Stop pretending VRChat doesn't exist. 

Well, I guess he's got 'someone' showing him what it's _really_ all about 😁 - which is exactly the one thing that all those journalists are sorely amiss of 🤷‍♂...

@@CoPoint man, they're so annoying

@@emanuel3617 I don't get why you'd expect journalists to heap praise on VR chat when phia literally pointed out that they were immediately able to find adult content, perverts and r@pe threats after being in VR chat for a few hours. If VRchat like experiences EVER want to go mainstream they HAVE to find a way to deal with stuff like that quickly and effectively. Basically your asking a journalist who's on a deadline to Wade through 4chans boards to find the few cool people who hang there.

@@strayiggytv I think the point is, most journalists will GO LOOKING for that content because it sells more viewers. Many of them want the controversy or they want to get sponsored by Meta. You can find the same thing in most of the platforms unless they are so limited that they are useless. But I do agree that it would be helpful if some of the journalists instead of looking for the bad made articles on the good places, places where you can meet the right people, the guides and learn how to stay away from the bad areas that will always exist on any platform where people exist.

@@davidmartensson273 I disagree. I've been on IMVU for years and I can tell you, you can sign up for straight to the welcome room and run into giant t1tty giant @ss women in bdsm gear. Heck IMVU is even more strict with it's moderation and has adult content behind a paywall and age verification and STILL people pop into the Hangout with aheago face female avatars. I don't play VRchat but unless you have harsh active moderation at all times people will consistently be terrible online. Edited to add: if you have to have a guide to stay out of the bad places that's not a realistic first experience for the vast majority of users. If a journalist can easily find inappropriate material while playing in a way the average newbie might play them the game is the problem

I used to do RP on MMOs like Star Trek Online. The problem is that because you're piggybacking on a game with other intentions than creating virtual worlds, their main focus may not be creating social hubs, and they even found maintaining existing User Created Content engines too unprofitable to maintain. So long as corporate control of these worlds persist, they are always going to be beholden to the interests of sales and marketing first, and the users second.

That's the major issue. VRC is a base platform, they don't make any content and leave the CONTENT to the players. The community. They built the utilities and told the people in the city, "Go build your restaurants, build your homes. Build your communities." Meanwhile things like Meta and Horizon's idea is "Here's your house. Pay us for it. It's not what you want? Well, sorry!"

If VRC is like a VR enthusiast's virtual home, Horizon Worlds is like a bland sterile hotel room. The way Zuckerberg has tried (and fortunately failed) to monopolize on the Metaverse concept is a perfect example of what happens when everything is treated as a means to make money above all else. I grew up during the tail end of the "wild west" era of the internet in the late 90's/early 2000's, and a lot of what made that time so special is present in VR Chat today: the absolute freedom of creativity and self-expression, the lack of corporate oversight, and the feeling that the internet is vast and diverse and ripe for exploration. By comparison, most of our online experience now is spent on a handful of sites owned by big tech companies (hi RU-vid) and even the small sites are often tied back to those companies through things like AdSense, social logins, and so on. Slowly but surely we let these corporations take over the internet, and I worry that they're about to get away with it again in social VR.

Not to mention in "Metaverse" you need to pay for virtual land. A land I doubt you can even modify to your hearts content in Unity, because Zuckerberg thinks his customers are dumb.

That's the thing, in the real world people have their own space they make personal to them, their home. They have their own friends and communities, people open businesses etc. Then there's stuff like big corporations and big government and idealistic BS that want to take all that away to mold the world and control what it feels and looks like, nobody wants that. It's gross and soulless.

idk why but bro seems to be an alien

Oh man shots fired.

Real

@@ASDBC Wait, is the common internet consensus that he's a lizard person now? I thought the meta (pun intended) was that he's an andriod?

oh dont worry i think there would be bascially a 1:1 VRchat 2.0 free copy of the game where EVERYONE will switch to within a second

pritty shure vrchats devs told them to f off I think they allready tryed

@@housemouseshorts Doubtful. Most of VR Chat's money comes from venture capitalists. The point is for the company to grow large enough to sell to another major tech company for a significant amount more than the initial investment. If they told Meta no, it's because they were not offered enough. Likely because VR Chat isn't feature complete enough to be sold for enough to pay back their investors with a decent enough ROI. Besides, if they DID sell out, then we could all just jump ship to Chillout.

