Our biggest yearly event, New Years Eve, is nearly here!!

Once the event is live, you'll be able to join in by launching VRChat and finding the VRC Square world in your Worlds menu at the top! There's two versions-- one is normal capacity at 16 for a comfy event, and a MAXIMUM capacity version at 40 if you want to bring in all your friends!

Ring in 2022 with your friends as it arrives across the world! We've got a special world just for the event, brand new and with plenty to explore.

Check out community-created posters, food trucks, and booths, featuring VRChat content creators and community members! Explore the world, find some familiar faces, and discover some new communities!

Watch the ball drop in the brand-new "VRC Square" world, with fireworks and celebrations for every single timezone across the world, UTC+14 through UTC-12! And yep, we've got the half-hour and three-quarter hour ones! ... and yes, we accounted for ongoing daylight savings offsets. Wow, time zones are confusing.

Finally, enjoy live DJs streamed into the world throughout the day! Featuring Shelter, Loner Online, Rizumu, Vibe Tribe, and Haneyasume, all streamed by VRCDN! Enjoy a multitude of talented VRDJs, and get a peek into the clubs and events of VRChat.

We hope you can come and join the VRChat community as we celebrate yet another year gone by, and look forward to the future!

As you might've guessed from the name, there's a bunch in here! This release focuses on a few things.

First off, we've done a bunch of polishing to the UI 1.5 update. You'll notice a lot of work to the new Quick Menu, mostly in regards to fixing bugs, adjusting annoyances, and other stuff. We've also slipped in some fixes to the Camera while we were in there. This release was always planned to be the "Hey, our community's had a bit to test stuff out, let's tweak things based on what they said." So, here we are! We're doin' it!

Next, we've introduced VRChat Plus Gifting!



You can now send a non-recurring gift of a month or a year of VRChat Plus to your friends! Open your Quick Menu, click your friend, then click "Gift VRC+". 🎅 We plan on getting this working on Oculus as soon as we can, hopefully before the holidays. Fingers crossed! 🤞

We've also introduced the US East region! We've got new servers running in Virginia, USA, which not only should help people living in that area with a bit of improved voice and IK latency, but also allow NA and EU bridge the Atlantic gap a little bit more reasonably! You can choose to create a new instance in the US East region the same way you'd choose to create an EU or JP region instance.

There's also some new FBT menu options, UI tweaks, camera fixes and... uh... okay, there's a LOT in this update. Kitchen-sink style. Fixes, improvements, changes, all that jam. I could go on and on, but really, you should just read our patch notes. Which you were going to do anyways, right? 🙃

Our full notes are visible, as always, on our docs site!

• Added VRChat Plus gifting! Click on a user, click "Gift VRC+", and spread the love!
  
  - For now, only Steam users can purchase, but any VRChat user can receive a gift - Users with an active subscription cannot receive a VRChat Plus gift - Gifts can be a 1 Month VRChat Plus credit, or a 1 Year VRChat Plus credit. They do not recur - Working on bringing gifting to Oculus soon!
• Added the Camera to VRChat on Quest!
  
  - Unfortunately, due to performance issues, the "depth of field" focusing effect is not available - Images are saved in the Quest's Pictures folder under VRChat, and can be accessed via the Quest's OS. They can also be accessed via connecting your Quest to your PC and looking under the `Pictures/VRChat` folder
• Added the US East region!
  
  - Added a text indicator on portals to differentiate between US East and US West
• We've added support for a variety of Oculus/Meta Quest social features!
  
  - There is now an expanded Rich Presence system on Oculus/Meta Quest - Users in VRChat can send invites to Oculus/Meta Quest friends that are online but not in VRChat

• Added Full Body Tracking settings section to the Quick Menu!. This menu allows you to adjust your user height, recalibrate quickly, and disable/re-enable Full Body Tracking with a button press 🎉🎆🎇🍾
  
• The VRChat UI is now rendered such that it will no longer be affected by avatar or world shaders, post processing, or other effects!.
  
