Developer Update
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VRChat Developer Updates, or "Dev Updates" are public announcements directed to VRChat users by the VRChat Team, acknowledging information on upcoming features or changes, product releases, current and future events or partnerships, or addressing community feedback.
Overview
Developer Updates are always posted to the Ask Forums and sometimes additionally on YouTube, once every other Thursday to cover patch notes, or announcements. Past developer updates took the form of either a blog post, or video format. However, modern developer updates are often streamlined to include both.
When the VRChat client receives an update, an Open Beta branch, or an announcement regarding server issues, an announcement will typically be posted on their respective Discord servers, but alternatively can appear on their social media profiles. Developer Updates will summarize any releases that happen between posts.
History
Updates by year
2024
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2023
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2022
Starting in July 2022, VRChat began posting Developer Updates twice per week.
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2021
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2020
Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2020[1] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2020
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
2019
Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2019[2] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2019
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16 | - | Video[3] | Quest, Security, Optimizations, SDK, Community Labs, Udon |
2018
Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2018[4] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2018
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 18 | 0.12.0p15 | Video[5] | Safety, Playmaker, VRChat Home (2018), Vive Controls, Coldfront |
| April 25 | 2018.1.1 / 553 | Text[6], Video[7] | VRChat Home (2018), Camera, Vive Controls, Avatar volume slider, HUD/nameplate toggle, VRCSDK IK Follower Script, Favorites, Recent Worlds |
| May 12 | 2018.1.2 | Text[8], Video[9] | Camera v2, Menu Rendering, Avatar Stations, Favorites, Recent Worlds |
| June 26 | 2018.2.2 | Text[10], Video[11] | Favorites, Recent Worlds, Sync Video Stream, VRChat Home Kit, Udon[12], Invert Mouse, Mouse Sensitivity, World File Size on UI, Avatar Particle Limiter System[13], IK improvements. |
| December 14 | - | Video[14] | Oculus Quest, Quest SDK |
2017
Patch notes for VRChat Builds released before February 28, 2018[15] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-pre-2018
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 3 | - | Text[16] | Muting, Force Mic Off |
2016
Patch notes for VRChat Builds released between December 2016 to May 2018[17]. can be viewed here.
| Date | Build | Format | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 11 | 0.9.x? | Text[18] | Oculus Home, HTC Vive, 360° Video Support, Chill Loft, Mr. Whiskers |
| May 11 | 0.9.x? | Text[19] | Vive Park, 'GREE VR Captial, LLC'[20], Portal Tag, Real World Virtual World, Avatar Spotlight |
| July 28 | 0.10.0 | Text[21] | Motion sickness, Holoport Locomotion |
| July 29 | 0.10.1 | Text[22] |  Rock 'n' Bowl, Sculpt Studio, Seinfeld Apartment[23][24], Avatar Spotlight
|
| October 4 | 0.10.2 | Text[25] | Investments from HTC, Rothenberg Ventures, GREE VR Capital, Brightstone Venture Capital |
| December 8 | 0.11.0[26] | Text[27] | Early Access build, avatar IK, hand gestures, visemes, eye tracking and blinking, The Hub (2016), Quick Menu, Emotes and Emojis, Social and friending users, YouTube Wall, 3D Spatialized Audio, Featured Worlds; upcoming moderation tools, Oculus Touch support, launching on Viveport, Steam, Oculus stores |
Official resources
See also
References
- ↑ 'Patch Notes - 2020' on Creator Docs; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'Patch Notes - 2019' on Creator Docs; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Stream - Past, Present, Future' on YouTube; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'Patch Notes - 2018' on Creator Docs; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Developer Update #1' on YouTube; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat 2018.1.1 on Steam'; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Developer Update #2' on YouTube; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat 2018.1.2' on Steam; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Developer Update #3' on YouTube; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat 2018.2.2' on Steam; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Developer Update #4' on YouTube; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat “Node Graph”, Playmaker, and Soon™' on Medium; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'Avatar Particle System Limits' Guide on Creator Docs; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Stream - Welcome Oculus Users!' on YouTube; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'Patch Notes - Pre-2018' on Creator Docs; retrieved September 6, 2024.
- ↑ 'Patch - "Fix the Steam Release" Edition' on Steam; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'Release Notes' archived from vrchat.net, via archive.org; retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ↑ 'VRChat Now Compatible with Oculus Home' on Medium; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'Japan and the beginning of the HTC Vive rooms' on Medium; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'This Mobile Gaming Company Just Launched a $12 Million VR Fund' on Fortune via archive.org; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'Introducing “Holoport” Locomotion' on Medium; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'Bowling, Art Studio, and new Interaction' on Medium; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'JerrysPlaceVR 2.0 is available for Download and Multiplayer in VRChat!' on Reddit; retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ↑ 'Jerry's Place' website; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ 'VRChat Raises $1.2 Million Seed Round' on Medium; retrieved September 7, 2024
- ↑ "The Very Big Change After Many Months of Solemn Quietude" update
- ↑ 'VRChat Releases Early Access Build' on Medium; retrieved September 7, 2024
