Worlds

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Worlds are the virtual spaces inhabited by users on VRChat. They are the locations wherein users can interact with each other, the environment, and other features and mechanics. Worlds are created by members of the community, and uploaded as either public or private using the VRChat SDK, intended for others to join. Worlds must be uploaded for each platform to be compatible for users of that platform to join.

There's a variety of world types covering topics ranging from social hangouts, games, to avatar showcases, scenic views, and more. Each world can have multiple sessions running at the same time referred to as instances, which have a global region they're linked to, a maximum user capacity set by the world author, and an instance type that controls who can join and moderate the world instance.

Finding and joining worlds

Official render of the Worlds feature

When you launch VRChat for the first time, you will be spawned in VRChat Default Home, set as an Invite-only instance. Later on, you will be able to choose whichever world of your liking to be your Home world. Your Home world and instance type for your Home world can be changed at any time. One can also choose to log into the VRChat website or use the main page of VRChat on Mobile to browse worlds, and launch VRChat.

Using the menu

When opening the Quick Menu, there are a few different routes you can take to join a new world.

"Worlds" Quick Link / tab

Using the Quick Links button for Worlds will take you to the main page, displaying VRCat's Variety Box, which features a random selection from various different world categories. On the left, you can select a specific world category such as "Trending", "Avatar Worlds - Trending", "Games - Active", "New & Noteworthy", etc. This can be useful for quickly finding popular worlds in different categories. Clicking on a world tile here will take you to the detailed menu page for that world, giving you options to select an existing instance to join or to create a new one, and to either join directly or drop a world portal. Each world is represented with a thumbnail, giving insight into its contents.

When anywhere on the main menu, you can also get to this page by using the World tab at the bottom.

Search

From the Worlds page, you can use the "Search" feature to search for a specific world by title, description, tag, author, etc. These can also be sorted by Relevance, Last Updated, and Popular.

When anywhere on the main menu, you can also get to this page by using the Search tab at the bottom.

Portals

See also Portals for more detailed information.

Portals provide a quick way for users to access a specific world and instance without having to individually find it through the menu. The portal effect will display the world image inside of itself, and it will usually have the title above alongside other details such as user capacity and region. By default walking into the portal will transfer you to the associated world, but settings can be changed so that it requires user confirmation to prevent accidentally using them. Portals come in two varieties:

Static portals

Worlds themselves often have portals that they feature to serve as a link to other worlds. These are part of the world, and as such usually stay there permanently, ready for people to interact with.

User placed portals

Users can place portals to a world instance using the menu. These appear the same as static portals, except they can be placed by the user anywhere in the world that is convenient and that the world allows (they can't be placed on users or on a spawn area), and they feature a countdown timer above them. Once the timer expires, the portal disappears.

Instance types

See also Instances for more detailed information.

There are many public and private environments of all genres that the user can explore. You may also create and join various community groups to meet other users with mutual interests. Users can choose to join a public instance, create a private instance to be alone, or invite friends after adding them.