscellaneous methods of authentication. Stephenson et al [34] systematized authentication methods in both AR and VR based on properties concluded from user experience studies and interviews [42].…”