The Metaverse may also see people being sexually harassed through virtual avatars, and the social network has now published “personal boundaries” that prevent avatars from staying a certain distance from each other, making it easier to avoid unwanted interactions.
Meta has announced the “personal boundaries” feature of the Horizonn Worlds and Horizonn Venues virtual reality (VR) systems.
By default, the feature makes it feel like there’s nearly four feet between your avatar and other people.
“Over time, we will continue to make improvements as we understand how this affects people’s experience,” said Vivek Sharma, vice president of Horizonn.
If someone tries to enter your personal border, the system will stop their progress when they reach the border.
“You won’t feel it — there’s no haptic feedback. This builds on our existing hand harassment measures, where the avatar’s hand disappears if they invade someone’s personal space,” Sharma said in a post The blog post said Friday night.
Sharma thinks this will help set a code of conduct — important for a relatively new medium like VR.
“In the future, we’ll explore the possibility of adding new controls and UI changes, such as letting people customize the size of their personal borders,” he told me.
After a long beta test, Meta has launched Horizon Worlds to the public.
One beta user complained that her avatar was groped by strangers.
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