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VRChat

Topic

VR, general/multi-genre

Website

https://vrchat.com/

The operators)

VRChat, Inc.

Status

In progress

ran from/to

January 16, 2014 – present

VRChat

is an online

virtual world

composed of thousands of user-created worlds of various genres and environments that are populated by the player

avatar

which can be acquired by downloading them through the creation process or purchasing from another creator, or by interacting with an avatar base, which

transform

the user in the displayed avatar.

Content

Story

Gameplay

Trust ranks

Critical

VRCat and hairy

5.1

Notable furry communities

5.2

Conventions held at VRChat (AZ)

The references

See also

external links

8.1

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Story

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VRChat was first launched on

MicrosoftWindows

and

Oculus

Rift on January 16, 2014. It was later released on

To smoke

in 2017, which gave accessibility to non-Oculus VR users for the first time, and Oculus Quest in 2019. It currently supports all Oculus headsets, minus Oculus Go, through the Oculus Store; all

HTC

helmets,

Windows Mixed Reality Headsets

and the

Valve index

SteamVR

.Notably, it also supports full body humanoid avatar tracking via

Vive Trackers

or the

Xbox Kinect

module, although none of these accessories are required to play. Through modification and external software, accessories such as face tracking, haptics, and VR treadmills become compatible for use in VRChat.

Despite this, the game is called

VRChat

it is not mandatory to own a VR headset or

head-mounted display

(

HMD

) player.

Unfortunately, users playing without a VR headset don't have the benefit of manually moving their appendages, and can only use one hand when interacting with an object using the mouse. worlds are exclusively manageable by those playing the game in VR which requires both hands, but this is on a case-by-case basis and sometimes unintentional.

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When the player first starts VRChat, they take on the avatar of a generic gray robot and are transported to a private tutorial world where they learn how to move, look, use the menu, and interact with objects .At the end of the tutorial, the player is completely free to know where to go next, what to do and who to talk to.Naturally, users will want to find a

world of avatars

, a user-created world with a collection of many free-to-use avatars in the form of, including but not limited to,

anthropomorphic

animals

and

kemonomimi

avatars.

Unlike games like

second life

, VRChat does not yet have an official currency or currency system, but a "Creator Economy" system is being developed.VRChat does not rely on third-party advertisements.VRChat has the ability for users to support the game by subscribing to VRChat Plus for $10 per month or $100 per year. Although the game was released in 2014, the developers still consider the game to be in

Early Access

, and may change their advertising designs and motto in the future.

There are many public and private environments of all genres for the player to explore. Players can choose to join a public instance, or create a private instance to be alone or invite friends after adding them. The privacy type of Instances created depends on the player and follows the different levels:

public

- Anyone can join

Friends+

- Your friends, and their friends, and so on can join

Friends

- Only your friends can register; friends of friends are excluded

Invite+

- Players and friends of players must request to join your instance, unless your social status or that of a guest user is set to "Join Me"

Invite

- Players must send a membership request to join unless your social status is set to "Join Me"; friends of friends are excluded

The types of user-created worlds range from fantasy, games, dance clubs, personal worlds and homes, and real-world recreations, although not officially categorized. players can choose a world from a personal list to visit later, or they can set the world as their personal home, which allows the user to load the default world each time they start. the game.

Many worlds include the use of mirrors, which the player can turn on or off to watch the reflection of their avatar or other users standing nearby. Mirrors are normally the subject of jokes within the VRChat community, because user cliques are commonly called

inhabitants of the mirror

, can only look in mirrors with their friends, and cannot walk away or do anything else.Mirrors are a default asset of the SDK for VRChat, which is why finding mirrors in many worlds.

VRChat has the option for users to open the menu and click on the other player which opens another menu which can allow the player to befriend, mute, hide their avatar or block them completely. also allows a button to view the stats of the avatar they are using and bring up the avatar editor. Players can also filter player rank optimization via the Security tab in the menu, which can automatically adjust game performance by toggling or limiting users' trust ranks.It can allow a user to filter audio, avatars, particles, shaders and sounds made by an avatar.