• Added a new safety / debug feature: If you hold down both Quick Menu buttons for the duration of loading a world, your avatar will be reset upon load-in! Hold down the buttons until your avatar loads and you'll be in a gray error robot. Then you can freely change avatars as you see fit. This also works for Desktop users if you hold down the backslash `\` key
  
• 👩‍💻 Creators: Improved the Shader Fallback System! Check out our newly-augmented Shader Fallback System documentation for more info.
  
• Holding right-click in Desktop Mode will cause the reticle to temporarily appear
  
• Added collapsable sections to the Here, Selected User, and Settings tabs in the Quick Menu
  
• Clicking "Avatar Details" in the QM will now open the details in the Quick Menu rather than in the Main Menu
  
• Added a button in the Camera tab to open the Picture save directory in Windows
  
• Added the user's current world info to the User Profile section of the Quick Menu
  
• Added an info panel to the Camera tab to explain where pictures are saved
  
• Added an error message to a situation during Oculus VRC+ purchases that would previously error with no message
  
• Reduced animation motion in the Quick Menu when using arrows to cycle between users in the instance
  
• Unavailable avatars are now displayed in grayscale in the Avatars wing
  
• Updated AVPro to version 2.2.4
  
• We gave VRCat a bunch of pats and now they're doing all the stuff they should've been. patpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpatpat

The following issues were fixed:

• Logging out of an account and logging back into another would cause some information to be incorrectly retained
  
• In some worlds, a "goggle" overlay effect would appear in the camera
  
• The camera did not display the skybox color correctly
  
• Remote lenses would not have their orientation correctly shown
  
• Some avatars would not appear in the avatar wing of the Quick Menu
  
• The "Letters" user icon (as in, no icon selected) in the gallery was missing the letters
  
• Some worlds would cause the Quick Menu audio to loop abruptly
  
• SDK2 avatar emote names would not appear in the Quick Menu Emotes wing
  
• Scrolling in the Main Menu had some issues
  
• "Return to Default Home" button would not work properly in VR
  
• Some UI could stick after closing the main menu
  
• The Quick Menu offered incorrect options when a user was blocked
  
• Only the first 16 images would appear in a Gallery in some cases
  
• Buttons to Flip and Move image in the icon and image cameras weren't working properly
  
• The Action menu could mess with the UI mouselook
  
• Some visuals in the Expression wing had incorrect colors
  
• The Clone Avatar button wouldn't update properly in some cases
  
• A variety of safety and security fixes

Various small fixes were applied to:

• VRC+ favorites in the Quick Menu Favorites Wing
  
• HUD element render order
  
• Sounds and haptics when selecting user capsules

• General performance improvements to Udon
  
• UdonBehaviour Interact text has been exposed to Udon via `Set InteractionText` and other methods
  
• `PostProcessVolume` has been exposed to Udon via:
  
  • `Get` and `Set blendDistance`
    
  • `Get` and `Set priority`
    
  • `Get` and `Set isGlobal`
    
  • `Get` and `Set weight`
    

The following issues were fixed:

• Manual sync sometimes would get "stuck" and `OnDeserialization` would not fire for remotes until someone else joined. More precisely, we fixed a bug that caused synced variables to not be properly received on UdonBehaviours that implemented `OnOwnershipTransferRequest`

We've just released VRChat 2021.4.1, build 1149. This is the first half of the VRChat UI update-- UI 1.5! We've redesigned and rebuilt the Quick Menu from the ground up to be functional, accessible, quick, and sleek all while feeling familiar to VRChat veterans!

In addition to all the familiar functions, you've got access to the brand-new Quick Menu Wings, which are customizable side panels on your Quick Menu. Keep your favorite avatars in a Wing to quickly access and wear them, or put your friends on a Wing to see at a glance who's online and which instance to join!

Want to keep up with the goings-on of VRChat? Check out the new Info Banner across the top of the Launch Pad! These clickable banners will be updated with all kinds of info, including notifications of new versions, blog posts, events, and more. Clicking on them can open up UI panels, open websites, and more.

