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For all Developer Updates for this year, see the Developer Updates page.

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This article showcases news, blog posts, and updates that VRChat published between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.

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.

All developer updates for 2021.
Date Build Format Implemented Reminders Announced
December 31 2021.4.2p3 Text[1] New Years Eve 2022, "VRC Square" world VRCDN performances by Shelter, Loner Online, Rizumu, Vibe Tribe, Haneyasume N/A
December 17 2021.4.2p3[2] Text[3], Video[4] N/A N/A Avatar Dynamics, PhysBones, Performance, Avatar Triggers, Colliders, Permissions, Debug View, Automatic Dynamic Bone conversion
December 3 2021.4.2[5] Text[6] VRC+ gifting, UI 1.5 improvements, U.S. East region, FBT tweaks, Camera 2.0 on Quest, Meta Rich Presence and social invites N/A VRC+ gifting for Quest incoming
November 30 2021.4.1p1[7] Text[8] Introducing the VRChat Learning Channel, video tutorials on Uploading Your First Avatar N/A N/A
November 8 2021.4.1[9] Text[10], Video[11] UI 1.5, Menu Wings, Launch Pad, IPS banner, Here tab, Camera tab, Audio tab, "Select User" button for Desktop; Camera 2.0, depth of field, camera UI, Auto focus, manual mode, selfie button, lock buttons, camera on Quest N/A Incoming UI updates
October 29 2021.3.4p2 Text[12][13][14], Video[15] Spookality Hub, Spookality winners and world row N/A N/A
October 18 2021.3.4p2[16][17] Text[18] Have I Been Pwned[19], 2FA[20] Modified clients compromise your VRChat account and password N/A
September 15 2021.3.4[21] Text[22], Video[23] Improved avatar fallback system for "Platform Missing" and "Performance Blocked" cases, Unity 2019.4.30f1, "None" sync for Udon N/A N/A
September 10 2021.3.3p2[24] Text[25] N/A Spookality Jam begins October 1, through October 22 - Jam prizes Spookality 2021 world, and avatar jam
July 15 2021.3.1p1[26] Text[27][28] 2021.3.2[29][30] Open Beta, migration from Unity 2018 LTS to 2019 LTS[31] Upgrade to Unity 2019.4.29f1 N/A
June 25 2021.2.4p3[32][33] Text[34] N/A N/A $80 million Series D investment from Anthos Capital, Investor Makers Fund, GFR fun, et. al.
June 16 2021.2.4[35] Text[36] Regions Update: Added instance regions for Europe and Japan, instance lists and portals will display a regional flag N/A N/A
June 3 2021.2.3[37] Text[38] Identity Update: Updated profile page, Gallery, invite photos, nameplate status (and status history), "Show Community Labs", increased favorites for friends and worlds N/A N/A
May 17 2021.2.2[39] Text[40] Udon Networking Update (UNU): smoother synced objects, improved portal experiences, VRCObjectSync, debugging tools N/A N/A
May 3 2021.2.1[41] Text[42] Performance fixes, faster Udon graph, updated world link launcher N/A N/A
April 19 2021.1.5p2[43][44] Text[45][46][47][48], Video[49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] Improved servers, expanded VRChat API team Account security, 2FA, CCU record (45,200) New Quick Menu UI, UI skins, Udon Hooks, Avatar Dynamics, PhysBones, avatar/world interactions, "VRChat Cloth", Identity Update, Image Gallery, Nameplate status, increasing favorites for friends, and worlds, Groups, Creator Economy, Udon Networking Update (synced arrays, object pools, late-joiner support, in-world debugging), World and Player Persistence, VRChat Package Manager, World Jams, "Dynamic Images", Graphics.Blit, List<T> in Udon, OSC, Cinemachine Stream Camera, "Tunneling" comfort mode, Europe and Japan Region support, Unity 2019 merge, VRC+ Quest support, and VRC+ gifting
March 23 2021.1.5[57] Text[58] Fallback avatars, Streamer Mode, Quest polygon limits increased to above 20,000 N/A N/A
March 18 2021.1.4p1[59][60] Text[61] N/A Acknowledging Robot avatars, and 'Very Poor'[62] Avatar Fallback system
March 10 2021.1.4[63] Text[64] MIDI support in Udon, event-based input system, OnRespawn, static array Reduce number of logins with 2FA within client and SDK N/A
February 2 2021.1.2[65][66] Text[67], Video[68] Invite messages, invite responses, VRC+ invite message photos, new invite icons, Quick Menu Notification page, Udon TextMeshProUGUI support, instancing support to mobile matcap shader N/A N/A
January 5 2020.4.4p2[69] Text[70] N/A Hiring spree (QA, Server Engineer, UI Graphics Design), Resources Acknowledging New Years Eve server issues, NYE CCU (40,000 users)

