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VRChat Lays off 30% of Company, Citing Growing Pains Following COVID Platform Boom

VRChat, one of the oldest and most popular social VR platforms, announced it’s laying off “around 30%” of its staff, citing issues with slower than anticipated growth, over-hiring during its boom in 2021, and the slow adoption of a more conventional corporate structure. The news was announced in an extensive internal email outlining the decisions […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

13. Juni 2024
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VRChat Mobile Is Now Available In Alpha On Android

An iOS version is also on the way according to the team. After long last, VRChat, the immensely popular VR social platform, is finally available in alpha on Android devices, allowing you to mix and mingle with other players online via a smartphone or tablet. That said, not everyone will have access to the app […]

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VRScout & Kyle Melnick

22. August 2023
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Meta’s New First-person Shooter Aims to Highlight Improvements to ‘Horizon Worlds’

Meta introduced a new game called ‘Super Rumble‘ to Horizon Worlds, something the company hopes will showcase a new generation of improved experiences on its own social VR platform. Released after a successful beta weekend in May, the free-for-all first-person shooter is said to highlight new improvements to Horizon Worlds, such as “better graphics, deeper […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

31. Juli 2023
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Social VR Platform ‘VRChat’ to Lose Quest 1 Support Next Month

As a part of its big send off, Meta has already deprecated first-party social features on the original 2019 Quest, which includes access to Parties and Meta Horizon Home. If you thought you could keep using Quest 1 with other social VR platforms though, your choices are about to get even more limited, as VRChat is soon dropping support […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

11. Mai 2023
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‘VRChat’ Now in Development for Android and iOS Devices
VRChat, the popular social VR platform, announced that flatscreen ports for both Android and iOS are currently in development. The company says in a developer blog that while there’s still no release date on the books, the Android version has already been used by team members to attend large meetings. Additionally, the Android version will support […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

31. März 2023
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Toei Animation & Sony Music Solutions Bring The 90s To VR

Relive the glory days of anime in these exclusive VRChat worlds available now on PC VR, Quest, and PC.  Toei Animation, the Japanese animation studio behind popular series such as Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon, has teamed up with Sony Music Solutions to develop a series of virtual worlds available via the popular VR social […]

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20. Februar 2023
‘VRChat’ Begins Open Beta for Hand-tracking on Quest 2 & Quest Pro
VRChat has brought hand-tracking to its social VR platform in a recent update, letting users opt-in to the experimental feature on Quest 2 and Quest Pro. “This isn’t just the ability to use your real hands via the Quest’s powerful finger tracking—it also means you don’t have to use your controllers at all in VRChat,” the […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

28. Oktober 2022
Community Contempt for ‘VRChat’ Update Leads Developer to ‘reprioritize internal roadmap’
VRChat, one of VR’s most popular social games, released an update this week has struck a nerve with its community. The long-running social VR application, VRChat has cultivated a large community of dedicated players since its release in 2017. And while the studio behind the project has largely made steady and welcomed improvements to the […]

Road to VR & Ben Lang

27. Juli 2022
HBO Documentary ‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ Explores the Real People of ‘VRChat’
A new documentary that was filmed entirely in VR is coming to HBO later this month that focuses on the individuals and communities growing in social VR spaces. Created by director Joe Hunting and premiered at 2022 Sundance Film Festival, We Met in Virtual Reality explores the lives of real VR users who met in VRChat and their […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

12. Juli 2022
One of VR’s Biggest Social Hangouts is Getting Upgraded Avatars with More Convincing Motion Tracking
Among social VR platforms, VRChat is known for being remarkably flexible thanks to how it lets its users import custom avatars built using standard game development tools. Now the company is releasing an update that makes avatars even more realistic in how they move. VRChat announced it was bringing a “completely revamped” inverse kinematics (IK) system to […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

27. Mai 2022