Parent education hub
A safer VR space for families. Peace of mind for you.
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Parental management tools for preteens
Parental supervision tools for teens
Connecting to your teen's account
Parents or guardians have to be invited by a teen to connect to their Meta account. Alternatively, parents can invite their teens to connect on the Family Centre. Once you've accepted their invitation to begin supporting their account, your teen will have to request access if they want access to apps that they aren't old enough to use. See here for more information on Meta accounts.
Age-appropriate content
Teens no longer have access by default to VR 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 Meta account. You can also block access to specific VR apps you find inappropriate, as well as Meta Quest 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 Meta Horizon mobile app or the Family Centre and understand when parental approval is required to access certain experiences.
Time spent in VR
You can see how much time your teen is spending in VR and set a daily time limit. Thanks to screen time monitoring, you'll be able to view the apps your teen owns and how long they've spent using them over the course of the last 7 days.
VR followers and following lists
View who your teens are interacting with in VR. We encourage you to have an open discussion with your teen about how they interact with connections in VR.
Know when your teen buys an app
Know when and what VR apps your teen buys or downloads. With Purchases and downloads notifications enabled, you get a Meta Horizon 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.
Family Centre articles
Take a look at other articles for online safety tips, including the Parent's guide to Meta Quest Pro, 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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Casting
Peace of mind is knowing what your teen or preteen sees and who they're socialising with while in their VR headset. Casting lets you stream what someone else is seeing in their headset to a mobile phone, TV or monitor. In addition to turning a solo gaming session into a social experience, it enables you to keep an extra eye on your teen or preteens 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.
Virtual boundaries and Space Sense
Meta Quest has built-in safety features that help keep you and your teen or preteen physically safe by allowing you to set up boundaries in VR that appear when you get too close to the edge of your playing 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. (Some experiences may allow for use without virtual boundaries. Users should always ensure that the physical space they are using is safe.)
Space Sense is an optional physical safety feature that lets you see outlines of people, pets and other large objects up to 2.7 metres (9 feet) away that cross over the boundaries of your roomscale virtual boundaries and into your playspace.
Block and report
Your teen or preteen has the ability to block another user's profile. Once someone has been blocked, they won't be able to follow your teen or preteen, invite them to a game or party, or search for them. In addition, your teen or preteen can also report other users within an app to the app's developer. If you notice that someone is violating our policy, please report them.
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.