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Demonstrating Visual Information Manipulation Attacks in Augmented Reality: A Hands-On Miniature City-Based Setup

Published: September 3, 2025 | arXiv ID: 2509.02933v1

By: Yanming Xiu, Maria Gorlatova

Potential Business Impact:

Protects augmented reality from tricking your eyes.

Business Areas:
Augmented Reality Hardware, Software

Augmented reality (AR) enhances user interaction with the real world but also presents vulnerabilities, particularly through Visual Information Manipulation (VIM) attacks. These attacks alter important real-world visual cues, leading to user confusion and misdirected actions. In this demo, we present a hands-on experience using a miniature city setup, where users interact with manipulated AR content via the Meta Quest 3. The demo highlights the impact of VIM attacks on user decision-making and underscores the need for effective security measures in AR systems. Future work includes a user study and cross-platform testing.

Country of Origin
🇺🇸 United States

Page Count
2 pages

Category
Computer Science:
Human-Computer Interaction