cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/4229184
I have been urging to try out VRChat for ages, but I don’t have a headset yet, since I’m waiting for the Deckard or a cheaper PCVR headset that is up-to-date.
How many non-VR people do you see in VRChat? I kinda fear of being left out / discriminated against because of the lack of a headset.
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Does it even work like that?
Yeah since VRChat has always supported PC players without a headset.
Well then how about you go try it out and report back?
Honestly? Probably like 1/5? Maybe a little lower, 1 out of every 7? There’s a lot of desktop VRchat players, you’d be surprised. It’s pretty easy to spot desktop folks because the avatars act a certain way with regard to the arms and locomotion, and once you notice that it’s easy to see there are simply many people in desktop.
FWIW, you won’t be discriminated against or singled out, but folks may poke a little fun at you in certain situations due to the way desktop locomotion looks to other users. Like if you crouch or crawl in desktop, the avatars often look really silly doing those animations.
Yeah, honestly the desktop movements are really silly looking after I went to search for a starter avatar. It has its quirks. Luckily you were right, because I instantly found a desktop player in the starting avatar world.
What were your experiences when you tried out VRChat?
I think I got really lucky in the fact that I was introduced to it by some friends who were much more familiar with the culture and also had several worlds to show me right away. The first few times, I definitely was only logging in during group events with friends, then eventually I started branching out and visiting other worlds (setting them to friends+) just to catalogue them and add them to my favourites. I started googling for ways to find parties, raves, whatever, and came across a big list of discord servers for groups hosting parties. I joined a few of those and now I’m usually in vrchat a couple times a week dancing at events, on top of whatever else is going on with my friends.