Desktop users rejoice! The cursor now behaves properly and no longer locks your mouse to the VRChat window. When opening the Quick Menu, the cursor in Desktop mode moves into "screen space" mode, permitting easy movement and usage. Hold down Shift to temporarily hide the Quick Menu and enable a "reticle" to easily select a user near you for interaction.

We've added a few new features to the Quick Menu here and there, like the always-useful "Rejoin World" button, the super-popular "sort by location" friends list from the VRChat Home website, and more. However, we've got more plans!

In the future, we're going to open up access to custom Quick Menu Wings and tabs for world authors to add functionality via Udon! Want a menu of locations to teleport to in your world? A list of mirror toggles? A button to spawn a new jet to replace the one you just wrecked? All right there, one click away, in a custom, world-author-defined Quick Menu section. Coming soon!

Of course, the Quick Menu's just one half of the new VRChat UI. Main Menu, you're up next! Expect to see a rebuilt and redesigned Main Menu in an upcoming VRChat release, likely in early 2022.

Dang, that's a lot! How about we show instead of tell? Here's a look at the new Quick Menu!



Oh, that last bit? While we were at it, we *also* redesigned and rebuilt the VRChat Camera. nbd.

How about some patch notes? There's a LOT, so please check the full list in our docs!

We've included some highlights below!



- The Quick Menu has been completely redesigned and rebuilt!
- The Launch Pad gives you quick access to several common menu sections and actions
- The Info banner across the top of the Launch Pad shows you the latest information on VRChat happenings, like new releases, blog posts, and more
- The "cursor" has been redesigned both in the menus and in world space to be easily visible, but not large and in the way
- The Wings on the side of the Quick Menu give you a place to show and quickly access your own Profile, your Friends (and their locations, like the website!), your Avatars (including favorites, and the ability to sort them!), Emoji, and your available Expressions!
- The tabs across the bottom give you quick access to your notifications, the "Here" menu, your Camera options, your volume sliders, and some common settings
- The "Here" menu lists info and provides actions contextually relevant for your current location, like the brand new "Rejoin World" button
- The Camera tab gives you access to camera-related functions... like the brand new Camera!
- The Audio tab gives you access to volume sliders for Master, Voices, and World, as well as a way to quickly select your mic from a list of devices, and adjust your own mic volume
- The Settings tab gives you access to common toggleable settings, like nameplate display,
- In Desktop mode, click "Select User" on the Launchpad tab to put yourself into a selection mode to easily select a user near you... or just hold down Shift to quickly mouse over and click your target user
- In Desktop mode, your view is now locked in place when your Quick Menu is open, and your mouse moves in screen-space rather than turning your head
- Quickly swap into and out of Safe Mode without wiping your custom Safety settings (*finally!*) using the Safe Mode button in the bottom right
- The Camera has been completely redesigned and rebuilt! Tons of new Camera features:
- A brand new model for the camera and camera lens!
- A brand new UI for the camera, which lets you select options with the laser instead of clicking buttons! 🙏🙏🙏
- Depth of Field! Choose between several lens modes to give your photos a stylistic touch by blurring objects out of focus
- Go with Auto Focus for auto-magic! Click the screen with your selection laser to move the focus circle. Click the circle again to re-center it.
- Use Semi-Auto to permit some Aperture and Focal Length adjustment
- Go full Manual to adjust the Focal Distance yourself!
- Of course, you could just turn it off completely too.
- You can now grab the lens when its detached to adjust its position. The lens has a small pin light to show which way is up when it is disconnected
- Click the selfie button to quickly flip the lens around to face you
- Use the Lock button to lock the camera in place
- We're looking into getting the Camera on Quest! Keep an eye out in future releases

