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“Abazali abaningi abakuqondi kahle konke lokhu ngakho bajwayele ukushiyela izingane ukuthi zidlale khona,” kusho yena. Uzothi “uma ingane yakho ine-Oculus sicela uzame ukuyigada futhi uqaphe ukuthi ikhuluma nobani.”
Sekuyiminyaka, i-Meta iphikisana nendlela engcono kakhulu yokuvikela abantu eqinisweni elibonakalayo iwukubanikeza amandla okuzivikela – ukunikeza abasebenzisi amathuluzi okulawula izindawo zabo, njengekhono lokuvimba noma ukuqhelelanisa abanye abasebenzisi. Isimo esinolaka ngokuphawulekayo, futhi esibizayo, kunalesi esisithathayo ngezinkundla zokuxhumana, i-Facebook ne-Instagram, eqiniswa izinhlelo ezizenzakalelayo nezisekelwa abantu ukuqeda inkulumo enenzondo, okuqukethwe okunodlame nolwazi olunganembile oluphula imithetho.
UMongameli weMeta Global Affairs u-Nick Clegg une kufaniswe isu lenkampani lemetaverse lokuba umnikazi wendawo yokucima ukoma. Uma umxhasi ebhekene “nolimi oluhlambalazayo oluningi,” angavele ahambe, kunokuba alindele umnikazi webha ukuthi aqaphe izingxoxo.
Kodwa ochwepheshe baxwayisa lelisu lokulinganisela lingase libe yingozi ezinganeni ezithuthelekela e-Horizon Worlds, abasebenzisi abathi igcwele ukucwasa, ukuhlukumeza kanye nokuqukethwe okubekela ingcaca ucansi. Nakuba i-Meta ivimbela ngokusemthethweni izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-18 ohlelweni lwayo lwe-VR oluphambili, abacwaningi nabasebenzisi babika ukuthi izingane nentsha zisebenzisa uhlelo ngobuningi, ama-akhawunti asebenzayo aphethwe abantu abadala noma ziqamba amanga ngeminyaka yazo.
Kwezinye izimo, abasebenzisi abasebasha abahlonyiselwe ukuphatha izimo ezidayisi abazithola ku- i-metaverse, ngokusho kwabacwaningi. Abanye babika abasebenzisi abasha ngokuhlukumeza abanye abantu ngenkathi bengaphandle kwamehlo aqaphile abantu abadala. Ngaleso sikhathi, ucwaningo olusafufusa luphakamisa ukuthi izisulu zokuhlukumeza kanye nobuxhwanguxhwangu empeleni zivame ukuba nemiphumela engokwengqondo efanayo njengoba beziyokwenzeka ekuhlaselweni kwangempela.
Izingane “azazi nokuthi azikho izilo ngaphansi kombhede,” kusho uJesse Fox, uprofesa osebenza naye e-Ohio State University owenza izifundo ezingokoqobo. “Kufanele bakwazi kanjani ukuthola ukuthi kunesilo esisebenzisa i-avatar?”
Naphezu kobungozi, i-Meta isathumela i-metaverse kubasebenzisi abancane nabancane, idonsela ukucasuka kubashisekeli bezenhlalakahle yezingane nabalawuli. Ngemuva kokudalulwa kwe-Meta ihlela ukuvula i-Horizon Worlds kubasebenzisi abancane, phakathi kwe-13 ne-17, abanye abenzi bomthetho banxuse inkampani ukuthi ilahle uhlelo.
“Ngenxa yomlando wenkampani yakho wokwehluleka ukuvikela izingane nentsha kanye nendikimba ekhulayo yobufakazi obukhomba izinsongo kubasebenzisi abasebasha ku-metaverse, sikunxusa ukuthi umise lolu hlelo ngokushesha,” Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) kanye no-Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) babhale ngesonto eledlule e incwadi kwisikhulu esiphezulu seMeta uMark Zuckerberg.
Umkhulumeli weMeta uKate McLaughlin esitatimendeni uthe ngaphambi kokuthi inkampani yenze i-Horizon Worlds “itholakale entsheni, sizoba nezivikelo ezengeziwe namathuluzi esizowasiza ukubanikeza ulwazi oluyifanele iminyaka yobudala.”
“Sikhuthaza abazali nabanakekeli ukuthi basebenzise amathuluzi ethu okugada abazali, okuhlanganisa nokuphatha ukufinyelela kuzinhlelo zokusebenza, ukuze basize ukuqinisekisa ukuzizwisa okuphephile,” wengeza.
Ucwaningo olusha oluvela ku-Centre for Counting Digital Hate, ithimba lokumela eligxile ezinkampanini zobuchwepheshe, libonisa ezinye zezimo eziyingozi abasebenzisi ababonakala beyizingane ababhekana nazo kule nkinga. Isifundo iqophe uhide lwezingxoxo ezinolaka, ezicwasayo nezibekela ingcaca ucansi emaqenjini amahlaya, amaphathi kanye nezinkantolo mbumbulu, ezenzeka phambi kwabasebenzisi ababonakala bebasha.
“I-metaverse ibhekiswe kubantu abasha. Ngeke kugwemeke ukuthi izingane zizitholele indlela yazo,” kusho u-Imran Ahmed, oyi-CEO eCentre for Counting Digital Hate. “Uma unakekela izingane futhi ufuna ukuthengisa ukunaka kwazo, unesibopho kubazali bazo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi inkundla yakho iphephile.”
