Lack of Clarity for Digital Avatars in new Nudity & Sexual Content Guidelines regarding Anthro Characters
With the new Nudity & NSFW content guidelines, it has made it very unclear to a lot of people in my community, the VRChat Roleplay community, whether or not furry models and/or avatars are under the same level of scrutiny as human avatars are.
On April 4, 2020, these rules were put into effect:
How do the new rules about AR Avatars impact my content if I stream a virtual reality sandbox game like VRChat?
- Our policy on Augmented Reality avatars applies to content where cameras and software are used to capture a person’s physical likeness and translate it into a digital overlay. VRChat is categorized as a game on Twitch, and in-game virtual reality models are not subject to our policy on Nudity and Attire. This content must still comply with our policy on Nudity and Sexual Content in Embedded Media and Games however, so you may not modify your game to include nudity, or make sexual elements a primary focus of your broadcast.Currently, the new ruling is this;
- Augmented reality avatars that translate real-life movement into digital characters are subject to this standard
Our community is now having to actively flag down furry models and tell them to cover up, but most of these furry models do not have any sort of issues with them as a lot of the models are from games like Warhammer, Guild Wars 2; or other games that are SFW regarding Nudity & NSFW content. Human models should cover up, yes, but are furry, anthropomorphic models held to the same standard of cover-up even if they do not have any NSFW parts about them?
