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.

Millions warned over ‘inception attack’ that uses virtual reality to manipulate and ... It involves a victim wearing a VR headset and cybercriminals hacking in and adding an inception layer.

Understanding the Inception Attack. The inception attack creates a virtual layer within the VR environment, where users' interactions with online resources and other users can be clandestinely ...

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 ...