16-year-old girl virtually gang-raped in metaverse game in UK, police investigating

London: For the very first time, a girl’s virtually reality avatar was gang raped by online strangers in the metaverse game in UK.

According to Daily Mail report, the alleged 16-year-old victim was using a Virtual Reality (VR) headset in an immersive game when her avatar was allegedly assaulted by avatars representing several men.

The victim did not sustain any physical injuries, but may be suffered emotional trauma as if some has raped in the real world, informed police.

However, UK Home Secretary James Cleverly has defended the virtual reality rape probe saying that the child has gone through sexual trauma.

“I know it is easy to dismiss this as being not real, but the whole point of these virtual environments is they are incredibly immersive,” James told LBC’s “Nick Ferrari at Breakfast” program.

(Input from Agencies)

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