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What Next TBD: How Safe is the Metaverse?

Slate Technology

Slate

Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6636 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Facebook’s first crack at the metaverse has a problem: kids. Underage users seem to be flooding Horizon Worlds, potentially putting themselves at risk.  Is Meta doomed to repeat Facebook’s mistakes? Guest: Will Oremus, technology news analysis writer for the Washington Post.  Host: Lizzie O’Leary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I made you think you was real.

0:02.0

My name is Caden Sinclair.

0:04.0

Some people call us American royalty.

0:06.0

We were liars.

0:07.0

A new series on Prime Video.

0:09.0

We were happy. We wanted for nothing.

0:12.0

Based on the best-selling novel.

0:15.0

Something terrible happened last summer,

0:17.0

and I have no memory of what or who hurt me.

0:20.0

No one in my family will tell me.

0:22.7

When you're left for dead, you want answers. We were liars. New series, watch now, only on

0:28.9

Prime Video. Heads up. You might not want to listen to this show with kids. We talk about some

0:35.1

pretty heavy stuff.

0:46.9

Last month, Washington Post reporter Will Oremus spent a weekend afternoon with his Oculus headset on.

0:52.4

He was messing around in Facebook's new virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds.

0:57.2

During the afternoon, I was wandering around just checking out the various random games that users have built in there. And what, like, what do you see, whatever

1:02.5

you like? Some are better than others, I'll say. You know, anybody can build a little mini

1:09.3

experience or game within Horizon Worlds.

1:13.4

The one that I was in that day was called Magic Mania.

1:18.0

Run to Magic Mania. I am Miss Minerva and the head witch here.

1:22.4

In the game, you're dropped into what looks like a big palace or castle.

1:27.1

Players are handed wands and then shoot one of three spells at each other.

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