Why Early Access?

“Our vision for VRChat is to enable anybody to create and share their own social virtual worlds. We believe that such a platform shouldn’t be built privately, but rather alongside a passionate community who can help shape the future of VRChat. Early access gives us an opportunity to share what we and our community have built so far, as well as invite new members to help grow the VRChat universe.

So far our journey has gone well with fantastic contributions from our community and our dev team. In fact, a lot of our dev team began as social VR fans, and contributing community members. In the last few months VRChat has matured to a point where we feel ready to share it with a larger group. We’d now like your help to shape the next stage of our collective journey. We welcome all your suggestions, help with testing and of course your creations. What will you help us dream up next?”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“VRChat is constantly evolving. We’re working tirelessly on the core platform to expand features and tools that allow for deeper creation and enjoyment of VRChat. Our community is building new worlds and avatars every day. We have big dreams for Social VR and we want to be at the right level of completion before leaving Early Access. We’ve not set a time limit on that yet but as we move forward we’ll keep everyone updated with our progress.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“VRChat will be a complete Social VR creation experience on all platforms. We plan on making sharing, content creation and streaming easy to do together from within VR. We are constantly adding more building blocks and features to our app and SDK. Every day we wake up excited to keep improving VRChat. Stay tuned!”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Even now VRChat is a highly enjoyable experience so we encourage you to take a look even in at this early stage. Come hang out, play games, and meet people! Many of our core systems are in place, including social tools, full body avatars, interactive virtual worlds and content creation tools. There are already hundreds of worlds to explore and more are added every day using our Unity SDK.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“VRChat is currently free and plans to remain so for the foreseeable future.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We are formed in large part by our community. We are creating the platform but it is our users that bring it to life. We want to provide everyone with the best tools for sharing, streaming, holding events, making games or whatever activities they can dream up! We want our creators to feel empowered to make the most engaging content they can. By opening up our development to you, we can make VRChat the best experience for our users. We will be reading all feedback and suggestions with great interest! Come join us and help out!”