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The Voices of VR Podcast

Hello! My name is Kent Bye and welcome to the Voices of VR podcast. It’s a podcast that’s looking at the future of spatial computing and the moral dilemmas of mixed reality. Continuing my series on XR privacy, today’s episode is going to focus on the XRSI privacy framework 1.0 that was first released on September 8, 2020.

This conversation occurred a couple of years ago during XR Safety Awareness Week on December 10, 2020. Kavya Pearlman is the founder and CEO of XR Safety Initiative (XRSI), and they released the XRSI privacy framework 1.0 on that date. In this discussion, I delved into the framework with five contributors to provide some context. This is an early framework that aims to unify various laws and perspectives amidst the fragmented legal landscape in the United States, taking an XR-specific approach.

Kavya drew inspiration from the NIST privacy framework, which consists of five functions: identify, govern, control, communicate, and protect. The XRSI privacy framework consists of assess, inform, manage, and prevent. The framework is self-described as a component that empowers individuals and organizations with a common language and practical tool, flexible enough to address diverse privacy needs while being understood by both technical and non-technical audiences. It establishes a baseline offering solutions through principles like privacy by design and privacy by default, driven by trust, transparency, accountability, and human-centric design.

This guidance is intended for companies to self-adopt with the potential to help develop different laws and regulations. I believe that eventually, in order to compel large entities like Meta to truly comply with privacy aspects, we will need substantial privacy legislation in the United States with real consequences and enforcement. There are still many open questions about whether we will have a federal privacy law, and the XRSI privacy framework can address some specific XR concerns.

They are currently developing version 2.0 of this privacy and safety framework, which will be expanded to include additional elements of XR ethics and safety. They aim to release this latest iteration by December 2023. Today’s conversation is aimed at breaking down the framework and discussing some key ideas from various participants in the XR industry who contributed to its development and implementation within their own contexts.

Interview Segment

This interview features Suji, Kavya, Noble, Jeremy, and David, recorded as a live stream on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Now, let’s dive right in.

Alright, hello everybody! Thanks for joining us today for this live recording of the Voices of VR podcast. I’m here in collaboration with XRSI. We’re going to do a deep dive into the XRSI privacy framework with several contributors and authors. First, I’d like to ask everyone here to introduce themselves and tell me a bit about what you’re doing in the XR industry and your connection to the XRSI privacy framework.

Introductions

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