- The Main Menu has new theming with sharper, more crisp graphics
- A full Main Menu redesign and rebuild is already in-progress, keep an eye out for it in future updates
- The Fallback "Feather" icon is now always visible on nameplates of users wearing a fallback even when the Quick Menu is closed, letting you quickly see if someone's in a Fallback avatar. This can be turned off in the Quick Menu (in the settings tab) or by turning off nameplates entirely
- The camera now saves pictures in folders in the format YYYY-MM to aid with organization (and to prevent Windows from crying out in pain any time it opens a Pictures folder with more than a few hundred images in it)
- Old photos won't be organized in this manner, only new ones taken going forward
- Blocking users now comes with a confirmation dialog
- Updated multiple loading screen graphics to reflect new UI
- "Users Blocking You" and "Blocked Users" are now visible at the bottom of the Here tab. This list starts collapsed but can be expanded and made visible
- All users will see "Blocked Users", but only world authors and instance owners will see "Users Blocking You"
- "Vote to Kick" notifications now have a unique icon
- The maximum world size for Quest worlds has been raised from 50MB to 100MB
- AVPro upgraded to 2.2.1

- Fixed: First Person View steady-cam wouldn't reload the camera settings properly upon loading a world
- Fixed: The player collider was not able to pass under colliders less than 2m tall, despite being 1.65m tall. The player collider is now 1.65m tall
- Fixed: Seeking behavior with AVPro was buggy
- Workaround: The "Auto Resync" option on video players was causing crashes, so we've temporarily disabled it

We've been seeing a lot of rumors going around about passwords and account security. Let's start with the most important part: Thanks to our vigilant security team, we are not aware of any account or data breaches for VRChat.

VRChat takes account security very seriously. Your credentials are stored and sent using industry standard security practices. If a breach ever occurs, we will inform our players ASAP.

That being said, there are still many ways that people lose access to accounts. For VRChat, it is usually by having very weak or reused passwords, or sharing passwords-- yes, even with your friends!

In addition, modified clients (which are in themselves a TOS violation!) are a known way for account theft to happen, as is importing malicious UnityPackages. Never put your VRChat password into software you don't trust!

You can mitigate this a few ways: Use a long, unique password. Never re-use passwords! Use 2FA, when offered. Never give your password to anyone else-- no, not even to your friends! Never install untrusted software. Never import untrusted Unity Packages. Use a password manager!

To help with this, starting today, VRChat will be checking your password when you log in to ensure it has not been compromised. This is done via the method described in our blog post by System last year.

As a refresher, this system sends a non-reversible part of your password hash to a service called Have I Been Pwned to see if your password has been exposed in any data leaks from other services.

If that partial hash matches any other full hashes, HIBP sends back a list of them so we can check on our servers. If your full hash is present in that list, your password is insecure! This way, your password hash remains secure and never leaves our own data stores.

If your password returns as insecure, you will be informed and prevented from logging in. You will have to check your email for a password reset. If you have problems with resetting your password, you should check our KB.

We realize this might be inconvenient for our players, but we want to ensure that your account remains safe while hanging out with your friends in VRChat. Thank you!

The meter is beeping, you can see your breath in the cold air, and you're on your last roll of film... feels like it's Spookality time, once again!



Spookality is one of the biggest events of the year for VRChat! You can submit your avatar and world creations to the Spookality Jam to compete for some HAUNTED¹ prizes!

The theme is open-ended! Make something spooky to share with your friends and everyone at VRChat. Once your submission has been accepted and checked, your hard work will show up in VRChat!

The last week of the month, we'll select the winners and put them on display!

Check out the itch.io submission page for all the prizes, details, and full terms and conditions.

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¹Prizes not actually haunted. Or are they? They aren't.

OR ARE THEY

We've just released VRChat 2021.3.4p2!

This release upgrades VRChat to Unity 2019.4.31f1, bringing along a few bug fixes and improvements.

Check out our full changelog in our docs. If you create content for VRChat, you can get the correct Unity version on our Currently Supported Unity Version doc page, as usual!

We've just released VRChat 2021.3.4!

This update brings the new and improved Avatar Fallback System! Seeing an avatar that exceeds your Minimum Displayed Performance Rank no longer results in a gray robot, but instead their customizable Fallback avatar. As before, you can choose from many of our default avatars for your Fallback, or you can upload your own custom Fallback avatar.

