Community Labs
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Community Labs is a system and status in VRChat that allows uploaded worlds to be approved and discoverable within VRChat.
Enter at your own risk! Community Labs worlds are disabled by default, as they could cause performance issues, or contain offensive content, and or qualities that maybe against the Terms Of Service.
Enabling Community Labs
To enable Community Labs, first open your Quick Menu. Then select the Main Menu button in the top right. Once you're here, select the Settings Tab at the bottom of the Main Menu. Then, select the "Comfort & Safety" category on the left side. Under the "Safety" header, enable the "Show Community Labs" option.
Or simply, open your Quick Menu, select the Main Menu button in the top right. Then, select the Worlds Tab at the bottom of the Main Menu. Next, select the "Community Labs" world category on the left side and select the "View Community Labs Worlds" button.
Accessing Community Labs
If you have Community Labs enabled, you can now view Community Labs worlds. First, open your Quick Menu. Then, select the Main Menu button in the top right. Next, select the Worlds Tab at the bottom of the Main Menu. After that, select the "Community Labs" world category on the left side.
You can now explore the thousands of worlds uploaded into Community Labs daily!
Joining Community Labs Worlds
When joining worlds in Community Labs, there are visual indicators letting you know you are going into a Community Labs world.
- When joining through a portal, there is a green ring around it the portal and the Community Labs icon in the top left of it.
- Loading into a Community Labs world shows you a unique loading screen.
Note: There are no visual indicators for Community Labs worlds when joining through an invite. And, Community Labs worlds can still be joined if the option for it is turned off.
Publishing to Community Labs
Requirements
- Trust rank must be "User" or greater
- World must be first privately uploaded to VRChat
SDK
In the SDK's "Builder" tab, there will be a section called "World Visibility". Select the "Publish to Community Labs" button to allow your world to be published to Community Labs.
Website
Head over to your world page on the VRChat website, scroll down to the "Danger Zone" section of the page. And select the "Publish to Community Labs" button to allow your world to be published to Community Labs.
You can navigate there by going to this site, and clicking the private world of choice.
Reporting Community Labs Worlds
If you come across a world which may contain performance issues, offensive content, and or qualities that maybe against the Terms Of Service. Report the world using the in-client report form.
Community Labs 101
Here are some quick fire info about how Community Labs works
- You can only submit one world every week to Community Labs
- You can update your world as often as you like, it won't change the status of the world.
- You need to be at least "User" rank to publish worlds to Community Labs
For more information, check out this page on VRChat Creators docs site.
And check out some frequently asked question about Community Labs below.
FAQ[1]
Q: How long does it take for my world to get to Public status?
A: There's no set "time". Your world going Public out of Community Labs is based off many factors. The factors involved are best described as "How much do users seem to be enjoying your world?"
Q: I have a Public/Community Labs world I'd like to take down back to Private.
A: Go to the VRChat Home website, and click the Unpublish button. When you choose to re-publish your world, users will still have your world in their Favorites, and you'll retain some of your previous world stats. users will not be able to see the name or picture of your world in their list instead they will see "world currently set to private".
Q: I can only Publish once per week? How can I be expected to iterate or update with a limit that strict?
A: The limit applies only when publishing brand new worlds. You can update your existing world, no matter what state it is in (Private, Community Labs, Public), whenever you like. Your world will remain at whatever status it is in.
Q: I have a world that I want categorized as an Avatar/Game/etc World. How do I do that?
A: If you want your world to be categorized as an Avatar World or Game World, just add the appropriate tag from the VRChat website, or by pressing the add tags button in the SDK. However don't falsify your world or abuse tags to promote your world. Utilizing "SEO-like" techniques is not permitted. VRChat reserves the right to moderate users who abuse our systems to unfairly or misleadingly promote their own content.
Q: Is it possible for a world to never leave Community Labs?
A: Not really. It might take a very long time for a world to get out of Labs (if it isn't popular at all), but given endless time, a world will eventually get out of Labs.
Q: How does a world fail out of Community Labs? What can I do if my world fails out of Community Labs?
A: If a world is reported, it will be investigated. If a world breaks the Terms of Service, is malicious, or some other report is sent that is valid, it will be delisted from Labs. The same goes for Public worlds. If you correct the issue-- say, bad performance-- you can re-submit your world to the Labs. If your world had some more serious issues, like Terms of Service violations, you may find yourself restricted from submitting worlds.
Q: How does VRChat prevent "report bombs" or falsified reports?
A: We use the same methods used in avoiding false/inaccurate reports on users/worlds now to detect invalid reports. This is a tested system that has served us quite well, and will prevent malicious users from abusing the report system.
Resources
VRChat Community Labs on docs.vrchat.com- World Creation, Optimization, and Community Labs Tips on creators.vrchat.com
