An Investigation of Teenager Experiences in Social Virtual Reality from Teenagers'...
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24 interviews (8 teenagers, 7 parents, 9 bystanders) identify concrete safety threats: private rooms used to lure teens and host unmoderated adult content, harassment via phantom sense (felt touch on avatars), and erotic role‑play avatars accessible through Discord or custom tools (Unity/Blender). Findings show divergent perceptions between teens, parents, and bystanders, limited platform moderation, and proposals like age‑specific matching, an emergency button that records evidence, and parent VR safety education.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Social VR and teenage engagement
- 1:36Research focus and stakeholders
- 3:24Methodology and ethics
- 4:08Safety threats in social VR
- 5:36Phantom sense harassment
- 6:39Erotic role-play avatars
- 8:01Stakeholder experience differences
- 9:23Social norms and technical limits
- 11:06Safer social VR design
- 12:08Conclusion and future work
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