Impikiswano ifika njengoba i-Meta izama ukuguqula indlela abantu abaxhumana ngayo ngokuphusha kwayo ibe yizindawo ezibonakalayo ezigxilile ezaziwa ngokuthi i-metaverse. Abaphathi be-Meta babona ngeso lengqondo ikusasa lapho abantu bezosebenza, badlale futhi bathenge ndawonye kokuhlangenwe nakho kwedijithali okubukeka nokuzwakala njengomhlaba wangempela kodwa okuxhaswe ngamadivayisi angokoqobo nama-augmented reality.
Ngaphansi kwemithetho ye-Meta, okuqukethwe okubekela sobala ucansi, ukugqugquzelwa kwezidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni kanye nodlame oludlulele kuvinjelwe. Abasebenzisi bangabika izehlakalo eziyinkinga kochwepheshe bezokuphepha, bavimbele abasebenzisi, bamise amazwi abasebenzisi abangabazi noma bazikhiphe kokuhlangenwe nakho komphakathi.
Lawo mathuluzi awazange ayeke okuqukethwe okungemthetho ukuthi kwande kuyo yonke i-metaverse, ngokuvamile evela phambi kwabasebenzisi ababonakala beyizingane.
Abacwaningi abavela ku-Center for Counting Digital Hate bangene emagumbini ohlwini lwe-Horizon Worlds ‘”Top 100″ yomhlaba – izinga elinqunywa izibuyekezo zabasebenzisi. Baqopha ukuxhumana abakubonayo, bakuhlunga okuqukethwe kwabantu abadala noma okuphathelene nokusebenzisana phakathi kwezingane ezisobala nabantu abadala.
Banqume ukuthi umsebenzisi usemncane uma abacwaningi ababili bevumelana ukuthi umuntu uzwakala njengengane noma uma umsebenzisi esho iminyaka yakhe ngokusobala.
Bathole abasebenzisi bezibandakanya kugeyimu yocansi yeqembu, ebuze imibuzo njengokuthi “siyini isigaba sakho socansi?” E-Soapstone Comedy Club, umsebenzisi wesifazane esixukwini uphendule lapho etshelwa ukuthi “avale” nge-barb: “Ngingabafana abangu-12 kuphela, chillax.”
Sekukonke, iqembu liqophe izehlakalo ezingu-19 lapho kubonakala sengathi izingane zazichayeka emazwaneni anobandlululo, ukuhlukunyezwa noma okuqukethwe okubekela ingcaca ucansi. Ekurekhodweni kwe-100 ku-Horizon Worlds, ithole ukuthi i-66 yayo iqukethe abasebenzisi ababonakala bengaphansi kweminyaka engu-18.
Akucaci ukuthi bangaki abasebenzisi abeqa imikhawulo yobudala ye-Meta noma ukuthi ukusabalala kokuqukethwe okubekela ingcaca ku-Horizon Worlds kuqhathaniswa kanjani nezinye izinhlelo zento engekho ngokoqobo.
“Indaba iwukuba ingane ingene entweni engafuni ukuvezwa kuyo,” kusho uJeff Haynes, umhleli omkhulu wemidlalo yamavidiyo namawebhusayithi e-Common Sense, okuyiqembu labameleli elihlaziya okuqukethwe kokuzijabulisa kwezingane.
U-Haley Kremer, 15, uthe uphendukela ku-Horizon Worlds ukuze ahlanganyele, ikakhulukazi nabeluleki bakhe abadala, abamqondisa ezinkingeni empilweni yakhe. Kube kuhle, wathi, ukwazi abantu abengeziwe abamkhathalelayo.
Kodwa akukhona konke ukusebenzelana kwakhe nabantu abadala kuhlelo lokusebenza kube kuhle. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, umsebenzisi osebenzisa isithombe sowesilisa onezinwele ezimpunga weza kuye kwenye yezindawo eziyinhloko ze-Horizon Worlds wamtshela ukuthi muhle. Kuthe uma ethi akaqhele kuye, ubelokhu emlandela waze wamvimba – iqhinga alifunde komunye wabaluleki bakhe.
“Ngazizwa ngididekile,” kusho yena. “Ngamcela ukuthi angahambi wanqaba.”
Ucwaningo olusafufusa mayelana neqiniso elibonakalayo luphakamisa ukuthi umuzwa we-visceral wokuba ku-VR wenza ukuhlukumeza okunolaka esikhaleni kuzwakale kufana nokuhlasela komhlaba wangempela. Abasebenzisi bavame ukuthi imizimba yabo ebonakalayo izwakale njengesandiso semizimba yabo yangempela – into eyaziwa ngokuthi i-emperial ocwaningweni lwezazi.
“Uma umuntu ethi bahlukunyeziwe, bahlaselwa noma bahlaselwa ku-VR, yingoba zonke izinhlelo zabo zebhayoloji zisabela ngendlela efanayo njengokuthi bahlaselwa ngokomzimba,” kusho uBrittan Heller, isikhulu esiphezulu sentando yeningi nobuchwepheshe e-Atlantic. Umkhandlu.
Futhi abagxeki bathi indlela yomnikazi webha ye-Meta ibeka umthwalo omningi kubasebenzisi abajwayelekile ukulawula lezi zikhala ezibonakalayo ezigxilile – umthwalo onzima kakhulu kubasebenzisi abancane ukuwufeza. Futhi bayaphikisana, i-Horizon Worlds yaklanywa umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe onerekhodi elibi elisabela ekwandeni kwezinkulumo eziyingozi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
“I-Meta ayisebenzisi indawo yokucima ukoma. Ayikho indawo yokucima ukoma eyake yadala ukubulawa kwabantu,” kusho u-Ahmed. “Ayikho indawo yokucima ukoma eyake yaba yindawo yokuzalanisa izilwane eziyingozi kakhulu ezweni. I-Facebook bekuyizo zonke lezo zinto, kanjalo ne-metaverse. “
