The incident of a 16-year-old girl being gang-raped in Metaverse, the virtual reality world has shocked the world.
A 16-year-old girl from the United Kingdom entered the metaverse as a avatar using VR equipment like glasses and headset for virtual reality experiences. While the girl’s virtual ‘avatar’ wanders through the metaverse, she was gang-raped by men accompanying the same avatars.
Case against Avatars
In this regard, the British police have registered a case based on the complaint filed by the girl. As her avatar was raped in a virtual reality game, she was physically unharmed, but mentally suffered all the tortures and the pain a rape victim goes through. So she filed a complaint with the police to take action against the avatars who raped her, i.e. the real persons in that avatar.
The police were confused as to how to track down the criminals who roamed the world of the metaverse and how to take action. Later, legal experts, cyber-technologists, etc. were consulted and tried to identify the wrongdoers through avatars.
Metaverse-The virtual world
The metaverse is the virtual world beyond the real world we live in. Virtual reality is about creating an imaginary world that has the power to make us feel like we are living. Facebook’s parent company Meta has developed a technology called ‘Metaverse’ using this technology.
In the world of virtual reality, the first time a rape case has been registered has shaken the technology world. Countries of the world are also forced to establish a legal framework for crimes committed in the virtual world. So, the news that we will see from now on may be beyond our imagination.
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