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Inevitably, VRChat can already be accessed through Apple Vision Pro (kinda sorta). There's no official optimized app yet — and the official Rec Room app for Vision Pro hasn't launched yet either — but if you're willing to do some workarounds, you can. Here's details from top VR YouTuber Bradley Lynch, who got this going:

• First, get ALVR for Vision OS, and experimental visionOS client for running SteamVR on Apple Vision Pro!
• Follow these install instructions

Whatever you do, be careful, this is seriously not tested stuff, and maybe check your Vision Pro warranty/TOS first. 

"It works great for me," Brad tells me. "I started getting used to using finger gestures to move around and stuff. It works great for me. I started getting used to using finger gestures to move around and stuff."

The fact that Vision Pro can run both AR passthrough and a VR app like VRChat leads to some cool new interactions — watch:

Vision Pro's playspace limit of 1.5m is A LOT more arbitrary than you would expect

Even if the passthrough fades in, the headset STILL tracks your location compared to your center stage…

My friends in VRChat can watch me/my avatar go across a house's multiple floors! pic.twitter.com/hQlGCImNV1

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"Vision Pro's playspace limit of 1.5m is A LOT more arbitrary than you would expect," as Brad put it. "Even if the passthrough fades in, the headset STILL tracks your location compared to your center stage."

In other words, you can walk through your house with your Vision Pro on… and your VRChat avatar follows your movement, even levitating off the ground while you go up your stairs! (Watch above.)

If all this sounds way too complicated for now, you could always try running the iPad version of Second Life on Vision Pro.