META ADDS 18+ TAG POLICY TO HORIZON WORLDS

Sat 23 July 2022:

Tech giant Meta has updated its content guidelines for Horizon Worlds users and added a new content rating system for “mature audiences” in an effort to make it more user-friendly.

According to UploadVR, the tech giant informed Horizon Worlds users of the change in an email, stating that creators must assign a content rating to their worlds to indicate whether it is suitable for all ages or only for mature users (age 18 and over).

Existing worlds “will default to over 18 regardless of the content in the world” if creators do nothing and do not update them within the following month.

Creators can find the new rating option in the World tab in Build mode, which can be adjusted anytime.

The change comes as Meta unbundles Facebook accounts from the core experience of its Quest VR headsets and replaces them with Meta accounts which require a name and “date of birth so we can verify your age,” the report said.

With its previous policy, Facebook required users to use the name “they go by in everyday life,” but this is not the case for Meta accounts.

Voice Mode, a new setting in Horizon Worlds that gives users more control over their experience, was recently announced by Meta.

Users of the Quest 2 VR headset can use this feature to control how they hear people who aren’t on their friends list, including the choice to completely ignore unwanted conversations.

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