Check out the details of the improved Avatar Fallback System in our docs... or just watch this video I made at 2AM last night.



Also, we moved to Unity 2019.4.30f1. Don't worry, the upgrade process is literally "install the new version and open your project". You can put off this upgrade for a little bit if you like.

Here's our full release notes on our documentation page.

If you're too lazy to click that link like I am, here's a summary:

• Fallback Avatars now work for both the "Platform Missing" and "Performance Blocked" cases, for all platforms! See more details in the Avatar Fallback System guide in our docs

• Updated VRChat to Unity 2019.4.30f1. This upgrade is minor, and is aimed at addressing some known issues; content uploaded on 2019 does not need to be updated. This Unity upgrade fixes some issues, namely a VRAM bug with Realtime GI as well as the "Unity crashes with multiple monitors with different scaling values" issue
  
• New Blue Feather icons are used to indicate fallback state. This icon will indicate many states, including "Performance Blocked", "File Size Blocked", "Error", "Loading", and "Manually Blocked". All of the new states are listed in the Avatar Fallback System section of the documentation
  
• Station sync has been rewritten to fix a myriad of bugs and make them more reliable overall
  
• You can now view Fallback Author and Fallback Performance Rank
  
• Fallback state can be seen in user name plates when in "Full View" (Quick Menu open)
  
• New config file option that allows you to customize field-of-view of the first-person Steadycam option

• Fixed login issues for people with Oculus subs on non-Oculus versions of VRChat
  
• Fallback avatars can no longer be cloned
  
• Fixed an issue where certain WMR headsets would have incorrect camera clipping values due to large changes in clipping ranges between world changes

• Added "None" sync to Udon. This can be used for any UdonBehaviors that do not need to sync, reducing overall data use
  
• Fixed OnAnimatorIK not firing on UdonBehaviours

We've just released VRChat 2021.3.3p2!

This is a small patch that addresses some major issues users have been reporting lately.

• Fixed an issue that could result in excessive logging causing performance loss in some situations
  
• Fixed an issue for the Oculus Quest that would cause frequent, consistent frame drops

We've just released VRChat 2021.3.3, build number 1128.

• Implemented VRChat Plus purchases on Oculus Quest
  
• Fixed the 'Other' avatar row not appearing in some cases

We're releasing VRChat 2021.3.2 (build 1121) right now!

That's right, the VRChat Unity 2019 Upgrade is now Live!! VRChat is now using Unity 2019.4.29f1. Farewell, 2018!

This upgrade has been in Open Beta testing for several weeks!! Thanks to our industrious and helpful Open Beta testers, we've been able to track down and handle most issues with this release. However, as is normal with Unity upgrades, we expect to find some issues. Expect a patch release or three!

If you're interested in helping us out with Open Beta testing (including testing your own content) check out #open-beta-info on our Discord.

Before we give you the patch notes, let's get to the important parts.

No worries, you don't need to do anything!

The only thing you might have to do is clear out your cache.

• In VRChat, go to "Settings".
  
• Click "Advanced Settings" in the top right.
  
• Click the top button on the left, labeled "Clear Downloaded Content Cache". Click Yes to confirm.
  
• Restart VRChat. You're done!

This is done to prevent old 2018 content from being improperly loaded when a 2019 version exists.


2018 -> 2019 Migration Guide
Unity 2019.4.29f1 Download Links

Probably not. I'm hand-waving a number, but ~98% of content works with no issue in 2019. However, even if you don't need to re-upload, you're going to need to upgrade anyways eventually. You should get ahead of the game and backup your project.

Read our Migration Guide. We've spent a lot of time trying to cover as many cases in this guide as possible. Follow it closely. BACK UP YOUR PROJECTS.

Pay special attention to step 2.5 if:

• Your project uses Cloth
  
• Your project uses Udon Sharp / U#

Try upgrading and re-uploading first. If that doesn't work, you might want to try consulting with other creators on our Discord. If you're still having problems, you might've found a bug, and you should let us know by posting on our Feedback boards. Of course, if things go south, you can always restore from that backup you made.

