Meta (Facebook), one of the companies that comes to mind when metaverse is mentioned, and has a share in the concept of metaverse being talked about so much recently, has taken an important step to prevent sexual harassment scandals. This step is called the Personal Boundary.
PERSONAL LIMIT MEASURE FOR METAVERSE FROM META
Mark Zuckerberg’s company, Meta, has decided to add a new feature to combat such alarming situations, days after a woman said she had been sexually harassed by three men on the company’s metaverse.
The so-called “Personal Boundary” feature prevents other users’ virtual avatars from invading your avatar’s personal space.
It was stated that the new feature was made available in Meta’s Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues virtual reality worlds.
“If someone tries to break into your personal limit, the system will stop them from moving forward once they reach the limit,” Meta said.
The company said the feature will make it feel as if there is a distance of about 1.2 meters between your avatar and other users.
HE HAS BEEN SEXUALLY HARASSED AT METAVERSE
Nina Jane Patel, a 43-year-old mother of four, was sexually assaulted by a mob a minute after she entered Facebook’s metaverse.
It was stated that the event took place in Facebook’s Horizon Venues metaverse, an online world where users’ avatars meet and interact and explore a rapidly growing network of virtual locations such as cities, parks or cafes.
Patel, the mother of four, had entered the ‘lobby’, a virtual space that served as the entry point, but within seconds, her avatar was followed by avatars of men who inappropriately touched, sexually insinuated and took screenshots of the attack for several minutes as she tried to escape. . The woman, who was quite worried, recorded that the abusers also said things like “Don’t pretend you don’t like it” while doing this.