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A researcher posing as a 13-year-old child was able to gain access to a virtual strip club via a metaverse app called VRChat.

No Kids Allowed

"It's children being exposed to entirely inappropriate, really incredibly harmful experiences."

Turns Out It's Really Easy for Kids to Visit Sex Clubs in the Metaverse

Foo Fail

There goes my hero!

Fans Say the Foo Fighters' Metaverse Concert Was A Total Disaster

Avatars of sex workers inside the game are giving other users lap dances in bondage outfits, the BBC reports. One avatar was even spotted wearing a Nazi uniform.

Roblox Sex

Well, that's not great.

Experts Alarmed by Sex, Nazism in Children's Game Roblox

Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, says that it has seen a 31 percent spike in home accident claims involving VR headsets in 2021, The Guardian reports. It’s also seen a 68 percent rise in such claims since 2016.

Buyer Beware!

Sounds like the metaverse is going great. 

Insurance Company Says VR Headsets Are Causing Spike in Smashed TVs

Child safety experts are sounding the alarm on the metaverse saying that it will attract sexual predators preying on kids using apps such as Horizon Worlds.

To Meta Predator

"They’ll go there first to take advantage of the fact that it is a safe ground for them to abuse or groom kids."

Experts Warn of Child Predators in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

More people are getting injured using virtual reality headsets than ever before because, well, more people are buying them than ever before. 

Ouchie

Devices

One man even broke his neck.

Virtual Reality Users Keep Suffering Horrible Injuries

Facebook's iteration of the metaverse is set to get a lot less glitchy — and have a lot more privacy concerns.

Be Afraid

The implications could be huge.

Facebook Locks Down Patents for Full-Body VR Tracking

Some parents are growing concerned of the impact of VR gaming might have on their children as VR headsets become more and more popular.

Gamer Moment

"It bothered me in a way it doesn't on flat screens even, because they're doing it with their hands in physical presence."

Parents Alarmed by Children Slicing Off Enemies' Limbs in VR

In an interview with conservative Christian satire website The Babylon Bee, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a stab at the concept of the Metaverse.

TV for Your Face

"Sure you can put a TV on your nose. I’m not sure that makes you 'in the metaverse.'"

Elon Musk Says the Metaverse Sucks and Neuralink Will Be Better

Nick Clegg, Meta's vice president for global affairs and communications, isn't impressed with the design of the company's Quest virtual reality headset.

Wretched

"Can we get the sneering and mockery out of the way?"

Facebook Exec Laments the Company's Bulky, "Wretched" VR Headset

Defcon Fun

"You walk into that simulation and come out a changed person."

Princeton Researchers Create Terrifying VR Simulation of Nuke Attack to Train US Officials

A sneaker company known for photoshopping a "cybershoe" onto Elon Musk has been purchased by Nike because, apparently, nothing matters anymore.

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