Gallery

  • "VRChat’s New Years 2021 — or, what the $%@& was that?", from January 1.
    "VRChat’s New Years 2021 — or, what the $%@& was that?", from January 1.
  • "Improved Invites, Custom Messages, and VRC+ Photo Invites!", from February 2.
    "Improved Invites, Custom Messages, and VRC+ Photo Invites!", from February 2.
  • "VRChat 2021.1.4", from March 10.
    "VRChat 2021.1.4", from March 10.
  • "VRChat on Quest: Avatar Performance Woes", from March 19.
    "VRChat on Quest: Avatar Performance Woes", from March 19.
  • "VRChat 2021.1.5", from March 23.
    "VRChat 2021.1.5", from March 23.
  • "VRChat Dev Stream on Tuesday, April 13th!", from April 14.
    "VRChat Dev Stream on Tuesday, April 13th!", from April 14.
  • "VRChat Dev Stream Recap", from April 20.
    "VRChat Dev Stream Recap", from April 20.
  • "VRChat 2021.2.1", from May 4.
    "VRChat 2021.2.1", from May 4.
  • "VRChat 2021.2.2", from May 18.
    "VRChat 2021.2.2", from May 18.
  • "VRChat 2021.2.3", from June 4.
    "VRChat 2021.2.3", from June 4.
  • "VRChat 2021.2.4", from june 17.
    "VRChat 2021.2.4", from june 17.
  • "VRChat Partners with Anthos Capital to Close $80M Series D", from June 25.
    "VRChat Partners with Anthos Capital to Close $80M Series D", from June 25.
  • "VRChat 2021.3.1", from July 13.
    "VRChat 2021.3.1", from July 13.
  • "VRChat 2021.3.2 - The Unity 2019 Upgrade!", from August 5.
    "VRChat 2021.3.2 - The Unity 2019 Upgrade!", from August 5.
  • "VRChat 2021.3.4", from September 16.
    "VRChat 2021.3.4", from September 16.
  • "VRChat Account Security Update", from October 19.
    "VRChat Account Security Update", from October 19.
  • "VRChat 2021.4.1", from November 9.
    "VRChat 2021.4.1", from November 9.
  • "VRChat 2021.4.2", from December 4.
    "VRChat 2021.4.2", from December 4.
  • "Celebrate New Years 2022 in VRChat!", from December 31.
    "Celebrate New Years 2022 in VRChat!", from December 31.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Celebrate New Years 2022 in VRChat!" on Steam. Dated December 31, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  2. ↑ "VRChat 2021.4.2p3" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated December 16, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Avatar Dynamics Update" on Medium. Dated December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Avatar Dynamics" on YouTube. Dated December 17, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "VRChat 2021.4.2" (Build1156) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated December 3, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  6. ↑ "VRChat 2021.4.2 - UI Upgrades, VRChat Plus Gifting, and more!" on Steam. Dated December 3, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ "VRChat 2021.4.1p1" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated November 18, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Introducing the VRChat Learning Channel!" on Medium. Dated November 30, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  9. ↑ "VRChat 2021.4.1" (Build 1149) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated November 8, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  10. ↑ "VRChat 2021.4.1" (Build 1149) on Steam. Dated November 8, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  11. ↑ "VRChat - New UI! Quick Menu Update" on YouTube. Dated November 8, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  12. ↑ "VRChat Spookality Jam" on itch.io. Dated October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  13. ↑ "VRChat Spookality 2021 Winners!" on Medium. Dated October 29, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  14. ↑ "VRChat Spookality 2021" on Steam. Dated October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Spookality Jam Submissions" on YouTube. Dated October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  16. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.4p2" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated September 30, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  17. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.4p2" on Steam. Dated October 1, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  18. ↑ "VRChat Account Security Update" on Steam. Dated October 18, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  19. ↑ "MYBP (Maybe You've Been Pwned)" on Medium. Dated March 6, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  20. ↑ "I'm having issues logging / signing in, 2FA or need help with Account Recovery" on help.vrchat.com. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  21. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.4" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  22. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.4" on Steam. Dated September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  23. ↑ "VRChat - Improved Fallback Avatars" on YouTube. Dated September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  24. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.3p2" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  25. ↑ "VRChat Spookality 2021" on Medium. Dated September 10, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  26. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.1p1" (Build 1114) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated July 13, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  27. ↑ "VRChat Engine Upgrade: Unity 2019 LTS" on Medium. Dated July 15, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  28. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.1" (Build 1113) on Steam. Dated July 13, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  29. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.2" (Build 1121) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated August 4, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  30. ↑ "VRChat 2021.3.2 - The Unity 2019 Upgrade!" (Build 1121) on Steam. Dated August 4, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  31. ↑ (OUTDATED) "Migrating from 2018 LTS to 2019 LTS" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated July 15, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2025.
