2025-07-20
Metaverse Security and Privacy Research: A Systematic Review
2025-07-20 • Argianto Rahartomo, Leonel Merino, Mohammad Ghafari
The rapid growth of metaverse technologies, including virtual worlds, augmented reality, and lifelogging, has accelerated their adoption across diverse domains. This rise exposes users to significant new security and privacy challenges due to sociotechnical complexity, pervasive connectivity, and extensive user data collection in immersive environments. We present a systematic review of the literature published between 2013 and 2024, offering a comprehensive analysis of how the research community has addressed met…