Privacy issues in Metaverse

Objective: The term, “Metaverse” has gained attention from academicians and the corporate companies recently. Metaverse is the term used to denote the virtual-reality environment through which the users’ interaction takes place. The attention on this topic has increased especially after the announcement given by the major tech giants on their new investments in the field of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), blockchain technology, latest 5G network and many more. Methods: Even though these technologies are growing faster, the companies and the target audience are prone to many privacy issues. Though there are minimal number of articles published, there are not many studies available regarding this. We will explain the traits of Metaverse in detail and will offer a framework on blockchain technology to arrest the privacy issues. Results: We are making enough research on the security issues and will provide our results from the point of view of resolving malicious attacks, privacy issues, decentralized systems, issue with real-world communication and many more. We will also summarize the problems with regards to the security needs. Conclusion: This research paper is to give you an insight on the privacy issues related to the use of metaverse. This is also to provide an idea on the projects that are happening and their related issues in addition to the recent technologies and the solutions that can improve the security. In this paper, we also propose an idea for the usage of blockchain technology for improving the trustworthiness and the security of using Metaverse.