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by unloco
1642 days ago
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“Not only was I groped last night, but there were other people there who supported this behaviour which made me feel isolated.” Meta reviewed the incident, the company determined that the beta tester did not use the safety features built into Horizon Worlds, which include the ability to block someone from interacting with you. There are also options limiting how close players can get to you for this reason. An easy solution would be to just set the default option beyond arms reach, and let the player lower it, instead of the other way around. I personally would not consider this as sexual assault, even if I was writing a click-bait Title. |
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First off, a lot of people (women much moreso) are subject to sexual assault, catcalling, etc, in their day-to-day lives. This is horrible - but a fact. This _is_ the world we still live in, women fear for their lives every day. Any man who denies this lacks any kind of perspective, and in my opinion a denial of this statement should be ignored.
If, and I hope we all agree, sexual assault bad, and I hope we also all agree, that nobody should be subject to that in real life, then it should not be acceptable for this to happen in VR.
> There are also options limiting how close players can get to you for this reason. An easy solution would be to just set the default option beyond arms reach, and let the player lower it, instead of the other way around.
While not as blunt or rude (nor do I think you've said this with any malice), this is workaround is akin to the "don't dress that way", "don't walk around at night", responses victims of sexual assault often get. What if this person likes players to get close? They should not have to worry about their "closeness" settings, much like women in real life should not have to worry about the way they dress - the assault itself just should not be happening in the first place.