  32. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.4p3" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated June 24, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  33. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.4" (Build 1106) on Steam. Dated June 16, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  34. ↑ "VRChat Partners with Anthos Capital to Close $80M Series D" on Medium. Dated June 25, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  35. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.4" (Build 1106) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated June 16, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  36. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.4" (Build 1106) on Steam. Dated June 16, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  37. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.3" (Build (1100) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated June 3, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  38. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.3" (Build 1100) on Steam. Dated June 3, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  39. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.2" (Build 1097) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated May 17, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  40. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.2" (Build 1097) on Steam. Dated May 17, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  41. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.1" (Build 1088) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated May 3, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  42. ↑ "VRChat 2021.2.1" (Build 1088) on Steam. Dated May 3, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  43. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.5p2" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated April 1, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  44. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.5p2" (Build 1069) on Steam. Dated April 1, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  45. ↑ "VRChat April 2021 Dev Stream Recap!" on Medium. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  46. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream Recap" on Steam. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  47. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream Recap" on Steam. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  48. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream on Tuesday, April 13!" on Steam. Dated April 13, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  49. ↑ "VRChat Developer Stream - April 2021" on Twitch. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  50. ↑ "VRChat Developer Stream - April 2021" on YouTube. Dated April 20, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  51. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream - April 2021 - New UI Walkthrough", unlisted on YouTube. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  52. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream - April 2021 - Avatar Dynamics" unlisted on YouTube. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  53. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream - April 2021 - Udon Networking Update" unlisted on YouTube. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  54. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream - April 2021 - In-Client Debugging" unlisted on YouTube. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  55. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream - April 2021 - OSC Control" unlisted on YouTube. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  56. ↑ "VRChat Dev Stream - April 2021 - Dev Labs: More Additions!" unlisted on YouTube. Dated April 19, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  57. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.5" (Build 1067) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated March 23, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  58. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.5" (Build 1067) on Steam. Dated March 23, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  59. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.4p1" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated March 12, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  60. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.4" (Build 1061) on Steam. Dated March 10, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  61. ↑ "VRChat on Quest: Avatar Performance Woes" on Medium. Dated March 18, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  62. ↑ "Avatar Performance Stats and Rank Blocking" on Medium. Dated June 11, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
  63. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.4" (Build 1061) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated March 10, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  64. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.4" (Build 1061) on Steam. Dated March 10, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  65. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.2" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated February 2, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  66. ↑ "VRChat 2021.1.2 - Invite Responses!" (Build 1046) on Steam. Dated February 2, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  67. ↑ "Improved Invites, Custom Messages, and VRC+ Photo Invites!" on Medium. Dated February 2, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  68. ↑ "Introducing: Improved Invites, Custom Messages, and VRChat Plus Photo Invites!" on YouTube. Dated February 2, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  69. ↑ "VRChat 2020.4.4p2" (Build 1032) on docs.vrchat.com. Dated December 16, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
  70. ↑ "Community Update - 6 January 2021" on ask.vrchat.com. Dated January 5, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
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