Epic Games CEO: VR Harassment Problem Can Be Solved With Realistic Avatars

J Station X: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney suggests that the VR harassment problem can be solved by introducing realistic avatars with 'human emotional reactions.'

[bluefox755]

VR "harassment" can be solved by taking off your headset, or even closing your eyes.

[Eonjay]

Yeah no. The developers took appropriate steps here. Lets give them credit for responding to complaints of harassment. Giving her the option to mute and make these punks invisible doesnt actually make them oppressed. Why should she or anyone have to stop playing in order to avoid groping?

[Kreisen]

What groping? Last time i checked you cant actually reach out through a headset and physically molest anybody.

If me standing next to another player in a videogame making silly noises is the equivalent of "rape" then am i a murderer if i shoot others in Battlefield? Should i get charged for reckless driving if i play GTA Online?

[S-Word]

*gropes Eonjay*

[MRMagoo123]

I shouldn't have to listen to teen rage and swear and be racist online but what I have to do because I'm not stupid in the head is either mute them or deal with it. I don't expect them to just stop because I don't like it.

*gropes s-word*

[Ogygian]

Let's not give them credit.

If someone gets annoyed by VR groping, then they are not mature enough to be using VR. I don't want to play multiplayer games with such people (because they're not likely to be all that fun).

The main problem is devs actually responding to this tiny minority of complainers.

[Artemidorus]

Well said

[Ogygian]

What problem?

Seriously, why do influential people keep listening to the whine and moan brigade?

For normal, well-adjusted people, there's no such thing as "VR harassment".

[Leeroyw]

Millennial creating news by being offended.
Standard.
Let's wrap ourselves in a bubble cause all men are evil.

[zuul9018]

Made an account today just to post on this article. Ive been t-bagged and ive t-bagged in games. Ive had to mute annoying kids and im sure ive been muted back when i was an annoying kid. This is some shit right here though. If i played this game itd be very hard not for me to make my floating hand do the "jerk off" motion every head shot. (Itd be funny to me to see a little Rayman hand do that) This is why ESRB doesnt rate online interactions. If you are seriously that bothered you either only play with people you know or only play offline. Im 27 i consider myself moderately mature (farts are funny sometimes still so is the N word every once in awhile) but grow up... Would i ever actually Tbag a person? No..... but thats the greatness of the virtual world. I also wouldnt pay a hooker shoot her then run her over. I dont get frustrated easliy but this has me a bit heated.

Throw me in virtual jail.

[GrimDragon]

VR birth pains :/

[SaveFerris]

Are developers going to create virtual safe spaces for the easily offended?