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This IEEE conference talk explores the growing issue of harassment in Social Virtual Reality (SVR) platforms and evaluates the effectiveness of current safety tools. Learn about a comprehensive survey of 100 users across 12 SVR platforms that investigated various forms of harassment including hate speech, stalking, and physical abuse, as well as users' utilization of safety features like muting, blocking, personal boundaries, and safety gestures. Discover why reactive features often fall short in protecting users, how inconsistencies between platforms create safety challenges, and why users tend to prioritize familiarity over safety when choosing protection tools. Examine how proactive safety strategies help users create personalized experiences while potentially fragmenting communities. Gain insights into the researchers' recommendations for standardized, proactive anti-harassment measures that could guide the development of more effective platform-wide safety tools in virtual reality environments.