Won't hurt. Most problems we've seen are solved by re-uploading. You should definitely back up your projects beforehand.

YES!! There's no reason not to, and it doesn't take too long. Unity 2019 has a lot of editor upgrades and is generally a ton nicer to use in editor:

• Dark Mode!! For EVERYONE!!!
  
• Much-improved Progressive GPU lightmapper with ML-powered denoising, better lightmap UVs. Also, dang, it's fast. A good warp 9.3, at least.
  
• Updated UI
  
• Refined icons, fonts, layout improvements, and better controls for WASD flying through scenes
  
• Editor Shader Compilation is now asynchronous. Less shader compile hitching when working in the editor!
  
• FileSystemWatcher fixed! This was a Unity bug back in 2018. With it fixed, we’ll be able to speed up testing for Worlds and Avatars with our SDK
  
• Quick Search
  
• Component Presets
  
• Lots more

Not just that, but the engine's got a bunch of cool new stuff too:

• 64 Local Keywords and increased global keyword limit! Global keywords go to 384 from 256, and now you get Local Keywords!! Hey shader wizards, learn about the changes in Unity’s docs! Using local keywords will require a small change to your shader, but will ensure you never run into keyword issues.
  
• Upgraded Physics systems! A new version of PhysX brings a variety of improvements.
  
• Incremental Garbage Collection! This means fewer hitches as Unity cleans up unneeded memory and data in a more efficient manner.

Anyways, you should definitely upgrade. 2019's nice. Make sure you backup your projects before you upgrade.

Yes. You should.

Right here!

• Updated VRChat to Unity 2019.4.29f1!
  Check out our Migrating from 2018 LTS to 2019 LTS guide to see how to upgrade your projects. BACK UP YOUR PROJECT BEFORE UPGRADING.
  
• Upgraded Cinemachine (2.8.0), PostProcessing (3.1.1), and TextMeshPro (2.1.6)
  
• Made changes to keyboard input that make intended keypresses use keys in the same location, regardless of locale or input system. You no longer need to switch to QWERTY to use VRChat. As a result, the keybinds for debug menus should now be usable on foreign keyboard layouts
  
• Updated some loading screen graphics and added a few new ones
  
• Added in-app setting to change between graphics quality presets, available under the Advanced Performance Settings

• Check out our Migrating from 2018 LTS to 2019 LTS guide to see how to upgrade your projects. BACK UP YOUR PROJECT BEFORE UPGRADING.
  
• New "Build & Relaunch" option in the SDK Control Panel for easily reloading open clients into new builds
  
• Added SDK check and auto-fix for cases where Mesh Read/Write is disabled
  
• Adjusted quality settings to match the VRChat application
  
• Made adjustments to increase SDK upload speeds

• New 'TrackingData.Origin' type in 'VRCPlayerApi.GetTrackingData' to get a player's tracking space origin
  
• Udon can now sync 'String' arrays and 'VRCUrl' arrays
  
• Const nodes with multiple fields will now render correctly ('Vector3', 'Quaternion', etc.)
  
• Constructor nodes will now list their type along with the label "Constructor" instead of "ctor"
  
• Calls to 'SetVariable' with 'sendChange' turned on will now actually become 'SetProgramVariable' calls under the hood so that both methods of triggering 'OnVariableChange' events work the same now. Fixes an issue where the 'old' variable value was incorrect on first access, and an issue where value types were never copied over
  
• Comments are editable again
  
• Fixes display of nodes where you could no longer see outputs ('GetTrackingData', 'SendCustomEvent', others)
  
• Fixes issue where 'VRCUrl' always reported it was different when serialized (would always fire 'OnVariableChanged' for a synced 'VRCUrl' even when it wasn't changed)
  
• Variables will no longer always have '_1' appended to them
  
• Includes new UdonSyncPlayer graph using 'OnVariableChanged' instead of 'OnDeserialization', and drastically simplifying the logic. Should use less bandwidth as well