Popular VR headsets like the Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro can be broken into, with hackers adding fake experiences called "inception layers" that let them manipulate how a user behaves.

It involves a victim wearing a VR headset and cybercriminals hacking in and adding an inception layer. The victim's reality is then distorted as they're viewing something unfamiliar.

Audiences might have gotten a bit more than they bargained for when they went to see Christopher Nolan’s Inception back in 2010, as the film’s blend of dreams and layers of reality caused some ...