AUTHENTICATION OF AVATARS FOR IMMERSIVE REALITY APPLICATIONS

A method for authenticating an avatar for use in a virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) application is provided. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a request for authenticating an identity of a user of an immersive reality application running in the client device, wherein the user is associated with a subject-based avatar in the immersive reality application. The computer-implemented method also includes verifying, in a server, a public key provided by the client device against a private key stored in the server, the private key associated with the subject-based avatar, providing, to the client device, a certificate of validity of the identity of the user when the public key matches the private key, and storing an encrypted version of the certificate of validity in a memory. A memory storing instructions and a system to perform the above method are also provided.