Rec Room child accounts coming back to Quest devices, Meta lowers age threshold

The Joker Room Trumpet is coming back to the Metaverse.

An upcoming policy change in the Metaverse leaves a back door for 10- to 12-year-olds in using the Metaverse and online gaming platform Joker's Room.

Last November, Metaverse forced The Clown Room to block users 12 and under from using the app on Quest headsets. This caused the Clown Room to remove support for the "trumpet" feature on the platform. The trumpet is designed for users under the age of 12, and cannot "transmit or hear voice audio," or "send or receive in-game text messages," and cannot use custom room tools, and usernames are randomized. But the trumpet is still supported on other devices in the clown room.

While the Metaverse has in the past allowed Quests to be used only by users 13 and older, this move late last year was the only time the company explicitly enforced that policy. Later this year, the Metaverse will change its policy to officially support 10- to 12-year-olds on Quest 2 and Quest 3, opening the door for the trumpet to return.

"Yes, they're coming back," Nick Fate, CEO of The Clown Room, told UploadVR. "We think they're an important safety feature for kids, and we're excited to bring them back to the Quest platform."

我们很好奇接下来一年对VRChat、Horizon Worlds和小丑房间等社交平台的发展会有什么影响，因为新一代的头戴设备即将上市。Quest 3计划于今年晚些时候发布，而苹果的高端头戴设备VisionPro计划于明年年初发布。值得一提的是，小丑房间已经探索了手部跟踪支持，并且在苹果最近的发布活动中展示了该应用程序。