MetaData

This repository contains a virtual reality “escape room” game written in C# using the Unity game engine. It is the chief data collection tool for a research study called “MetaData,” which aims to shed light on the unique privacy risks of virtual telepresence (“metaverse”) applications. While the game appears innocuous, it attempts to covertly harvest 25+ private data attributes about its player from a variety of sources within just a few minutes of gameplay.

We conducted this research at UC Berkeley.