@@RunicRasol problem with chillout and neos. Is they are infected with really obnoxious people who left VRChat already after EAC and hate vrchat people in every form sooo. They still don't shut up. and try and cancel people who didn't leave to this day.

no way. VRChat needs to become their own company.

In the first image, he looks 3D and fake...when he's supposed to be real. Legit, the man isn't human! lol~

You're not alone, that dude is terrifying...

He isn't even a human anymore 😳

the uncanny valley

Agreed. It's like when people get plastic surgery and for some bizarre reason decide to make both sides perfectly symmetrical. He just doesn't look human.

Most certainly. There is no such a "Metaverse Expert" and anyone who claims to be is absolutely not one bahaha.

Yeah, when I hear the world metaverse in mass media I assume the person using it has never actually used VR tech.

@@baconbots they put the headset on and say: ok, so now I put the Metaverse on guys

It is actually quite well described in the novel Snow Crash that invented the term. It just looses its meaning because 99% of people using that word have no idea what they are talking about

Yeah, it is one of those words that has transformed meaning, very quickly. Metaverse is all about worlds within worlds (hence the word meta), but now people just call any 3D space you can move around in a metaverse. Don't worry, I often educate both crypto ppl and the uninformed business folx that VRC is the most developed metaverse out there :)

i bet with you in a few years if something like a monetized metaverse becomes a thing somehow, VRchat will be like this free to use, way better alternative somehow most dont really know or use. like it will be like linux and windows

@@zero.Identity and then people will flood to vrchat once they realize that its the better option

@@octo5042 like with linux?

let not give zucc any ideas... he could buy outright. that would be so sad

I agree

@@acsilver2777 agreed

Nah, it doesn't It's half-ignorantly trying to be as anti-VRChat as possible since it just thinks it's a niche cesspool of predation and dodginess

@@acsilver2777 I wouldn't be surprised at all.

Yup, I even see freaking VR JOURNALISM ignore big groundbreaking events and progress happening in VRChat... for god knows what reasons. Not all of them do this, but funny how hosting the largest VR events (IRL & In-game) gets 0 coverage a lot of times... Cmon guys.

@@TheVirtualRealityShow probably because sadly they only work on commission & companies who pay them to talk about stuff. Indie community vs corporations.

I'd argue they ignore it because, and I say this with love, it looks like niche weeb sh1t. I know anime is popular but it still carries with it a stigma for being for pervs and weaboos. I'm sure journalists tried VR chat, though " huh so it's just a bunch of dudes cosplaying as their waifus huh, weird." And I know that's not what VR chat actually is but that's the impression it gives off. It's like if you made an IMVU account and waited around in hangout you'd think the only people who use it are teens who want to look like SoundCloud rappers.

@@strayiggytv True, but as I said in my main comment, There's some Journalists I have experienced that Have properly checked out the Metaverse and did Masterpiece coverages that beats all of other journalists and that would be "People Make Games", and actually a Dutch Journalist that actually offered interviews especially in VRChat and I appreciate him for that because after talking with him in my interview, He did his research for Good! But unfortunately those Journalists usually aren't top media so it's really, really too bad I had hopes for WSJ because one of the journalists does a Great job for covering Apple but it seems like certainly not for the metaverse, not this time...

@@strayiggytv I agree that VRChat doesn’t give a good first impression at all. And only people that stick around for find what’s beneath the surface. But you’d expect them to maybe get in touch with someone from the community like PHIA to help them understand VRChat and write an article about. A “game” that was released like 6 years ago and has consistently been in the top played games on steam, and people still have absolutely no idea what it’s about or what’s in it because the most coverage it gets is “look at this funny meme in VRChat”. So many communities to report on that would blow people’s minds (that blew my mind before I joined). Like ppl have 0 idea street dance and IDA exist in VRChat, imagine a report showing the IDA and people break dancing, cyphering, and battling in VR. Or at the very least, report on and review more VR games/Quest accessories etc. Like the steam deck has sold more than 1 million, and quest 2 has sold somewhere around 10-15 million, but the deck gets a lot of coverage and the quest is dismissed as this toy only 20 people use. Same with PC indie games vs quest games. With time things will improve but that’s how I see it for now though.

I'm socially awkward person, so I will agree with you but only partially. Some runs are finished with "welp, I'm worst person that can't find anyone to talk. Except that - completely agree

Seems too scary to join. I just play beatsaber. But too unfit. Nearly #10'000 though, it's ok for an old guy.

@@hannesRSA Well, at least you may use it in a tourist way. Some worlds are truely fascinating!

