{"id":465277,"date":"2022-06-19T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T09:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-battle-to-build-a-child-friendly-metaverse\/"},"modified":"2022-06-19T12:47:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T09:47:29","slug":"the-battle-to-build-a-child-friendly-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-battle-to-build-a-child-friendly-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"#The battle to build a child-friendly metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30655240966\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30655240966\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-battle-to-build-a-child-friendly-metaverse\/#%E2%80%9CThe_battle_to_build_a_child-friendly_metaverse%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The battle to build a child-friendly metaverse&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_battle_to_build_a_child-friendly_metaverse%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The battle to build a child-friendly metaverse&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/campaigners-and-expert.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/campaigners-and-expert.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Campaigners and experts warn that the wider ecosystem of the metaverse needs to start acting to ensure child safety.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/campaigners-and-expert.jpg\" alt=\"Campaigners and experts warn that the wider ecosystem of the metaverse needs to start acting to ensure child safety\" title=\"Campaigners and experts warn that the wider ecosystem of the metaverse needs to start acting to ensure child safety.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Campaigners and experts warn that the wider ecosystem of the metaverse needs to start acting to ensure child safety.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a young woman straps on her vest and headset and becomes immersed in a virtual world, Mainak Chaudhuri talks excitedly about the potential of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                &#8220;This is the first step towards the metaverse,&#8221; Chaudhuri of French start-up Actronika told AFP at this week&#8217;s VivaTech trade show in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The vest can give users the sensation of being buffeted by the wind or even feel a monster&#8217;s breath on their back, and it can be used to enhance movie watching, education or gaming.<\/p>\n<p>It is a family-friendly vision of the 3D immersive internet, now widely known as the metaverse, and sits well with some interactive experiences already widely available for children\u2014like virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s to museums.<\/p>\n<p>But campaigners and experts are increasingly warning that the wider ecosystem needs to start acting on child safety to ensure the benign vision is realized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The biggest challenge is kids are getting exposed to content that is not intended for them,&#8221; said Kavya Pearlman, whose NGO XR Safety Initiative campaigns to ensure immersive technology will be safe for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The problems she envisages range from children being exposed to sexual and violent material, to worries over young people being used as content creators or having in<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriate contact with adults.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the metaverse has not yet been widely adopted and the technology is still in development, early users have already brought to light serious issues.<\/p>\n<p>One woman&#8217;s allegation that her avatar was sexually assaulted in the metaverse sparked global outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Worries about the future of the technology have only grown as the economic opportunities have become clearer.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Colossal&#8217; money<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Metaverse-linked investments topped $50 billion last year, according to research firm McKinsey, which predicts the figure could more than double this year. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about absolutely colossal amounts of money, that&#8217;s three times more than the investment in artificial intelligence in 2017,&#8221; McKinsey partner Eric Hazan told AFP.<br \/>\n                                            <!-- Google middle Adsense block --><\/p>\n<p>Chief among the investors is tech giant Meta, which owns the likes of Instagram, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>The firm has already rolled out measures to give parents more control over the content their children interact with while using VR headsets.<\/p>\n<p>Meta and many of its competitors market immersive products with a lower age limit of 13\u2014though it is widely accepted that younger children will use the tech.<\/p>\n<p>Pearlman raises a broader concern that very little is known about the possible effects on young people&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Organizations have not yet validated these experiences from a scientific perspective,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yet they are allowing kids to be exposed to these new technologies, practically experimenting on children&#8217;s developing brains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The metaverse has shifted the paradigm, according to Valentino Megale, a neuropharmacologist who researches the issue.<\/p>\n<p>While the public has so far merely consumed what others have created, in the metaverse &#8220;we are going to be part of the digital content&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This makes everything that we experience in that world more compelling,&#8221; he told the RightsCon digital rights conference last week, adding that it was particularly true for children. <\/p>\n<p>Experts worry that the industry needs scrutiny before the rot sets in.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Ethical basis&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The solution, they argue, is to make sure the builders of these new virtual worlds instill child protection measures into the ethos of their work.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, each piece of software and hardware should be constructed on the understanding that children might use it and will need safeguarding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are potentially going to have a huge impact on their behavior, their identity, their emotions, their psychology in the exact moment when they are forming their personality,&#8221; said Megale. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You need to provide an ethical basis and safety by design from the beginning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One of the most controversial areas of product design is the kind of suit that will allow users to feel all sorts of sensations\u2014even pain.<\/p>\n<p>Such suits are already being manufactured, simulating pain through electric shocks.<\/p>\n<p>The products are intended for military or other professional training.<\/p>\n<p>Chaudhuri said the products developed by his firm Actronika use vibrations rather than electric shocks and were perfectly safe for anyone to use.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re about engaging the audience and not necessarily doing a real-time firefighting scenario or a battlefield scenario,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t cause pain.&#8221;\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Meta&#8217;s Quest VR gear to let people &#8216;hang out&#8217; 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