Community:Potentially Upcoming Features

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Potentially upcoming features are unreleased or unannounced features that may be added to VRChat in the future. They are identified through discovery in tools such as the VRChat API or platforms like Crowdin, through public statements by VRChat staff, or by appearing in A/B testing. Anything on this page should be taken with a grain of salt; appearing here does not confirm that a feature will be added.

Entries will typically be removed from this page when they are either confirmed (through being given an applicable testing branch on Open Beta, or being fully released) or removed after being denied through official VRChat sources.

Discovered

These entries were found through datamining or discovery in sources such as the VRChat API, localization tools like Crowdin, or store listings. Their presence does not confirm that they will be released.

Badges

These are badges that have been discovered.

	Name	Description	Introduced	Requirements
TBA	World Explorer	TBA	TBA	Challenge Completed: When a player visit X number of worlds.
TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	Complete an invite-only survey. Opt-In for the Badge. Survey window closed.

Item abilities

Item abilities allow items to have special "abilities" within worlds, such as movement speed changes. These abilities can be disabled by world creators and/or instance moderators.

Client translation strings:

• "Prop Abilities"
• "Modifies Player Movement"
• "This ability is disabled by the world creator and cannot be enabled."

Options on the website in world settings:

• "Props Enabled/Disabled"
• "Props that Modify Player Movement"

Steam Frame

Steam Frame will be supported at release with a native application. A build is already available.

Profile and Nameplate Customization

Decorate your Profile with Icons Frames, Profile Effects, Banners. Banners can be customImage (current banners), or color (hex rgb, solid color). As well as Nameplate Effects. Similar to Discords customizability. Decorations can be bought in the Shop.

Language of an Instance

Estimations on the spoken languages of an instance is available via API since end of March.

Officially mentioned

These are features that have been talked about or shared publicly by VRChat staff. They could be worked on, but appear to have no implementation yet.

New character controller for worlds

A long-running request proposes a replacement world character controller with better moving platform support, smoother stairs and slopes, improved unstuck behavior, collider push interaction, and broader Udon control.

The thread is currently marked interested. A staff update on the post says work is currently halted while other projects are prioritized, with a note that updates will be shared if the item re-enters the roadmap.

In March 2026 community discussion, a former VRChat employee allegedly involved with this work claimed they were the only person assigned to it before early-2025 layoffs, and that the feature had been close to shipping.

In April 2026, VRChat employee Sai confirmed on X that the new character controller remains "on the back burner" with no ETA and is not currently being worked on.

Age assurance rollout

VRChat staff have described age assurance rollout in stages. In a livestream in March 2026, the team stated there is no public timeline for broad rollout beyond VRC+, while aiming for the most accessible and low-cost path possible.

In December 2025, VRChat stated it is working to reduce the cost of age verification through negotiation, partnership, and optimization, without announcing a price point, and that its long-term goal—finances permitting—is to make verification free for everyone. The same announcement expected Age Verification to function alongside reintroduced Content Gating in the first half of 2026.

In a June 2026 update, VRChat adopted the term "age assurance" as an umbrella covering both age verification and age estimation, and said it would lean more on estimation approaches going forward. It stated that the next rollout phase would begin in the United Kingdom—offered free of charge during an initial period and rolling out in waves over several months—while VRC+ subscribers retain immediate access. VRChat gave no date for a wider rollout beyond the United Kingdom, again citing cost and coverage challenges.

Content gating reintroduction

VRChat announced it will reintroduce Content Gating to limit access to content based on tags, with some content requiring Age Verification to view. At the time, the change was expected in the first half of 2026.

The stated goal is a baseline expectation of content safety for public instances: public instances and non-verified spaces must be suitable for a general audience. VRChat described this as setting a clear standard for what content is permissible where, and as a tool to reduce exposure to adult or suggestive content in broadly accessible spaces.

In a June 2026 update, VRChat said the first Content Gating change would begin in the United Kingdom, following the United Kingdom age assurance rollout by a few months. Users who are not age assured, or whose age is determined to be under 18, would have the "Sexually Suggestive" filter turned on with no option to disable it, with affected content hidden behind a placeholder. VRChat described this as the only filter category changing at that time, said it could extend gating more broadly later, and advised creators to tag affected content ahead of a grace period before enforcement.

Group moderation tools

VRChat stated it is exploring ways to give group owners and moderators stronger tools to enforce community norms and take consistent action against bad actors. No specific tools or timeline were announced.

Age assured groups

In a June 2026 update, VRChat stated it intends to build Groups that require members to be age assured as 18 or older to join. It described this as a feature planned for after the underlying age assurance systems are established, and framed it as a preview that is subject to change.

Public instance behavior system

VRChat stated it is experimenting with a system aimed at reducing toxicity and bad behavior in public instances, which it described as one of the longest-running complaints about the platform. It framed this as part of a broader Trust & Safety effort that also includes growing investment, reducing the time between a report being filed and action being taken, and building systems intended to reduce harm rather than only react to it. VRChat distinguished this conduct-focused work from content tools such as Content Gating, which can hide an avatar or world but cannot address how people behave. VRChat said it planned a dedicated post in July 2026 covering how the system works, how it was designed, and how the experiment would run, including how users could take part.

OSC: Output for Haptics

A milestone created in 2022 on the VRChat Community OSC GitHub repository proposes streaming OSC data representing touches or collisions with avatars to interface with haptic devices.

OSC: Udon

A milestone created in 2022 on the VRChat Community OSC GitHub repository plans to enable Udon to read and write OSC data for use in VRChat worlds.

Render pipeline migration (URP)

Community discussion periodically suggests migrating VRChat from Unity's Built-in Render Pipeline (BiRP) to URP or HDRP. As of March 2026, no official release announcement or Open Beta plan has been published by VRChat for a migration of this scope. Recent VRChat staff commentary only indicates long-term internal planning tied to BiRP deprecation, without concrete deliverables or timelines.

In a Unity forum thread on render pipeline strategy, a Unity staff member said Unity hoped to share more details during the year on "how we are migrating one of the largest UGC platforms to URP". The platform was not named, but was a reply to questions about VRChat.

Discovery and social system improvements

VRChat stated it is exploring improvements to discovery and social systems so users can find intended communities while naturally separating audiences that should not interact. No specific features or timeline were announced.

In a developer stream Q&A on May 29, 2026, the team described a personalized "For You" world list as an experiment that was running at the time, noting that users may see it, see variations of it, or not see it at all, and that no further details would be shared while the experiment was in progress.

The "For You" world list was no longer visible to users as of July 2026, and the experiment appears to have ended.

Platform-wide streamed event

On June 22, 2026, VRChat opened a public interest check for performers and venues for a planned large, platform-wide event. According to the application form, the event would be officially promoted across VRChat's social media, video, and in-app discovery, and "broadcast beyond standard instances using streaming tech".

VRChat stated the timing, format, and whether the event happens are not confirmed. For a first event, performances would likely be about one hour and pre-recorded, in one of two time slots targeting late August or November 2026. The streaming technology was not otherwise detailed.

In testing

These features are currently either confirmed in closed beta or in A/B testing.

Challenges

A feature which lets you complete challenges. First discovery on December 13, 2024. Last new discovery on December 16, 2024. This feature is not yet accessible to all users, and seems to only be available for some VRChat accounts.

Challenges:

• Make X Friends
• Visit X Friends
• Visit X Worlds
• Try VRChat on Another Platform
• Log in X Days in a Row

Unity 6

Engine upgrade to Unity 6 (6000.0.60f1) is available on PC on `unity-6` branch. Bugs can be reported in the Open Beta canny board.