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The

Trust Ranking System

is a system exclusive to VRChat. Trust is earned by playing the game, adding friends and downloading content. It is possible to lose trust in the game, which can happen by being blocked by users, being reported and/or unfriended, or unfriended by multiple users at once, as well as breaking articles in VRChat's

and

Community Rules

.It is theorized that many social offenses in a short period of time can lead to automatic downgrading, but it is possible to go back over time.Players who are on a VRChat account

(no Steam or Oculus account)

, and are in new user rank or higher will be granted the privilege to upload avatars and worlds to VRChat; this is done to prevent spam. Otherwise, trust ranks do not affect anything the player accesses on platform. You can find out a user's trust rank by opening the quick menu and looking at the user's nameplate, white being brand new to VRChat and purple being a seasoned user. The different levels of the Trust classification are as follows:

Normal ranks

Visitor (grey)

- The default rank of every user starting VRChat for the first time. It is estimated that a visitor has approximately less than twelve hours of game time.

New user (blue)

- At this rank, players will be able to download worlds and avatars as long as they have a compatible version of Unity and the VRChat SDK.

User (green)

Known user (orange)

- People who have this rank or higher can hide their rank to show it as a user (green).

Trusted User (purple)

- This is the highest visible rank to be achieved in VRChat at this time. It is estimated that this rank can be achieved by frequently playing the game for at least a year and downloading content.

Other ranks

Nuisance (dark gray)

- A negative rank below a Visitor. Users of this rank are automatically muted and their avatar hidden from everyone. You can choose to show or manually unmute a Nuisance user. This rank can be achieved by being mute muted, blocked and/or reported multiple times within a short period of time as a visitor or new user, or violating VRChat's main terms of service or community policies at any rank.

Veteran (yellow)

(hidden API rank)

- Rank higher than Trusted User with no benefits. Users who have this rank will now display as Trusted User, but this rank can still be seen using hidden mods and API tools.

Legendary (pink)

(hidden API rank)

- A rank higher than a veteran user without any benefits. The ranking was given to those who made a significant change or contributed to VRChat more than others, mainly through content creation before 2019. This ranking has been removed from the in-game UI, but no longer achievable in the API, this ranking is immune to downgrading via blocks, mutes, caches, etc.

VRChat team (red)

- This rank is reserved for VRChat administrators and developers. However, the current VRChat UI only shows staff as trusted users for everyone unless the staff member decides to show themselves as staff.

Critical

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Several users have openly criticized VRChat's optimization since its inception, citing that VRChat relies on outdated versions of the

Unity

game engine that uses only one core of a computer's CPU. The developers of VRChat have countered this claim, saying that VRChat has been running on multiple cores since Unity 5.6. Users have the freedom to upload avatars with realistic abilities never seen in social games by adding assets to their avatars such as

shaders

, which are a lightweight filter for various effects on avatars or objects;

dynamic/physical bone

, often referred to as "shake physics", which allows an avatar's skeletal structure to move fluidly over parts such as hair, ears,

tails

, and

boobs

;

particles

, which can emit glowing lights scattering over concentrated or fluid parts of the avatar. Adding multiple of these assets onto a single avatar can potentially affect game performance for users, especially if they have a low-end computer.

The community also complained and expressed concern about

crash avatars

(less called

sandals

), which is a flaw made by malicious gamers that may allow an avatar to have an unauthorized amount of particles, meshes and/or shaders, which may cause a series or game to crash or lag. a ray of users on that user's will due to the engine's inability to process so many effects at once.

Players using malicious modified clients, or cheats, can steal (

"tear"

) the private avatar(s) of a victim through the acquisition of avatar IDs. Although this occurrence is extremely rare, and official VRChat staff are actively fighting against it. More often there have been cases users

redistribute

avatar (

"basic models"

) that are paid through third-party websites such as

STAND

gum road

, Where

Patreon

;this method is unfortunately more common, and is not easy to trace. VRChat has not implemented any method to verify the legitimate purchase of an avatar by a user.

