{"id":4633,"date":"2022-02-04T18:38:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/meta-to-bring-in-mandatory-distances-between-virtual-reality-avatars\/"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:38:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:38:26","slug":"meta-to-bring-in-mandatory-distances-between-virtual-reality-avatars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/meta-to-bring-in-mandatory-distances-between-virtual-reality-avatars\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta to bring in mandatory distances between virtual reality avatars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Move follows warnings Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s plan for metaverse could lead to increased online harassment<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s virtual reality business is to introduce a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/blog\/introducing-a-personal-boundary-for-horizon-worlds-and-venues\/\">mandatory distance<\/a> between people\u2019s digital avatars after warnings that the social media tycoon\u2019s plans for a metaverse will lead to a new wave of online harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is making a multibillion-dollar bet on VR as the next source of growth for his empire but his strategy has already been dogged by warnings that virtual worlds are rife with abuse.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/feb\/04\/meta-to-bring-in-mandatory-distances-between-virtual-reality-avatars\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/60b382ff76cf2908748050ed6670bdcfb7c10ca4\/0_208_3118_1871\/master\/3118.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4cb0ecc4dc68bceb60a588f6b41d9952\" title=\"Meta to bring in mandatory distances between virtual reality avatars\" \/>Move follows warnings Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s plan for metaverse could lead to increased online harassment<br \/>\nMark Zuckerberg\u2019s virtual reality business is to introduce a mandatory distance between people\u2019s digital avatars after warnings that the social media tycoon\u2019s plans for a metaverse will lead to a new wave of online harassment.<br \/>\nZuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is making a multibillion-dollar bet on VR as the next source of growth for his empire but his strategy has already been dogged by warnings that virtual worlds are rife with abuse. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move follows warnings Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s plan for metaverse could lead to increased online harassment Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s virtual reality business is to introduce a mandatory distance between people\u2019s digital avatars after warnings that the social media tycoon\u2019s plans for a metaverse will lead to a new wave of online harassment. Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/04\/meta-to-bring-in-mandatory-distances-between-virtual-reality-avatars\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meta to bring in mandatory distances between virtual reality avatars<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}