What changed in VRChat in 2021

Join the New Years Eve event in the new 'VRC Square' world with fireworks and celebrations for every timezone.

Explore the brand new 'VRC Square' world featuring community-created content and live DJ performances.

Enjoy live DJ performances streamed into the world throughout the New Years Eve celebration.

Improved the Quick Menu with bug fixes and adjustments based on community feedback.

Fixed issue where some avatars would not appear in the avatar wing of the Quick Menu.

Enhancements made to Udon for better performance.

New section added for adjusting user height and recalibrating Full Body Tracking.

Camera functionality introduced for Quest users, with some limitations on depth of field.

Users can now gift a month or a year of VRChat Plus to friends via the Quick Menu.

New servers in Virginia, USA, improving latency for users in that area.

Addressed audio looping issues in the Quick Menu in certain worlds.

Resolved issue where the camera did not display the skybox color correctly.

Buggy seeking behavior with AVPro has been fixed.

Added a 'Rejoin World' button to the Quick Menu for easier world re-entry.

First Person View steady-cam now reloads camera settings properly upon loading a world.

Customizable side panels on the Quick Menu for quick access to favorite avatars and friends.

Temporarily disabled the 'Auto Resync' option on video players to prevent crashes.

Cursor now behaves properly and allows easy movement in Desktop mode.

The Main Menu has new theming with sharper graphics, with a full redesign in progress.

Clickable banners on the Launch Pad for updates on new versions, blog posts, and events.

The VRChat Camera has been completely redesigned with new features and UI.

The maximum world size for Quest worlds has been raised from 50MB to 100MB.

Player collider height adjusted to pass under colliders less than 2m tall.

New depth of field options for the camera, including auto-focus and manual adjustments.

The Quick Menu has been completely redesigned and rebuilt for better functionality and accessibility.

VRChat will now check passwords during login to ensure they have not been compromised using the Have I Been Pwned service.

Announcing the Spookality event where players can submit spooky avatar and world creations for a chance to win prizes.

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

Fallback avatars can no longer be cloned.

Station sync has been rewritten to fix bugs and improve reliability.

Fixed login issues for users with Oculus subscriptions on non-Oculus versions of VRChat.

Fixed an issue where OnAnimatorIK was not firing on UdonBehaviours.

Added 'None' sync to Udon for behaviors that do not need to sync, reducing data use.

Fallback state can be seen in user name plates when in 'Full View'.

Users can now view Fallback Author and Fallback Performance Rank.

Fallback Avatars now work for both 'Platform Missing' and 'Performance Blocked' cases.

Fixed incorrect camera clipping values for certain WMR headsets due to large changes in clipping ranges.

Updated VRChat to Unity 2019.4.30f1 to address known issues, including a VRAM bug and Unity crashes with multiple monitors.

New config file option allows customization of field-of-view for the first-person Steadycam option.

New icons indicate various fallback states including 'Performance Blocked', 'File Size Blocked', and more.

Resolved an issue for the Oculus Quest that would cause frequent, consistent frame drops.

Addressed an issue that could result in excessive logging causing performance loss in some situations.

Implemented VRChat Plus purchases on Oculus Quest.

Fixed the 'Other' avatar row not appearing in some cases.

Fixed display of nodes where outputs were not visible and other related issues.

VRChat is now using Unity 2019.4.29f1, improving overall performance and stability.

Adjustments made to increase SDK upload speeds.

Introduced a new type in Udon to get a player's tracking space origin.

Added in-app setting to change between graphics quality presets under Advanced Performance Settings.

Added a new option in the SDK Control Panel for easily reloading open clients into new builds.

Changes made to keyboard input allow intended keypresses to work regardless of locale or input system.

Calls to 'SetVariable' with 'sendChange' now work correctly, fixing issues with variable values.

Occurred when checking destroyed instances of classes that inherit from UnityEngine.Object for null

Happens near the end of the frame after IK has been calculated

You can now see a list of target variables and events if the node references a valid UdonBehavior

Disabled by default; SDK will prompt to enable it

We're aware of the avatar favorites problems!

Provides new and old values of the variable when changed via SetProgramVariable or SetVariable with sendChange turned on

The setting may be out-of-sync between users

Used instead of OnDeserialization wherever possible

OnAnimatorMove, OnCollisionStay, OnTriggerStay, OnRenderObject and OnWillRenderObject will only be called if your program uses them

Fixes issues where people experience 'choppy IK' after remaining in an instance for some time

This occurred with specific world configurations

Triggers an OnVariableChanged event for that variable if checked

Video players in SDK3 worlds would experience audio/video desyncing after experiencing hitches

Cursor would appear until any other input was received

Vive Advanced Movement setting was enabled regardless of Settings option.

