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			File:Medium01062017.webp\|"Bringing to life your Oculus Medium creations in VRChat", from January 6, 2017.
			File:Medium02012017.webp\|"VRChat Releases Early Access Build", from February 1.
			File:VRC-marketing-treehouse.png\|"Welcome to VRChat early access!", from February 1.
			File:Medium11072017.webp\|"VRC News - "The 'C' stands for Community", from November 7.
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{{Template:Navbox/Developer Updates}}{{Noticebox/Official}}
This article showcases news, blog posts, and updates that VRChat published between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017.
==History==

Since 2016, VRChat's developer updates have been posted on several outlets, and have also gone through different names. Former developer updates have been called ''Developer Blogs'', ''Community Updates'', and ''Town Hall Meetings''.

VRChat published their blog posts on ''[https://medium.com/@vrchat Medium]'' starting in April 2016, and published their patchnotes from 2016 on their former domain, ''vrchat.net''.
<br>Patch notes for VRChat ''Builds released before February 28, 2018''<ref>[https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-pre-2018 "Patch Notes - Pre-2018"] on ''[[docs.vrchat.com]]''. Retrieved September 6, 2024.</ref> can be viewed [https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-pre-2018 here].
{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="white-space: nowrap" | All developer updates for 2017. Click "Expand" to show this table!
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! Date
!Build
!Format
!Implemented
!Reminders
!Announced
|-
|December 14
|0.12.0p3
|Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297816758 "Patch 0.12.0p3 - True Friends Only Instances & Community Moderation Tools"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated December 14, 2017. Retrieved on September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Friends only instances, "Public Ban" moderation feature, website updates, ban messages, notification icons, Portal improvements, desktop tutorial, SDK update
|N/A
|Playmaker beta, [[Special:MyLanguage/New Years Eve 2018|New Years Eve 2018]]
|-
|November 18
|0.12.0p2
|Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297816864 "Welcome to the New Hub!"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated November 18, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|[[Special:MyLanguage/VRChat Hub (Legacy)|VRChat Hub (2017)]], VRCHIVE Panosphere, Fish, Birds, Social Sculptures
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|November 7
|0.12.0p2
|Text<ref>[https://medium.com/@vrchat/vrc-news-the-c-stands-for-community-119e5ec958c3 "VRC News - The 'C' stands for Community"] on ''[https://medium.com/@vrchat Medium]''. Dated November 7, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Virtual Weekality, VRSTUD.IO, What's In The Box?
|VR Arcades, "PING: Security Bot & Event Service"
|N/A
|-
|October 27
|0.12.0p2
| Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297816998 "Patch 0.12.0p2 - Halloween 'Scared to Reality', Improved Moderation Tools, and VRCHIVE 360° Panorama fixes"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated October 27, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Halloween Contest[[Special:MyLanguage/Scared to Reality|"Scared to Reality"]], Moderation improvements: Report abuse, 1-hour "sticky" kicking, instance mod kick, vote-kicking, Polaroids, Help Videos, Stations / Seats
|VRCHIVE fixes, VRChat Hub 2017 upcoming release
|N/A
|-
|October 5
| 0.12.0p1
| Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297817111 "Patch 0.12.0p1 - Improved Video Sync, Optimizations, and Ethan's Departure"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated October 5, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://blog.vive.com/us/htcvive-vrchat-announcement "HTC Vive chooses leading Social VR platform VRChat as key partner"] on ''[https://blog.vive.com VIVE Blog]''. Dated October 5, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Video player support for Vimeo and Dailymotion, SDK fixes
|$4 million investment from VIVE
|Halloween Contest "Scared to Reality", VRChat Hub 2017 upcoming release
|-
|August 30
|0.12.0 / '''Unity 5.6'''
| Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297817224 "Let's Dance! The 5.6 Update is here!"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated August 30, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Client: [[Special:MyLanguage/Full-Body Tracking|Full-Body Tracking]], Voice prioritization, international compatible keyboard, [[Special:MyLanguage/Video players|video players]], future-proofing, web panel tweaks
Avatars: Dynamic Bones, avatar previews
|N/A
|Hub improvements
|-
|April 13
|0.11.7
|Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297817577 "Patch 0.11.7 - Great Big Spring Update!"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated April 13, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Private [[Special:MyLanguage/Instances|Instances]]: Friends Only, Invite Only, requesting invites; microphone switching, Instance moderation for hosts and world authors, Personal Space fix for friends, Seated/Standing Mode
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|March 6
|0.11.6
| Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297817877 "PATCH 0.11.6 - 'What’s In A Name?' Edition"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated March 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|[[Special:MyLanguage/Nameplates|Nameplate]] colors and icons, [[Special:MyLanguage/Personal Space|Personal Space]]
|N/A
|Private instances, requesting, invites
|-
|February 17
|0.11.5p10
|Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297817986 "New Content - Blast Factory & Miner's Dispute"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated February 17, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Capture the Flag: Blast Factory, Miner Dispute
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|February 4
|0.11.5p1
|Text<ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297818541 "Patch - 'Fix the Steam Release' Edition"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated February 4, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2024.</ref>
|Muting, Force Mic Off
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|February 1
|0.11.5
|Text<ref>[https://medium.com/@vrchat/vrchat-is-now-available-on-steam-6fab988817fb "VRChat is now available on Steam"] on ''[https://medium.com/@vrchat Medium]''. Dated February 1, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view/5318144537297818630 "Welcome to VRChat early access!"] on ''[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/438100/view Steam]''. Dated February 1, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|Steam, Battle Discs, Capture the Flag, [[Special:MyLanguage/Steel 'n' Gold|Steel 'n' Gold]], Request Host
|Community Guidelines, Community resources
|N/A
|-
|January 6
|0.11.1 / VRCSDK.2016.12.01.18.02
|Text<ref>[https://virtualrealitypop.com/bringing-to-life-your-oculus-medium-creations-in-vrchat-f565ead26435 "Bringing to life your Oculus Medium creations in VRChat"] on ''[https://medium.com/@vrchat Medium]''. Dated January 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>, Video<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x1Z9UjrQXY "VRChat Medium Avatar Tutorial"] on ''[https://www.youtube.com/@Legomasterguy Cubedparadox's YouTube channel]''. Dated December 30, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2024.</ref>
|N/A
|Oculus Medium, Avatar creation, Mixamo, Blender, Unity
|N/A
|}
==See also==
* [https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/recent-releases Recent Releases] - on ''[[docs.vrchat.com]]''
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Developer Updates|Developer Updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2016 in VRChat updates|2016 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2018 in VRChat updates|2018 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2019 in VRChat updates|2019 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2020 in VRChat updates|2020 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2021 in VRChat updates|2021 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2022 in VRChat updates|2022 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2023 in VRChat updates|2023 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2024 in VRChat updates|2024 in VRChat updates]]
** [[Special:MyLanguage/2025 in VRChat updates|2025 in VRChat updates]]
==References==
<references />

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