PARENT EDUCATION HUB
Safer VR space for teens. Peace of mind for you.
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Parental supervision tools
Connecting to your teen's account
Parents or guardians have to be invited by a teen to connect to their account. Once you've accepted their invite to begin supporting their account, your teen will have to request access if they want access to apps they’re not old enough to use.
Age-appropriate content
Teens will no longer have access by default to apps they aren’t old enough to use, based on International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) age ratings, local youth laws and their age from their Oculus account. You’ll also be able to block access to specific apps you find inappropriate, as well as Oculus Link and Air Link to prevent your teen from accessing content from their PC on their Quest headset.
Transparency
If you’ve connected your account to your teen’s, they will be able to see a read-only view of your parent dashboard in the Oculus mobile app and understand when parental approval is required to access certain experiences.
Time spent in VR
You’ll know if your teen is spending too much time playing online. Thanks to screen time monitoring, you'll be able to view the apps your teen owns and how long they've spent playing them over the course of the last 7 days.
VR friends
View your teen’s friends and see who they’re interacting with in VR. Then depending on your level of comfort with their friends, we encourage you to have an open discussion between you and your teen about it.
Know when your teen buys an app
There are no secrets when it comes to when and what apps your teen buys or downloads. With “Purchases and Downloads” notifications enabled, you get an Oculus App notification whenever they get or are gifted an app. In addition, if you don't like what you see on your teen's headset, you can manage this by blocking the purchase of each app on an individual basis.
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Casting
Peace of mind is knowing what your teen sees and who they’re socializing with while in their VR headset. Casting lets you stream what someone else is seeing in headset to a mobile phone, TV, or monitor. In addition to turning a solo gaming session into a social experience, it can enable parents to keep an eye on their teens while in VR.
Learn more about casting with this tutorial and this article about How to cast with Quest.
Multi-user accounts, PIN, and unlock pattern
If your family shares one headset, the Multi-User feature allows each person to use their own VR account on a single headset, and share Quest Store apps purchased between accounts. You can further protect your privacy and prevent your teen from accessing games or experiences that aren’t appropriate by using an unlock pattern to lock individual apps.
Guardian and Space Sense
Meta Quest has built-in safety features that help keep you and your teen physically safe by allowing you to set up boundaries in VR that appear when you get too close to the edge of your play area. Choose between Stationary (staying in place) and Roomscale (moving around) modes. Before putting on your headset, choose an unobstructed space and clear the area of any objects.
Space Sense is an optional physical safety feature that lets you see outlines of people, pets, and other large objects up to nine feet away that cross over the boundaries of your Roomscale Guardian and into your playspace.
Block, and report
To keep you and your teens safe in VR, we’re giving you the ability to report and block other people across all apps on Quest. Once you block someone, they won’t be able to add your teen as a friend, invite them to a game or party, or search for them. If we find someone has violated the Conduct in VR Policy , we will take enforcement action on their account, including temporarily restricting or suspending it. If you or your teen notice someone is violating our policy, please report them in headset or via an online form .
Take breaks
We encourage you and your teen to take regular breaks, as advised in our Health and Safety Warnings. When first starting out in VR, allow time to adjust both to the headset and the specific experience. Breaks every 30 minutes are recommended when starting out, and always take a break if you feel any level of discomfort.
Family Center articles
Check out other articles for online safety tips, including Talking with Teens about Healthy Online Interactions, Tips for Handling Online Bullying, and Misinformation on Social Media: How You Can Help Your Teen.
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