The metaverse — or more accurately, the continually evolving Horizon Worlds platform — is not meant to mirror the outside world exactly.
The Horizon Creator Community, which is made up of many of the long-term, core user creators updating the Meta-backed Worlds daily, specifically centers diverse voices and prioritizes collaboration. The group defines diversity as “embracing what is different, displaced and pushed away, and making room to be surprised and grow.”
The community’s goal is to build a place where no one doesn’t belong, because Worlds draws people who in many cases feel like they don’t belong in other spaces. They may feel that way because of racism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, religious or cultural marginalization, or the broad spectrum of ableism toward people who are neurodivergent, mentally or developmentally disabled, chronically ill or physically disabled.
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