Meta (formerly Facebook) launched a tool called “Personal Boundary” on Friday (February 4) local time, aimed at addressing the problem of sexual harassment in the metaverse.
According to Vivek Sharma, vice president of Horizon Worlds, the feature would allow Metaverse avatars to maintain a distance of 4 feet from each other in Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues, thereby “creating more personal space for users” ” and “easier to avoid unnecessary interactions”. Vivek Sharma explained: “We intentionally rolled out the Personal Boundary tool as usual by default as we thought it would help set behavioural norms – important for relatively new media like virtual reality. “