VR and Child Safety
Parents pay attention to your kid’s apps!
It was at the end of a rather long, but uneventful day. I had spent a few solid hours in Immersed, cranking out copy in the Space Lounge. Socialized with my Cafe Crew peeps. Played a few rounds of mini golf by myself to loosen my shoulders up before powering down for the evening.
The last thing I do every evening is to sit for a few minutes and enjoy the koi pond that came with one of my apps. Just a bit of ‘me time’ to relax and enjoy the nature sounds from one of my playlists before I head out.
A window appeared with an invite to a ‘party’ by someone I didn’t recognize named Emmanuel. Of course, I’ve met a lot of people online. Many of them have different names in VR, Immersed and on Discord.
Strange, I thought. No one has ever invited me to a party before without texting me in VR or Discord. First time for everything, right? I accepted the invite, thinking that it might be someone I knew.
Dumb move, right?
I ported over to a new room. No avatar.
“Hello?” I asked. Maybe Emmanuel had accidentally dropped. I slowly turned around to look at the room. It was pretty standard. No real attempt at decorating the space yet.
