Safety Tips

Reality is not contained. Pay attention to it.
Parabox turns real-world places into missions. Your surroundings matter more than anything happening on your screen. No anomaly, puzzle, Operation, Reality, rank, reward, timer, or deployment is worth getting hurt over.

Pay Attention to Your Surroundings

When using augmented reality or solving a puzzle, stop somewhere safe before focusing on your screen. Watch for vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, curbs, stairs, holes, uneven ground, water, animals, weather, construction, low obstacles, cliffs, steep terrain, and other hazards. If your environment requires your attention, put the device down.

KEEP YOUR EARS OPEN

Sound is half your awareness. Do not wear noise-cancelling headphones or use high volume while deploying near traffic, in unfamiliar areas, or anywhere you need to hear what is coming. Use one earbud or your device speaker at a low volume, and remove headphones entirely before crossing a street.

Never Play While Driving

Do not actively use Parabox while operating a car, truck, motorcycle, ATV, UTV, bicycle, boat, or other vehicle. If a deployment requires travel: driver drives; passenger operates Parabox. If you are alone, park legally and safely before interacting with the app.

Do Not Trespass

A Parabox marker is never permission to enter a location. Do not cross fences, gates, barriers, locked doors, posted boundaries, or other restrictions. Do not enter private property without permission or restricted government, industrial, utility, transportation, or infrastructure areas. If Parabox puts something somewhere you should not go, don't go there. Report, skip, relocate, or reroll it instead.

Don't Enter Dangerous Areas

Never attempt to reach an objective located in a roadway, on railroad tracks, in dangerous water, on a rooftop, beyond a cliff or dangerous slope, inside a construction site or abandoned structure, inside a utility area, on obviously unsafe terrain, or anywhere else that appears dangerous. GPS and digital maps are imperfect. Use your eyes and judgment instead of blindly following the screen.

Operations Are Games

Do not speed, drive recklessly, run into traffic, trespass, shove or physically interfere with another operator, damage property, interfere with members of the public, or take dangerous shortcuts. If winning requires doing something unsafe, don't do it.

YOUR POSITION MAY BE VISIBLE

Some multiplayer features display your live position to other participants — an Operation may show team or participant pins on a shared map. Before joining or hosting, understand who will see your location. Do not join location-sharing activities with people you are not comfortable sharing your location with, and do not host them for groups you cannot vouch for.

Playing at Night

Use additional caution after dark. Choose well-lit public areas, remain aware of your surroundings, and avoid isolated locations where you would not otherwise feel comfortable going. Bring a flashlight when appropriate.

DEPLOYING ALONE

If you deploy alone, tell someone you trust where you are going and when you expect to return. Start with a charged battery and carry a way to call for help. Avoid isolated locations, areas without cell service, and terrain you would not attempt alone without Parabox. Turn back before you reach the edge of your comfort, your daylight, or your battery.

Weather

Avoid deployments during dangerous heat, severe storms, flooding, lightning, ice, wildfire conditions, or other hazardous weather. Bring appropriate water, clothing, footwear, sun protection, and supplies for the environment.

KNOW YOUR LIMITS

Choose deployments appropriate for your physical abilities and conditions. Bring water, take breaks, and end a deployment early if necessary.

Meeting Other Operators

Parabox may connect you with people you have not met. For first meetings, meet in populated public places, tell someone you trust where you are going, avoid unnecessarily sharing your home address or sensitive information, leave if a situation feels unsafe, and report threatening or inappropriate behavior. Parabox profiles are not identity or background verifications unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Participation by Minors

Parabox accounts are for adults 18 and older. Minors who are at least 13 years old may participate in age-appropriate Parabox experiences only through the account of, and under the direct supervision of, a parent or legal guardian who is at least 18 years old.

Minors may not create their own accounts, independently use social or meetup features, or participate without the supervision of the adult account holder.

Parabox is not intended for children under 13, even with adult supervision.

Augmented Reality

AR objects are digital. Physical obstacles are not. Before moving around an AR experience, inspect the actual environment and make sure you have enough clear space. Do not walk backward or sideways while staring through your device. Move slowly and periodically look away from the screen.

Highlights, Camera, and Room Scanning

Camera, AR tracking, and room-scan data stay on your device by default. If you choose to share a highlight or deploy/create an anomaly using uploaded media or spatial information, review what you are sharing first. Avoid capturing private information, bystanders who have not consented where consent is required, sensitive documents, or areas you do not have permission to share.

Private Homes and Businesses

Do not disturb residents, employees, customers, or property owners. Unless Parabox specifically identifies a location as an official participating venue, people at that location may have no relationship with Parabox. Respect requests to leave.

WHERE DEVICES AND CAMERAS ARE RESTRICTED

Some locations prohibit or restrict photography, recording, cameras, or device use. Follow posted rules and staff instructions. If you cannot lawfully or appropriately use your device somewhere, do not attempt the deployment there.

Don't Damage Anything

Parabox does not require you to dig, climb structures, force anything open, move property, dismantle objects, leave physical markings, or damage the environment. Unless an experience explicitly says otherwise, objectives are digital.

Trust Reality Over the App

GPS can drift. Maps can be outdated. Roads can close. Property ownership can change. Construction can begin. Weather can damage trails. An anomaly can appear in the wrong place. If the physical world disagrees with Parabox, the physical world wins.

REPORT IT

If a deployment is inaccessible, unsafe, on private property, or incorrectly positioned, use the in-app reporting tool where available. For anything the app cannot handle (unsafe locations, harassment, threatening behavior, conduct by another operator, etc.) contact [email protected]. Reports make the field safer for every operator.

Emergencies

Parabox is not an emergency service. If you or someone else is in immediate danger, stop using Parabox and contact the appropriate emergency service.

The Operator Rule

Protect yourself. Protect your team. Respect the public. Respect the location. Complete the mission only when it is safe and lawful to do so.