Wagner James Au / New World Notes
Author, strategist, virtual world reporter
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Category: VRChat
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Above: From a video by Travingel Camus once wrote, "One must imagine Sisyphus happy." And the Internet replied: lol no Remember Monument, the incredible VRChat world which has no other purpose than to gather together and build an infinite, Tower of Babel-like edifice into the sky? The construction is still happening now, but with an…
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Though learning about it last week, I continue to be obsessed with Monument, a VRChat-based world where tens of thousands of players (so far) have volunteered to build a massive Babel-like tower in real time, brick-by-brick, vaulting incrementally into the sky. (World's web page here.) Igbar Von Squid was so impressed, he created the fairly…
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If you've seen the hit movie Kingsman, you'll remember the amazingly choreographed church gunfight between dozens of combatants which plays out in a single, deranged take. (Watch here.) Now watch a segment of that scene recreated in VRChat with eleven people in real time, wearing Star Wars-themed avatars. ("I promised the person who was leading…
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Monument is a new VRChat world that's obsessed me more than any other community project since someone built Jorge Luis Borges' infinite library in the metaverse platform. I'm hoping to get in touch with the creator, Sylan Troh, but you should definitely visit before then — here's the world's web page. Hat tip: Patchouli Woollahra
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This is such zany amazing coolness: To shoot it, each of these eleven players had to log in from around the world, perform separately in full-body VR rigs, and somehow, while hundreds or thousands of miles apart, still coordinate this group choreography that requires split second timing… The SYNC team works with VRChat players performing…
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Here was the news with VRChat in June 2024: In brutal news for VRChat employees, 30% were laid off late yesterday — though fortunately, with generous severance packages. In a refreshingly honest email to staff, co-founder/CEO Graham Gaylor puts the blame on himself, saying he over-hired while also taking too long to add management, making…
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After an initial tease last month, VRChat just announced that its long-awaited in-platform avatar marketplace is live, and that the company has already received (and is now processing) 1000 applications from creators to bring their avies to it. This is already a crazy number of avatar options to choose from, but company community leader Strasz…
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Just as the the VRChat creator economy is expanding, VRChat's creative community is roiling over a recent update with which broke CyanTrigger, a compiler for the platform's Udon scripting system which helps make in-scene editing fairly easy. The creator, CyanLaser, is publicly outraged, while at least one top VRChat creator, Lakuza — of Bullet Time…
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VRChat recently (if belatedly) unveiled its in-world avatar marketplace, so here's an interesting stat from Charles Tupper, Community Manager at VRChat. Speaking during a recent Twitch forum for VRC creators, one of them offered a succinct comment about VRChat the company taking 50% from each avatar sale: "WTF?" Tupper's reply:
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As I blogged last week, VRChat the company just unveiled an official in-world avatar marketplace where creators can sell their avies. This is a pretty huge move by VRChat, which has been deliberately slow to expand its UGC player economy. There's already thousands of VRChat creators selling avatars on third party platforms. One of them,…
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