@inproceedings{5fc08609439245169090e38fbe9c201f,
title = "Invisible Risks in Virtual Reality: Raising Awareness of Profiling and Overengagement through Lecture and Storyboard Interventions",
abstract = "This paper examines how awareness interventions relate to emotional responses to invisible risks in immersive systems, with an empirical focus on virtual reality. Across two complementary studies, we examine emotional responses elicited by a lecture and by narrative design-fiction storyboards focusing on biometric profiling and overengagement-two risks that undermine user agency and autonomy. The interventions elicit distinct emotional patterns, pointing to different ways in which invisible risks become salient across cognitive, affective, and moral dimensions. Qualitative responses indicate recognition of manipulation, loss of agency, and ethical concern. The results suggest that concise narrative scenarios can render otherwise imperceptible risks concrete and relatable.",
keywords = "agency, autonomy, behavioral manipulation, design fiction, ethical issues, extended reality, privacy, risk perception, user awareness, user studies, Virtual reality",
author = "Suzanne Kieffer and Damien Renard and Romilla Syed and Michel Noutcha and Elo{\"i}se Yang and Jean Vanderdonckt",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2026 IEEE.; 33rd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, IEEE VR 2026 ; Conference date: 21-03-2026 Through 25-03-2026",
year = "2026",
doi = "10.1109/VR67842.2026.00064",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2026",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "431--441",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2026 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2026",
}