Design of a 3D Virtual World to Implement a Logical Access Control Mechanism Based on Fingerprints

• Published in: 2017 IEEE/ACS 14th International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA) pp. 1239 - 1246
• Main Authors: Bader, Samira, Ben Amara, Najoua Essoukri
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2017
• Subjects: 3D game engine; 3D virtual worlds; Access control; Authentication; Avatars; biometric application; development methodology; Engines; fingerprints; Games; logical access control; Three-dimensional displays
• ISSN: 2161-5330
• DOI: 10.1109/AICCSA.2017.147

3D virtual worlds have technologically emerged as platforms able to support millions of users to interact with each other, sharing information on business, education, social science, news and cutting-edge technologies. Despite their maturity, they are subject to cybercrimes due to the lack of an efficient access control mechanism. Technically, it is l essential to install a biometric access control solution to secure these virtual spaces. Actually, virtual world platforms are only equipped with classical password-based authentication mechanism. The implementation of new a logical access control procedure in publicly accessible virtual worlds is closely dependent on the characteristics of the virtual world platform. In this study, we put forward a methodology to design a virtual world platform for the implementation of a biometrical access control mechanisms. For virtual world building, we use as software a set of 3D tools and the Unreal Engine, which is a complete suite of 3D game and space development tools. To implement the access control application, we develop a centralized biometric authentication module based on fingerprints.