A Meta worker uses a Meta Quest VR headset at the Meta showroom in Brussels on December 07, 2022.
A Meta worker uses a Meta Quest VR headset at the Meta showroom in Brussels on December 07, 2022.
  • Researchers have exposed a potential security vulnerability in Meta's VR headsets, a new study says.
  • The so-called "inception attack" allows an attacker to spy on and control a user's VR environment.
  • Only a third of study participants noticed the glitch when their session was hijacked.

Researchers have exposed a potentially major security vulnerability with Meta's virtual reality headsets, according to a new study.