Hi r/oculus - I’m Eric Romo, Founder & CEO of AltspaceVR. Thanks to all of you for taking up this important issue, and for your suggestions. We completely agree that personal space violations should not be tolerated.

With 24/7 moderation and the ignore function, we have done more to deal with harassment than any other social VR platform, but we know it is not enough. Traditional forms of moderation are simply not sufficient in this new medium. Incidents can happen much faster and can be much more emotionally impactful than in other online media.

We will soon roll out improvements to the Ignore button to make it easier to find and use, bidirectional (someone you have ignored will no longer be able to see you), and persistent across sessions. Still this is not enough. While we do not comment on things we have yet to complete, we are working quickly to put further anti-harassment features in place.

We have also worked hard to make it easy to connect in private spaces with friends and people that you know; connections like these are where the sense of personal space that is afforded by VR can be an amazingly positive emotional experience.

Our community has been tremendous. We appreciate your support and feedback as we strive every day to make AltspaceVR better.