A researcher's avatar was sexually assaulted on the Meta metaverse platform

Eww, feel bad for her for sure.

I still don't know why we need or want a 'metaverse'?

Didn't we already go through this in 1993? What exactly has changed since then?

This is completely crazy and weird and messed up.

No wonder investors are concerned - their money could be going into a platform that provides the potential for abuse and harassment. I'm curious to see how this evolves - perhaps companies like these will find it increasingly difficult to attract funding.

Wow...speechless. As the article explains, "Mark Zuckerberg is playing the long game with his investment, recently saying the project could continue to lose money for three to five years."

There's clearly a long way to go if this sort of thing can happen in virtual reality.