As ass backwards as it sounds, if you want a good time in VR chat, ask the furries. When your whole life is based on pretending you're something else, they've got a pretty decent handle on what you'd like if you tell them what worlds you're looking for. Mini golf, movies with friends, horror maps, even more or less virtual discovery zone or whatever your crawling around in tubes place was when you were little was called. They're weird but usually in a fun sort of way and probably felt just as awkward as you first getting into it.

@@AzureLupine society no matter online or offline will always have stigma against one group of people. Furries to me is example of that. Whenever you heard about them, people purposefully tell bad story about them. It's really comical to me people bring up Rainfurrest whenever they heard or even "suspect" me being a furry (cause I said I have no problem with them). So I try to double down by saying there are countless gender reveal parties that kill people. A party of animal in fursuit doing wild thing is weird but it should be less of your concern. About that social stigma I mentioned. I live in a country somewhat conservative in culture. I would never let anyone know I draw NSFW. It would affect my family, friend and work relationship. Even online I have to find a group of people that are comfortable with what I draw. So I understand and respect these people a lot. Drawing NSFW is a mild stigma and some will tolerate you. But being a furry is a huge stigma and rarely anyone outside the community will treat you normal, let alone treat with respect.

Crypto and NFTs had just a savage "birth" (not really, they had been around many years, but all of a sudden got too much hype, and NFTs got to be known in mainstream). But are far from dead for good. These things will just evolve to much more sensible forms. I mean, they will become actually useful, and surely with a lot less (or at all) of the crap they showed till recently. Not so much anymore as there's not much money to make there: the interested ppl now on them are the ones before the big moment. People that just like that technology (I'm not one of them), or more experienced in crypto trading, who know it will bounce back, just never as dominant as it was for a year. And I did see Meta , with mark's resources, like sth that could end up dominating the scene, but like with NFTs, marketers, investors CEOs, and everyone in the middle just are often not capable to see the real people's habits and trends. IMO, it was too soon for what both NFTs and Meta people tried to do.

nah meta is not just "laying off employees", they're laying off 11.000 employees

​@House Mouse Main Interesting... Undermine your enemy if your product is worse... I guess you mean they were trying to do that ? Well, it is a possibility, it is a known tactic... We've seeing dirty campaigns like that very often... 'farms' 24/7 throwing fake news about whatever, companies dedicated to that... "studies" paid (this has been revealed, is not conspiracy stuff) by big oil companies to undermine the scientific facts about global warming... I don't think your theory is crazy (we have no solid proof, but makes a lot of sense, too many coincidences). The Horizon's characters not having legs... I doubt it'd be for not having good enough (money gets everything) coders or 3D artists, but maybe due to expecting initially most people (which imo is the key of VR not becoming mainstream) not having the device or at least not having full body tracking (not saying it makes sense, but might be what they thought...). And the issue of VRC... I say it as an external observer, but in every big youtube channel that despite having a somewhat big audience, ends up having tons of problems with YT strikes, problems (YT heavily fights against channels way too much in "the edge", as it needs the advertisers, brands' money) and sponsors not willing to sign contracts with the channel is when the content is risky, edgy. It applies here. As it is a space not heavily moderated/protected, and human nature is what it is (no matter u and me behave in a civil way: a few weirdos, pervs and trolls wreck it for the average Jane and Joe)... brands not willing to put a foot in there... So, it would rarely become the massive social media that it could be already. IMO, once it gets some solid way at least of protecting the general mass of newcomers (like the protecting "bubble" for newbies many game servers create for the first weeks in certain games), the mainstream masses, from the sexual, etc stuff, it _then_ can _easily_ become a total success. But not the way Mark Z really wanted, which is to become THE place for professional and business activity, heavily utilizing NFT tech and its promised (now fully failed) income, plus becoming _the_ standard way to go to social media for the masses, that's why also the name change (as "Facebook" is linked for ever to the privacy fiasco in people's minds, and also to being a dated platform, even in the UI), imo the name change was not only for playing with the multiverse concept. And so imposing over the other social media platforms. IMO this being the main reason why FB/Meta bought instagram and whatsapp. FB has been losing the throne for years (and IMO tiktok and YT are winning now by KO, instagram in a _distant_ third place, twitter having a super weird, terrible moment, and marked as a toxic platform by many)... He was in my opinion ambitious like that, till that point, I mean, he had that dream. I believe he wasn't being realistic neither was able to "read the room" of how people adapt to these things (slowly and in a very hard to predict way, depending on context, what the people really wants/feels, the economy, etc), at least the big mass of the public. The signal loss in the ads, related to the failure of cookies in the near future (browsers I think are gonna deprecate third party cookies!! this is *BIG* ), tiktok non predicted _huge_ effect, all platforms blatantly copying its model... means that people, thirsty for content more than ever, for fresh takes, and also way less tolerant to bullsh1t, means they are going by another path and most marketers have been missing it, not really catching up (now... they are, partially). I see it complex that VRC, for all what I am reading about it, would stop being "indie". It would need that "control" in place, protecting the normies, for the brands and investors/big companies to start putting money and big media efforts on it. And... while is very cool that it is indie, the fear here is that when the community grows by itself, but not clear ROI is in place, the servers increasing costs as the mass grow.... end up not being sustainable. This has happened to huge platforms (remember, RU-vid had to be bought by Google, as was losing heaps of money, and was the only giant that could afford it) , but also famous and loved games.

