VR Whispering: A Multisensory Approach for Private Conversations in Social Virtual Reality.

Private conversations in social Virtual Reality (VR) environments lack the nuanced cues of physical interactions, potentially diminishing the sense of privacy and social presence. This paper introduces Whisper, a novel multisensory interaction technique designed to enhance private conversations for social VR applications. We first conducted a formative study (N = 20) to understand private conversation demands, limitations of existing methods, and user expectations in social VR.