This is a novelty that should reassure the parents of young players. Indeed, Meta has just introduced a parental control system to its virtual reality headsets.
Thanks to this addition, adults can now keep a keen eye on the activities of their child(ren) using a VR headset. The entire Quest range now benefits from this feature. In addition, the group led by Mark Zuckerberg has also added new security features on Instagram. But that’s another story… Anyway, Meta has indicated on his blog how parents must proceed to activate this famous parental control on VR headsets.
Constant monitoring
Thus, it is first necessary to link the Facebook account of a person under the age of 18 to that of his guardian. The latter can then see the applications used by the teenager or intervene on the purchase requests made by the young player. Adults have the ability to block specific applications (including the web browser) and features such as Link or Air Link.
These security options also extend up to Horizon Worlds VR, i.e. the community space accessible from virtual reality headsets. Remember that people under the age of 18 are already not supposed to access it.
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Source : The Verge
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