As soon as I can I’m joining VRChat, because why not lol

@@Tharmin.124 just do it, you don't even need a VR headset

It's like that in pretty much every Quest 2 game now. One of the reasons I stopped consistently playing Onward, a military war game, is all the children screaming and fragging their own team. Technically...Meta just announced that all players below aged 13 are not allowed, but I really don't know how they can enforce that. I think the big problem are irresponsible parents who are like, "sure, Timmy, put on this VR headset and interact with strangers!"

I fully agree. I'm only 18, but those kids are so annoying. I just want to meet some nice people to hang out with, but just all children. The among us map is unplayable if you're not with a pre-selected group! Nobody listens to anything, people use all avatars to cheat, etc! I've had 1 good experience with that map! And that was when I was blessed with an instance without any children.

35 year old here. So glad I started playing before the quest 2 was a thing. Even before it was announced. Making older friends was so much easier back then. Sure there were still little kids, but they were like 20% of the players, not 50%+. Most people I met were at least 15+ Still not exactly an adult, but at least not an 8~10 year old either. I saw how the Quest 2 changed the playerbase. How the influx of kids pretty much...ruined public worlds all together. They've recovered a little bit, but it's still far worse than it used to be. I used to be able to go to the popular worlds like The Black Cat or Midnight Rooftop and find at least one group of older/more mature people chilling in any instance, if not several. Now I consider it lucky if I find 1 adult every few instances. Since the ones that do still play mostly keep to friends+ or private worlds. I consider myself blessed that, despite some setbacks and falling outs with past friends in the game, I have 10 or so friends that are 20+, most even being 25+. We all don't play super often. Maybe 2~3 times a week for a few hours. But it definitely makes the experience a lot better if you have mature friends, even when you're in a public.

Just avoid crowded world like black cat or great pug. Go to the less crowded world with only few people in it. Believe me, you gonna have much better experience.

As a younger player on Meta Quest 2 (i promise I’m not a mean person I swear to god I am not rude,) I absolutely hate being near the little kiddies. I have never heard such vulgar children in my entire life! To quote a person I once met, “I wish elementary school kids would go back to being elementary school kids.” I wish they enforced their 13+ policy. Also, why isn’t vote kicking a proper feature? Some of my other friends can votekick but I cannot because the conditions aren’t filled? What conditions? Also, those same little kids are being exposed to avatars that just straight up expose the avatar’s gender allocated genitalia. Surprised nobody has talked about it so far.

At least you don't die if you die in game

I like to say that one of the cool things about VRChat is that if you want to you *can* identify as an attack helicopter.

@@theInsaneRodent Right? The reality is, is that people are going to choose to be an attack helicopter or a ferret with a toilet paper necklace before ever choosing an avatar that looks like them irl. The fact that Mark was focusing on giving avatars cochlear implants and wheelchairs for "inclusivity" was just so out of touch.

Not true, I have multiple friends that aim to represent their actual selves in vr, I've even made a low poly version based on a friend's picture

@@SincerestSawa you sir just described the textbook definition of the saying "you are the exception, NOT THE RULE"

i always try to get avatars that are like me all the time so people wouldn't say this to me

No way that is SO cool to hear. Would love to know more if possible

@@TheVirtualRealityShow they should be paying you lul

@@mrmexicano64 I see someone didn’t pay attention to the video in the slightest

@@Pixel3572 what video?

