Friday, 24 March, 2023

Even metaverse is unsafe for women

<p>Chanelle Siggens was recently harassed in a VR game by a random player in the game lobby. She claimed that the player approached her avatar and then simulated groping and ejaculating onto her avatar. This raised concerns about women&#39;s safety in the metaverse. Harassment, assaults, bullying, and hate speech already run rampant in VR games. In VRChat, a popular VR game, a violating incident occurs about every seven minutes.</p>