metaverse has a groping problem already

[Ellethwyn]

I saw this coming. No surprise.

"Last week, Meta opened up access to its virtual-reality social media platform, Horizon Worlds. Early descriptions of the platform make it seem fun and wholesome, drawing comparisons to Minecraft. In Horizon Worlds, up to 20 avatars can get together at a time to explore, hang out, and build within the virtual space.

But not everything has been warm and fuzzy. According to Meta, on November 26, a beta tester reported something deeply troubling: she had been groped by a stranger on Horizon Worlds."




“There I was, being virtually groped”
When Aaron Stanton heard about the incident at Meta, he was transported to October 2016. That was when a gamer, Jordan Belamire, penned an open letter on Medium describing being groped in Quivr, a game Stanton co-designed in which players, equipped with bow and arrows, shoot zombies.

In the letter, Belamire described entering a multiplayer mode, where all characters were exactly the same save for their voices. “In between a wave of zombies and demons to shoot down, I was hanging out next to BigBro442, waiting for our next attack. Suddenly, BigBro442’s disembodied helmet faced me dead-on. His floating hand approached my body, and he started to virtually rub my chest. ‘Stop!’ I cried … This goaded him on, and even when I turned away from him, he chased me around, making grabbing and pinching motions near my chest. Emboldened, he even shoved his hand toward my virtual crotch and began rubbing.

“There I was, being virtually groped in a snowy fortress with my brother-in-law and husband watching.”

https://www.technologyreview.com/202...dium=tr_social

[Anglo-Celtic]

This isn't a First World problem. It's a two percent problem. Thoughts and prayers to the victim. Maybe she'll heal in good time.

[barnumandbailey]

I saw this coming.

"Last week, Meta opened up access to its virtual-reality social media platform, Horizon Worlds. Early descriptions of the platform make it seem fun and wholesome, drawing comparisons to Minecraft. In Horizon Worlds, up to 20 avatars can get together at a time to explore, hang out, and build within the virtual space.

But not everything has been warm and fuzzy. According to Meta, on November 26, a beta tester reported something deeply troubling: she had been groped by a stranger on Horizon Worlds."




“There I was, being virtually groped”
When Aaron Stanton heard about the incident at Meta, he was transported to October 2016. That was when a gamer, Jordan Belamire, penned an open letter on Medium describing being groped in Quivr, a game Stanton co-designed in which players, equipped with bow and arrows, shoot zombies.

In the letter, Belamire described entering a multiplayer mode, where all characters were exactly the same save for their voices. “In between a wave of zombies and demons to shoot down, I was hanging out next to BigBro442, waiting for our next attack. Suddenly, BigBro442’s disembodied helmet faced me dead-on. His floating hand approached my body, and he started to virtually rub my chest. ‘Stop!’ I cried … This goaded him on, and even when I turned away from him, he chased me around, making grabbing and pinching motions near my chest. Emboldened, he even shoved his hand toward my virtual crotch and began rubbing.

“There I was, being virtually groped in a snowy fortress with my brother-in-law and husband watching.”

https://www.technologyreview.com/202...dium=tr_social

> Tfw cucked in VR

[JamesBond007]

>metaverse
>groping

Nigga, say what ?! Metaverse is just a new name for the same or similar old stinking pile of garbage called social media :

[Petalpusher]

This is gonna be a big flop after the initial phase of curiosity, which will end up as a good riddance.

Mainly because nobody wants to put a vr helmet to play kitchen with cartoonesque characters. It would have had to be either leaps and bonds more realistic/customizable, or VR free, or likely both. All the virtual worlds have failed miserably so far, and you didn't even have to put on a headset.

Also the same annoying af persons roaming on social media will kill it. "I logged in, the image was fuzzy, my mic didn't work, i think i was raped! Let's put on a hashtag"

I would sell all my shares if i had some from this.