Z.T.I.A.I. what video specifically. kinda intereseted in what they deem important to understand

I’m happy to hear it’s helped other people, too! I’ve got automatonophobia, meaning humanoid things like statues and mannequins scare me an irrational amount! I couldn’t even play the SuperHot demo without panicking, unfortunately. Since playing VRChat though I’ve gotten used to it a lot more! It’s not totally gone, but it’s way more manageable and I’m less scared!

it's what the metaverse is, because it is the True Metaverse, not that stupid facebook 'metaverse'

Don't listen to her VRChat has had it's share of controversies. Don't get suckered in by shit companies. Do people forget what they did to VRchat mods ?

​@@ecogreen123 Mark: spends 10 billion dollars on a 5 polygon eiffel tower "tHiS iS tHe fUtUrE guYs"

I want to play VR minecraft, only reason I haven't invested is because I'm afraid of crapping Mt pants if a creeper actually realistically scares me. I remember when their AI was so bad you could lead them into a pit of open lava. Now those pickle men are mini stealth bombers.

So nice 🙂

The man itself!

Well earned

We grow together! ❤ 1 million Thrillseekers when? 👀

Sup Thirlussy

I’m 40+ loving nej g a female avatar. Don’t feel weird there are amazing people in vrc that will be friendly no matter what you want to be. I felt the same thing as you until I found people just like me. 👍🏻

Imagine a guy being 50.... but I don't care... I have accounts and activity on Discord, Twitch, Reddit, Instagram, Tumblr and whatever... VR not so much as I get dizzy... That and due to having very little time available, often. But the not so nerd of my generation... many of those don't even know what Discord, Twitch or Reddit are, let alone VRC. VR yep, _very_ vaguely. I might try VRC for art making matters, like, might try to upload 3D that I make, to see how it goes.

@@SkeleTonHammer What does being a straight edge and being a far left extremist have to do with anything vr related? Its not even all about anime, thats just what most ppl like to look like in the game. There are thousands of avatars you can be. Also the VRChat community is pretty damn aware of how niche and clique-ish they CAN be. Thats why if you talk to someone who does play vrchat you will hear some complaints about public worlds being so random and toxic. But if you ever go in with a friend just exploring the worlds available to you it can be such an amazing time. Like looking through an art museum that is all free and available to view and play in. Its already growing and it has a foot hold, there is only so long that the mainstream media can ignore it as it grows and grows. VRChat is just a place where you can hangout with anyone anywhere in the world and well chat. Politics only place in vrchat is only in that one conversation between you and another person, nowhere else. What you do in the game is up to you in a true literal sense. You could be yourself or someone else or something else or hell even an exaggerated version of yourself and just let loose and have fun. Its not the elephant in the room we cant talk about, its the elephant in the room we are talking about with others trying to make us stop. But what do I know, for all of this I could just be talking to a skele-ton with a hammer who is 36 years old who includes politics in a non-political discussion. (To be fully honest that sounds like a hilarious avatar/character someone could be in vrchat. Imagine a random skeleton with a hammer just walks into a bar and starts spouting stuff about random politics, like that alone could be bloody brilliant lmao)

@@SkeleTonHammer you, my young friend, have a lot of growing up to do. talk to us again when you're in your 50s.....

@@SkeleTonHammer haha non of the people in my friends group is even close to being far left extremist so I don't know what people you have met. Its sertanly not for everybody but most people kan find something they like in there. Vrchat is much more than anime. We have all sorts of people in out group.

This! Before I got a Quest 2, I thought VRchat was some weird app, that only weirdos used. But I played it a bit on Windows, and I realized it was just a place to have fun. VRChat was the first thing I played on my Quest 2! With Metas "First steps" app being the second. The Metaverse shouldn't be exclusive to VR, it should definitely focus on it, but let people experience it without needing to take a leap of faith first!

I insist on only starting once I get a full body tracking setup.

Yeah, the behavior goes completely against the spirit of the internet. Imagine if you had to pay to copy a file, or to spread a meme. If copyright were actually enforced, I mean, really enforced, there would be no memes, because you'd have to get permission from the original meme creator in order to spread it. Like 99% of internet culture exists because information is treated as a shared, community resource by default (with some exceptions to create incentives for artists of course). Information is fundamentally post-scarcity, and the metaverse should be post-scarcity. Everyone can have their own mansion. Locking it down, making people buy land and digital furniture, might make sense in a game, where you opt in to scarcity for fun, but the top level needs to be like minecraft creative mode, completely open and free as in freedom.

We can still hope. Discord was made in 2015 but went really viral and mainstream in the 2020s.

