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Adoption of Blockchain for Data Privacy in 6G-Envisioned Augmented Reality: Opportunities and Challenges

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Emerging Technologies for Computing, Communication and Smart Cities

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The widespread adoption of real-interactivity, fuelled with developments in wireless communication infrastructures, such as sixth generation (6G), made augmented reality (AR) a possibility in a range of vertical applications. AR integrates the digital visuals into a virtual space that emulates the real-world feedback for the user. It supports a range of haptic and interactive communication and thus has attracted the interest of the research community to provide useful AR frameworks. However, as the user-private data is communicated through open channels, it raises privacy and security concerns. In parallel, decentralized computing has shifted resource provisioning to near device interactions that support the real-time connectivity of AR. To preserve privacy and induce trust among AR stakeholders, blockchain (BC)-based AR use cases are presented by researchers. However, the existing surveys have not focused on reference architectures and implementation challenges. Motivated by the research gap, the paper presents a systematic survey of the integration of BC to induce data privacy in AR ecosystems. A comparative analysis is presented, and the potential application of BC-based AR is discussed. A case study on VoRtex enterprise is presented, and a supporting architectural framework is discussed. The survey intends to present the readers deep insights about BC adoption in AR that would motivate industry practitioners, academicians and researchers to propose scalable BC-integrated solutions in AR/VR-based ecosystems.

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    Umesh Bodkhe, Ashwin Verma, Deepti Saraswat, Pronaya Bhattacharya & Sudeep Tanwar

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  3. Department of Computer Engineering, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

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Bodkhe, U., Verma, A., Saraswat, D., Bhattacharya, P., Tanwar, S. (2022). Adoption of Blockchain for Data Privacy in 6G-Envisioned Augmented Reality: Opportunities and Challenges. In: Singh, P.K., Kolekar, M.H., Tanwar, S., Wierzchoń, S.T., Bhatnagar, R.K. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Computing, Communication and Smart Cities. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 875. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0284-0_38

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