philip lelyveld The world of entertainment technology

10Dec/21Off

As Facebook plans the metaverse, it struggles to combat harassment in VR

... The Iowa resident said he tried to tell the female player how to mute or ghost others but she couldn't hear him among all the screaming users crowding around her and making sexual comments. 

"That's the part that got to me. Just seeing other people have such an awful time," Young said. "I dropped off the game pretty hard after that experience. It just wasn't fun anymore." 

As for Smith, she thinks Echo VR should have a strike system, a way to identify players by pointing at them, or features to make the avatars look different so everyone doesn't look like the same robot.  

"Companies need to step up and come up with new ways to moderate and help us," she said, "because we're the ones getting harassed."

See the full story here: https://www.cnet.com/features/as-facebook-plans-the-metaverse-it-struggles-to-combat-harassment-in-vr/

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