Meta’s newQuest Proheadset offers face-tracking, which allows your face to be read and makes VR more expressive.
However, some experts say the new technology could share your most personal data.
To justify the cost increase, the Pro offers better displays and a faster processor.
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It also has technology for tracking your facial expressions.
Meta said that the facial tracking features are built with privacy in mind.
you could choose to turn on eye tracking and the ability to mimic natural facial expressions.
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“This means that neither Meta nor third-party apps will have access to these images.”
The Price of Data
Not everyone is convinced that the Pro’s facial tracking will be benign.
Broomhead said that “facial tracking data will be weaponized and used in cyber and cyber-physical attacks.
This is one step closer to measuring my thoughts.”
Eye tracking is a key feature to best experience VR, Zweifel-Keegan said.
The privacy of users might depend on whether third-party app developers get access to raw eye-tracking input.
“Will they know exactly how long the user looked at something throughout their use of the system?”
“Or will they have more binary information: the user looked here, or they didn’t?
