The Meta Corporation (recognized by Russian authorities as extremist and banned in the country) has banned creators in the Horizon Worlds meta universe from holding their own events
According to The Verge, this is stated in the notes to the v109 platform update.
Community participants agreed with the change, even though it made organizing events much more difficult.
Representatives of the corporation explained that they disabled this function because it does not meet the standards of Meta.
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“As we refocused our efforts at Worlds on improving the overall quality of the platform, we also took the time to review some outdated features that don’t quite meet our updated quality standards,” the corporation said in a statement.
The publication notes that the new updates make it even more difficult for creators to hold events.
It wasn’t an easy path before, since Horizon Worlds could only be used with Meta’s Quest VR headsets, and the number of users was relatively small.
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta universe has repeatedly been the subject of attacks. Earlier, The Verge journalists tried out the Quest Pro 2 virtual helmet and trashed the virtual world of Meta.
They said the device doesn’t track eye position correctly, its charge lasts only two hours, and the technical part of the meta-universe is still cheesy.
The cost of such a helmet starts at $ $1499.
And Democratic senators have called for a ban on Horizon Worlds for teens ages 13 to 17. And Democratic senators have called for a ban on Horizon Worlds for teens between the ages of 13 and 17.
They believe that Zuckerberg was previously unable to protect children from dangerous content, so releasing the Horizon Worlds app for them is worth.
What’s more, politicians argue that using virtual reality headsets to access the meta-universe could cause nausea and eye strain, as well as affect user privacy.
Despite extensive criticism, however, Zuckerberg has said he still sees no convincing argument for abandoning the development of the meta universe.
We’d like to remind you that the BeInCrypto editorial staff previously compiled the top 10 metaworlds to watch out for in 2023 in a single piece.