American Nina Jane Patel complained about gang rape in the Meta Horizon metaverse, formerly Facebook
Avatars in the metaverse were forbidden to come close to each other / Photo: Getty Images
43-year-old woman and other Meta users complain for violations of personal boundaries up to harassment and sexual violence, because of which the avatars were forbidden to approach each other.
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Previously, virtual characters in Horizon World could move randomly and approach each other, now they are placed at arm’s length, writes WWD.
In the future, the size of personal boundaries users be able to determine on their own developers assured.
This will help set behavioral norms for such a new environment, like virtual reality, Meta explained.
It will not be possible to completely disable the set borders for Meta Horizon users even with the current settings: if the avatar comes too close to another, his hands will stop glowing.
Earlier we wrote about the metaverse:
Source: Segodnya
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