Pier Paolo Tricomi

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Pier Paolo Tricomi is a leading researcher at the intersection of Extended Reality (XR) and cybersecurity, with a focus on user privacy in immersive environments. His most influential work, “You Can’t Hide Behind Your Headset: User Profiling in Augmented and Virtual Reality” (2023, 60 citations), demonstrates how behavioral and biometric data from AR/VR interactions can uniquely identify and profile users—posing significant privacy risks as XR technologies expand into remote surgery, telerobotics, and virtual offices. This paper has become a cornerstone for understanding the vulnerabilities inherent in headset-based systems. Tricomi’s research reveals that even anonymized movement patterns, gaze, and hand gestures can be exploited, challenging assumptions of anonymity in virtual spaces. By bridging computer science, human-computer interaction, and security, he has shaped policy discussions around XR data protection. His work is essential reading for students and researchers exploring the ethical implications of immersive technologies, earning him recognition as a key voice in the emerging field of XR privacy.

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1. 1
   You Can’t Hide Behind Your Headset: User Profiling in Augmented and Virtual Reality

   60 citations · 2023
2. 2
   You Can't Hide Behind Your Headset: User Profiling in Augmented and Virtual Reality

   3 citations · 2022

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