Horizon Worlds, Meta’s virtual reality app, will support teens in the US and Canada

Horizon Worlds virtual reality app from Goal will admit underage users in the coming weeks, a change that the technology company will accompany with additional measures to protect their experience.

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The application dedicated to social experiences in virtual reality (VR) has been limited since its release to users over the age of 18who can create virtual worlds or explore existing ones, individually or with friends and other members of the community.

In the next weeks will admit users between the ages of 13 and 17, equating the age of use of this application with that of the Meta Quest viewer, which is aimed at users from 13 years of age. This change will roll out first in the US and Canadaas reported by Meta on its official blog.

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This expansion of users will be accompanied by privacy and security measures appropriate for their age, starting at eThe profile, which by default will be private and will allow minors to accept or reject the friend requests they receive.

Nor will the status of the underage user be shown by defaultand the worlds and events will be filtered according to a classification that will prevent them from accessing those that have “adult content”.

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a voice mode will distort the voice of teenagers when they communicate with people you do not know, and adult accounts will not be shown in the suggestions, when there is no connection between them.

Along with tools for teens to control their Horizon Worlds experience, Meta has also added a series of parental controls so they can check who they follow or the apps they have usedor make adjustments to functions such as voice mode or limit the use of certain apps.

Source: Elcomercio

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