Using an avatar with a generic rig while using Full Body Tracking will incorrectly show the tracker balls, potentially immobilizing the player.

Made changes to asset unloading system to help reduce and improve hitching

Holoport setting was not changing correctly.

Significant improvements to memory usage regarding avatar caching, with periodic unloading of unused avatars.

Resolved issues causing physics material settings on pickups to be lost in certain situations.

Fixed issues with avatars and worlds getting stuck at 100% when loading.

The VRChat camera and screenshots will now always use at least 4X MSAA for better image quality.

Resolved issues where users in FBT would have chest/spine bones incorrectly twist during extreme poses.

Additional fixes to improve user status update reliability and speed.

Players can now choose to create an instance in specific regions: US, EU, and JP.

Streamer Mode now hides status in nameplate, user profile images, and bio text when active.

VRChat Plus supporters can now set a custom image as their profile picture and upload images to the Gallery.

The User Profile has been updated to display profile picture, status, bio, current world, and playlists.

Fixed issue preventing users from interacting with the Quick Menu while falling or moving quickly.

Fixed issue where the audio source for voice wouldn't move properly in some culling situations.

Fixed NearClip and FarClip issues for some WMR headsets resulting in undesired culling behavior.

Reduced negative impact of avatar initialization timing changes causing arm twisting and strange leg movement.

New functionalities in Udon including shuffling arrays and controlling interactivity of objects.

Fixed issue where AV3 utility poses weren't being used in some situations.

New ways to identify yourself in VRChat including user profiles, custom status messages, and profile pictures.

The size of favorite friend lists and world playlists has been increased to 64 from 32.

Default MSAA multiplier adjusted to 4x for performance savings, with an option for 8x in the Performance menu.

Fixed an issue where Udon wasn't adjusting player voice properly in some situations

Fixed issues where user voice isn't adjusted correctly when moving over long distances

Fixed SDK warnings for VRC_PlayerVisualDamage, Virtual Reality Enabled and VR Device List

Fixed an issue where Quest users would see another player stuck at a certain spot or far away

Fixed an issue where loading in to a world can sometimes result in a long black screen

New SDKs are available for download on the site, with instructions for upgrades.

Fixed an issue where using an avatar with stations while using Valve Index controllers would cause strange behavior

General improvements to networking in all situations, leading to better performance.

Introduction of a new manual sync mode for UdonBehaviours.

Introduction of a new VRCObjectSync component for simple syncing of transforms in SDK3 worlds.

The 'network voice bug' causing voice and IK issues in busy instances should occur much less frequently.

Enhancements made to the reliability of syncing object ownership.

New feature allowing array variables to be synced in Udon.

Many bugs related to ownership transfer have been fixed.

Various improvements and fixes to the join-in-progress behavior.

Portal entry is now more reliable, especially during fast movements or low framerate.

Introduction of new debugging tools for creators.

Various performance improvements to internal systems.

The VRChat Launcher Installer now works correctly and will run after exiting VRChat.

Major speed increases for Udon Node Graph, especially with groups and large graphs.

Reduced hitching on avatar load.

Various fixes to avatar initialization.

New SDKs are available for download, with instructions for upgrades.

Implemented a workaround to help mitigate the 'audio bug'. It should no longer kill your voice audio until you restart VRChat, but instead will only result in a ~1-2 second cutout.

Fixed an issue where failing to get a response from the API would cause the Social menu to fail ungracefully

Fixed an issue where your social menu status would show as 'offline' locally

Fixed an issue where the 'Unfavorite' button wasn't working on avatars that are no longer available

Fixed some cases where offline friends would still show in the social menu

Fixed issue where selecting the user capsule with low FPS wouldn't work reliably

Various fixes to the social menu to improve reliability. There's still more to do!

Fixed an issue where AV3 avatars with an empty animation in the default state wouldn't preview correctly in menus

Potential fix for display issues with favorite friends lists.

New mode to keep user information safe while streaming or recording.

Allows users to choose a placeholder avatar if a Quest version is not available.

Fixes to help work around the SteamVR Overlay performance issue.

Fixed issue where social menu would stop updating properly after extended client use.

Fixed issue where the instance master could get stuck in stations for late joiners.

New SDKs released for developers, with instructions for upgrades.

Very Poor rank polygon limit increased to 20,000 or higher for Oculus Quest.

Easier to build interactions without handling every single controller.

Play instruments, control objects, and interact with your world via MIDI in Udon.

Changes made to reduce voice issues in worlds with high sync bandwidth.

Includes static array methods and other improvements.

New SDKs are available; follow documentation for upgrades.

VRChat Plus users can send photos with their invite messages.

Players can now send messages along with invites to their friends.