Ghosts of Tabor's Scott Albright On Combating Cheaters In VR

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We discuss combating cheaters in VR with Ghosts of Tabor's Scott Albright. We dive into why the Tomahawk anticheat solution was needed for standalone headsets, the specifics of VR cheating like modified APKs, and how developers are realizing the scale of the issue. We also explore Tomahawk's expansion to PC VR and why PS VR2 remains mostly safe.

Here's the full topic list, in order:

Why Tomahawk was needed
1. Common anticheat solutions don't work for standalone VR
2. Meta's existing software is not good enough

Specifics of VR cheating
3. Modified APKs are the primary issue
4. What it means to root a headset

Extending Tomahawk beyond Tabor
5. The raw numbers of cheaters
6. Kids in free-to-play are the biggest offenders
7. Meta did not believe cheating is an issue on Quest
8. Pico's ecosystem is vulnerable right now

Developers are realizing the issue
9. The VR cheating community migrates from game to game
10. The number of cheaters is going down with Tomahawk

The Tomahawk team and expansion
11. Tomahawk's team is comprised of real-life cheaters
12. Evolving Tomahawk for PC VR & Steam Deck
13. Steam Frame will be problematic
14. PS VR2 is mostly safe from cheaters
15. Tabor pays for the Tomahawk servers