Securing Critical Versions of Your Reality
Suzanne Borders, Keenan Skelly, and Bryson Bort discuss how extended reality and immersive spatial data tools are applied to protect critical infrastructure systems.
Summary
Suzanne Borders (CEO of BadVR), Keenan Skelly (XR Village founder), and Bryson Bort discuss the operational integration of virtual and augmented reality technologies into critical infrastructure defense at the DEF CON 31 XR Village.
[08:38] The speakers explain how extended reality transforms complex industrial datasets into intuitive spatial visualizations for critical infrastructure operators. Borders shares practical case studies using XR headsets for emergency management [17:21], such as wildland firefighting where spatial models display live ground temperatures, active fire perimeters, and water resources in real time.
[26:46] The panel addresses the critical cybersecurity risks of immersive technology in high-consequence environments, exploring sensory manipulation attacks, spoofed spatial data, training simulation tampering [35:48], and the imperative to authenticate digital reality models used in flight training, power grid operations, and national defense.
(AI summary — Gemini Flash)
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