Meta is expanding its safety offering with the launch of virtual reality (VR) safety tools for Australian parents and teens on Quest devices, and new research in the metaverse in partnership with PROJECT ROCKIT.

The new tools are designed to help parents, guardians, and youth using virtual reality headsets. The tools are now available for all Meta Quest headsets and give parents or guardians the ability to:

• Approve your teen’s downloads or purchases of an app that is blocked by default based on its IARC rating. Teens 13 and older can submit an “Ask to Buy” request, which triggers a notification to their parent or guardian. The parent or guardian can approve or reject the request from the Oculus mobile app.
• Block specific apps that may be inappropriate for your teen…