Making Sense of VRChat, the "Metaverse" People Actually Like
People Make Games2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2022–2025
documentary · general · 2022–2025 on HN
People Make Games explores VRChat, the social virtual world that many consider the metaverse people actually like, interviewing users and covering its communities and uncertain future.
Recommended as a mini documentary that explains VRChat's culture and contrasts it with Meta's Horizon Worlds.
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3 comments from Hacker News
People Make Games did a mini documentary on almost exactly what you're asking: ▶ this video Its three years old so things have slightly matured.
There's a great video[1] on VRChat and how its current state seems to encapsulate a lot of the article's ethos but for emerging metaverse tech. I suspect that if Meta is successful with their metaverse efforts it will be a repeat of the Geocities -> Facebook transition. [1] ▶ this video
VR Chat is Second Life 2.0. Horizon Worlds is shaping up to be VR Chat 0.8. People Make Games interviewed people in VR Chat [0] and gave great examples of how behind (intentionally in some cases, in terms of not having lower halves of avatars) Horizon Worlds appears to be. [0]: ▶ this video