That's really cool! In Zuckerberg's 'verse you'd never have had that level of customization and opportunity for self-discovery and entrepreneurship!

Absolutely based. Godspeed, my guy

Hi @norsehawk most people from your age also dont understand what furrys are, the same whit the "metaverse" they hear "furrys are zoophiles!" Or "Vr is bad" and never try both. but you tried somthing new and found an new hobby an an new community. I wish more people would be like you and dont care about the bad press and try new things. I really wish you the best!

@@gamingmitnoahd4036 to quote something from when I was growing up, " I don't want to grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid..."

oh no

I don't even use vr chat - I have used vr. It's fucking fantastic. Legit the future of media. One hour of playing killing floor in vr is worth ten playing it on pc in sheer fun factor- and everytime I've seen meta-verse come up my brain kept going "Oh, like, VR chat but worse and moderated by stiffs that actively made the internet worse?"

Most people _I know_ of my generation (50), - being from a 1st world EU country-, have at some point tried an VR device, but don't even know what VR Chat is (I myself am not a VR user, I've dug about the matter, only).

@@3polygons just do it ! I am 58 and already more than 2 years in VRChat. It changed my life to the better. And i can say it is great how welcoming most communities are in VRChat. Most people are younger, but there are quite some in my age and even older.

@@nara4420 Thank you! That's great to know! :)

❤

My Quest 2 headset and I use PCVR mainly for VR Chat lol

Hopefully not by the corporations/scammers/businesspeople.

@@SkeleTonHammer I don't know about niche considering during vket they have multi-million dollar companies investing in ads during the event.

@@SkeleTonHammer VRChat is currently the 26th most active game on Steam beating out games like Elden Ring, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, RDR2, FIFA, and FF14, calling VRChat anything but a massive mainstream success would be a false statement

@@AzaiaMonota Not to mention, it's probably the biggest in VR

You shouldn't be drinking in VR at only 2 years old! xD (Jk)

Got my index because of her video

Me too 🥰

Thanks to Phia, GetHip and Thrillseeker I have a Quest 2 but I haven't been using it much due to combating motion sickness lol. But it's fun using it in VR Chat with PCVR.

Currently, the biggest streamers are playing VR Among US (super recent, btw). With this I mean people that easily have 20k to 40k viewers each one in any given stream!

@@3polygons And that's not just off of Twitch, big YT streamers are too.

@@EndoftheBeginning17 Yes, indeed. :)

@@SkeleTonHammer For me, VRChat is what you make it. I'm not really someone who likes to join in any kind of clique and I just steer clear of those worlds. Same as in the real world, at my age I'd feel a bit weird raving with a bunch of teens. I initially didn't find what I wanted so I made my own, and then a few people happened to come by and visit and I made a few new online friends who shared my interests. All good.

Same here. I try to search on my laptop first on popular worlds or beautiful worlds, and then I try to save or favorite these worlds so I can revisit them in VR Chat. VR Chat has so many worlds it can get overwhelming sometimes.

@@paolaanimator Basically that, yeah. I know there's lots of worlds that are basically just their own games within VRChat, but heck if I know how to find them lol. I feel like the lack of intuitive discovery has made VRChat far more underwhelming as an experience than it is to those who make it their entire lives and know like every world.

@@BlueSparxLPs I agree. I sometimes wish the search engine can have key words to make worlds discoverable or easier to find in VR Chat. I got into VR Chat thanks to VTubers or RU-vid content creators focusing on VR. People who makes videos about VR Chat and recommend which worlds to go to has helped me on finding my favorite worlds. I use PCVR so it helps to also be able to visit PC only worlds.

That time does exist, and it's *right now.* Social VR is a magical place. It's like being at a convention. These are your people. Your weird, wonderful people that aren't afraid to express themselves. You should join us. :)

Btw, early 40s here and your dad is the real homie. He said that his friends hardly know what everything is vr wise. As people tend to get older, they get stuck in their ways or just dont care about new things or advancements. People get floored when i tell them my age in VRChat. Its good to see other OGs get it :)

You nailed it. The lack of content moderation is a killer just by itself. You can't expect mainstream journalists to Wade through the perverts and weirdos with slurs in their names to get to the fun of VRchat.

awww i hope your grandpa had fun

nice

I mean, joke aside, that's part of the package too. Don't know what to create or don't want to invest the time into doing so? Well there's millions of existing avatars and hundreds of thousands of worlds to pick from. New comers can go explore at their leisure, and chances are they'll see something that inspires them.

@@UnknownSquid true