Age Verification Feedback

Hey Team! Lately we are seeing more worlds add in "age checking" at the entrances of worlds (even with the option for AV only instances available). It would be very useful if world creators had access to call on AV through Udon to help groups run their lobbies a bit more smoothly and help provide them that extra level of security. Being able to access AV through Udon, lets world creators do some of the following as example: The option for groups to auto allow AV users into the world, while stopping non AV users at the door to manually check. You could provide AV users with an icon above their head. (With a toggle hopefully). Let AV users toggle on game modes that may be more targeted towards 18+ users. Restrict certain area's of a world. Restrict users from entering a world which main theme is adult/"NSFW"/ or not suitable for below -18. ( 'Age Gating' should cover this already, but at the moment you don't need to prove ID when making your VRChat account, so this would solidify it) Automated content adjustments for different age groups -18 & +18 instead of blocking younger users fully or non-verified, worlds could dynamically adjust gameplay, visuals & mechanics. Helpful in overall moderation tools for admins/groups. Enhanced trust for community worlds and create a more trustworthy environment. Improves the reputation of VRChat as a 'safer' social platform. I am sure there are many other examples/features that world creators can add that allows groups to run their lobbies more smoothly and safely, these were just a handful of ideas submitted by the community. Thanks!

The automated system Persona uses fails to identify any form of ID I provide. Despite using every form of ID that’s available to me and trying it under different lighting conditions I get the same result. This system seems to have no way of falling back on some other form of age verification. The extent of customer support I’ve gotten on this subject so far is being told to try again. Are there plans to provide alternative methods of age verification so that people don’t get unfairly excluded through no fault of their own?

Would it be possible to make asking for Date of Birth to be a bannable offense? The Age Verification system exists and asking for DoB can be considered PII as many institutions such as bank and medical will sometimes ask for DoB for positive ID verification process. Besides, there is no way to verify if someone is 18+ just by verbal confirmation so it still allows minors in. And the only people asking for DoB are virtual bouncers who are power tripping. There is no reason to comply with such unreasonable demands by unreasonable users or kicked from public worlds. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I would love the ability to add the age verification, maybe a symbol on my nameplate. So when entering 18+ instances. I can quickly show my verification. Or being able to quickly see someone is of age without digging through a menu.

This will make everything so much better. Its simple and very easy to bring in.

Per the updated FAQ for the announcement of Age Verification, I would like to suggest a hard limit of at least 1 or at most 2 alts who are eligible for the same age verification. People may have alts for various reasons, some being that they may not want people who know their main VRC account name (especially if that name exists outside of VRC on other platforms) and may not want to engage with the more hardcore gated content (cough18+STUFFcough) for fear of other users maliciously looking them up and then harassing them on other platforms or even irl. I realize that may be an extreme example, but I can imagine I am not the only one who has their VRC name as their other socials and tries to keep it as professional as possible especially those that are creators. And while you could just say... "Well. Then just verify your alt account." ...and I could just do that, but what if in doing so I lock my main account off from my favorite worlds and or avatars should those world/avatar creators put their creations behind Age Verification gates. I apologize in advance if this was hard to follow, I'm not the best at articulating my words, so I hope this made some sense... I would just greatly appreciate being able to keep my main and an alt with the same amount of access and not feel like I have a baby gate in my way on one or the other despite being a fully grown adult. -_-

Since users are now handing their own data and information over to vrchat and persona not these users that keep asking for users DOB in public lobbies, I am requesting that vrchat enforce this and make it against TOS because some people that have the new verification feature might feel safer if lobbies themselves were moderated as it obviously is healthier for vrchat but not mishandled in the way of asking for users DOB and things that could lead to illegal doxxing, The ethics of someone sat in a doorway while everyone else is enjoying themselves on the game completely destroys the whole objective they should be playing the game and having fun!

From the Beta launch (VRC+), we adopted an 18+ gated policy for our 24/7 instances and Parties to create a safe, dedicated environment for adult interactions. Although this move has led to a drop in overall traffic and user adoption, it sends a clear message about our commitment to proper moderation and user safety. In contrast, many groups in VRChat still operate non-gated 13+ instances, even while hosting adult activities, citing cost or fairness or not 'trusting' the system. This inconsistency is problematic. When spaces meant for adult interactions are not 18+ they should be scrutinised (by VRC moderation) to ensure that moderation is not merely user-driven. Our position is simple: if adult activities are taking place, they should do so in 18+ Gated instances that enforce strict standards for safety and moderation. This isn’t about sidestepping discussions by focusing on "against TOS", it’s about ensuring that instances, especially those open to younger users, are held to a higher standard to protect all participants. Will VRC be cracking down on adult content happening in non-gated instances specifically? If so, this (bans) could send a clear message that adult behaviour/content is not acceptable in non-gated (13+) instances.

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For better management of invite-only instances, it would be desirable to integrate an Player API call for UDON so that one could query the status of the age verification and have it displayed on a tablet, for example.