VRCat and hairy

hairy

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Anyone with a computer and an internet connection capable of meeting the game's minimum performance standards can access VRChat.

furry

have slowly flourished within the social platform and created multiple communities within each other, evolving to the point where

in line

furry conventions

have taken place within VRChat with its various advantages and disadvantages. The popularity of VRChat and virtual reality in general has increased among

hairy fandom

exponentially over the

COVID-19 [female

pandemic in 2020.

A marketplace for 3D avatars and

fursona

models have grown with the popularity of users interacting with VRChat. There is a debate that

avatar

are an excellent alternative for

fursuit

.The advantages being that they are cheaper, more dexterous and they do not break or wear out over time.Accessories which are not generally allowed in a

fur convention

, like swords, can be brought to the virtual convention as it will not harm users.

It is said that

Japanese furry encounter

was the first to implement a virtual reality furry convention.

[1]

The

JMOF

the team recreated a virtual interpretation of the

Hotel Leisure

Toyohashi, Aichi

, Japan. While the first event was mostly attended by Japanese users, people who spoke other languages were free to attend. Event gadgets included a two-way

direct

of physical convention attendees while streaming the VR show at the in-person convention, demonstrating one of the first examples of a

hybrid convention

Furality online experience

is the first furry convention to officially partner with VRChat and the first virtual reality furry convention to operate without a pre-existing venue. It is also the oldest VR furry convention with the most venues, being one of the only active furry conventions in fandom history to run twice a year.

One of the official customer engineers and employees of VRChat,

Kiro Neem

, is a hairy who has created several UI features and custom avatars for the platform.

Notable furry communities

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ClubFur

(not to be confused with

Fur Club

second life

, Where

cicada

Club Fur) - A now defunct VRChat community that strove to create basic templates for

species

for VRChat audiences and creating various fantasy worlds for furries to congregate in.

FurHub

- An ongoing project to update a lobby which is a hub containing relevant artwork and avatars, and portals to worlds all created by people in the fandom.

Shiba Squad

- A group centered around the VRChat content creator

Pikapetey's

shiba inus

basic model.

Virtual pool party

- A group with the interest and creation of various

pool toy

versions of avatar species.

TailBass

- A

Dance

coordination group that tries to sustain

furry dj

play in VRChat. They are the masterminds behind

Evil Furry Party

, and raves for

Megaplex online

Best Boi

- An interest group on a loose base model and species called Foxdragons, with a community based generally around group dating and friendship. The community has gone through several iterations, with the current community being led by

rustydustyfox

Rubber Dragon Labs

- A

adult

community focused on the interest of using

rubber dragon

avatars, and various species wearing

live rubber

, latex and other bondage equipment.

KÉMO CLUB

- A

kemono

Japan-based dance community, hosted by

Sorami

.They focus on organizing events and organizing dance parties for holidays and special occasions.

furgatory

Club Nargacrewga

- A newly created, rapidly growing and expanding community and hub created by

Nyinxie

.Developed by multiple communities ranging from fans of

Nargacuga

wicker beast

, and

swallowed

avatars and communities.

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Conventions held at VRChat (AZ)

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name

Appointment

AnthrocOnline

July 3-5, 2020;July 2-4, 2021

Anthro Expo

April 10-11, 2021

Blue Ridge Furfare

March 12-14, 2021

More confusion

January 15-18, 2021

Square Fur

February 26-28, 2021

furnal equinox

March 19-21, 2021

Furality online experience

May 22-24;November 6-8, 2020

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Furrydelphia Virtualcon

August 14-16, 2020

Hex Furryfest

July 17-19; December 11-14, 2020

IndyFurCon

Live!

August 28-30, 2020

Infurnity online

October 29-31, 2020

Japanese furry encounter

[4]

October 2019; January 2020, 2021

Megaplex online

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August 21-23, 2020

Texas Furry Fiesta

March 26-28, 2021

Vancoufur

- EvfurQuest online

March 6-8, 2021

Virtual Furence

August 21-23, 2020

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The references

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JMoF VR Announcement

Furgatory Twitter Announcement

Furality.org

official congress website. Accessed April 2, 2020.

https://twitter.com/JMoF_en/status/1214178543661285378

Megaplex Online website

Twitter ad