511K views · May 17, 2022 · 37:36 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2022–2025
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a mini documentary that explains VRChat's culture and contrasts it with Meta's Horizon Worlds.
“There's a great video[1] on VRChat”HN comment, 2022
“There's a great video[1] on VRChat”
Video on VRChat's state as the metaverse people actually like
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
“People Make Games did a mini documentary on almost exactly what you're asking”
Mini documentary on VRChat communities
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.
“People Make Games interviewed people in VR Chat [0]”
Interviews with VRChat users contrasted with Horizon Worlds
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
