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VRChat is also playable without a virtual reality device in a "desktop" [3] mode designed for a mouse and keyboard, gamepad, or mobile app for touchscreen devices. VRChat was first released as a Windows application for the Oculus Rift DK1 prototype on January 16, 2014, and was later released to the Steam early access program on February 1, 2017.
We Met in Virtual Reality is a 2022 documentary film that takes place entirely within the video game VRChat. It explores the social relations developed by the users of VRChat during the pandemic, and how their lives were changed by their time on the platform. It was created by Joe Hunting, who was the director and writer of the script.
In June of 2020, Jean Michel Jarre performed in VRChat. [149] In July, Brendan Bradley released the free FutureStages web-based virtual reality venue for live events and concerts throughout the 2020 shutdown, [150] Justin Bieber performed on November 18, 2021 in WaveXR. [151]
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Popular examples include VRChat, Horizon Worlds, Rec Room, and AltspaceVR, but also social virtual worlds that were originally developed without support for VR, for example Roblox. Minecraft, which is considered a virtual community by some, does not support VR but can be made to do so through modding. [citation needed]
Popular VR-capable social apps include Horizon Worlds, VRChat and Roblox. The Oculus Quest and subsequent devices support "Meta Quest Link" (formerly known as "Oculus Link"), an OpenVR and OpenXR runtime that allows for PC VR games to be displayed on supported headsets connected via USB.
On the social platform VRChat, a number of groups have organized digital nightclubs and music festivals with live streamed DJ performances by users and producers, hosted in specially-designed worlds on the platform that mimic real-life venues. [20] [21] [22] Many virtual performances have begun experimenting with virtual and augmented reality ...
In their video titled "Making Sense of VRChat, the 'Metaverse' People Actually Like" released May 2022, PMG praised VRChat's ability to provide a social space for transgender and disabled people as well as furries, while criticising the approach of Meta Platforms to virtual reality, and its "sexless, Zuckerbergian, brand-friendly presentation".