Analysis of the possibility of hiding decomposed information in the virtual reality environment

• Autorzy: Szymczyk Tomasz , Czajka Piotr

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12913/22998624/195718

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Information is a fundamental resource, generated by mankind, it is through it that one can reduce or eliminate the effects of a cataclysm, make or lose a fortune, or even shorten a war. The transmission of hidden information in the form of cryptographic techniques has been known to mankind since the dawn of time. Initially simple, basic encryption has evolved into sophisticated steganographic hiding of information gaining more and more resistance to breakage with the development of technology. It is very difficult to develop a new, effective encryption algorithm. Therefore, it becomes very important to skillfully use already existing cryptographic algorithms and develop a new general encryption algorithm. The idea of where to hide the data also becomes important. The article proposes an author's novel system for decomposing the hidden information. Using steganography, a fragmented password is hidden in 3D objects in the Virtual Reality application world. The data is hidden directly in the VR world (a multiplayer simple game) with the caveat, however, that not everyone knows where to look for it. The time in which the information is sought is also important. Clues as to how , when and where to find the data are encoded in 3D objects. The possibility of hiding information in the metadata, in the texture, in the coordinates of the vertices of the objects and also in the UV map has been thoroughly investigated.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

virtual reality; information decomposition; information hiding; selective access; steganography; unity; blender; VR

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology ; Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE), Branch of PTIE in Lublin
• Czasopismo: Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: Vol. 19, no. 2
• Strony: 283--295
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 33 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Szymczyk Tomasz

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38A, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-5000

autor

Czajka Piotr

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 38A, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

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