Seems like the Unity asset store has some sales right now, many assets are -90% off, for instance I saw 2€ bundles that previously cost 100€ So, if you're looking for some assets, it might be worth checking out those sales. 🔗 in the replies

I think an interesting way to to simulate lightning in Unity is to increase the intensity of a reflection probe and the skybox for a split second, no RT light sources or post processing needed here #VRChat

Furality released the panel and event schedules. My panel "Unity Lighting & Visual Polish in VRChat" will take place the 4th of June at 6:00 PM (UTC+0). It will mostly focus on light baking and shader tricks to improve the visual quality of your world. #VRChat

🎉 LAST CALL 🎉 Get #AmplifyShaderEditor for #Unity3d at 50% OFF! Jump in: assetstore.unity.com/packages/too...

I just updated the Spiri'Vali tech glasses on my Gumroad, it now includes a variant for Furality Ultra. Shaders were made from scratch using the Amplify shader editor. Personally, I like how the AudioLink/video effect turned out. 🔗 Free download link in the replies #VRChat

Currently working on the "Furality Ultra" update of the cyberglasses shader, which I'll release as a free update. There will be an option to set a custom flipbook texture + parallax support. No ETA yet, as I'm also busy with a bunch of other things, but hopefully soonish #VRChat

(1/4) Since VRChat announced avatar performance-gated group instances, I saw many discussions related to the current avatar performance ranking system. I decided to make this post since I've noticed a few misconceptions. (Sharing text screenshots because of character limit...)

A nice use-case of stencils here, which is a feature some shaders support, like Poiyomi.

An excuse to show off what I'm making? Hell yeah! Last few days I've started working on a new world, not seen much of this aesthetic in VRC and thought it'd be cool to see if ppl would like it as a hangout spot. (As if there's not enough of those already xd)

The last time I asked that question was two years ago, time for an update! What's everyone working on in VRChat right now (Avatars/worlds)? Or what did you release recently? Share some screenshots/infos in the replies! #VRChat

...seems like some of them ended up in my VRbomber world, I'll remove them tomorrow.

Little Unity/Bakery tip : Bakery supports subsurface scattering, the effect of light penetrating through a mesh. Great for translucent objects, like frosted glass, thin fabrics (curtains...), skin etc. Just add the "Bakery Lightmap Group" component on the mesh, and check "subsurface scattering"

3 quick announcements : 1) This year, I got accepted as a panelist at Furality! "Light baking" will be one subject of that panel. I will still work on "NUCLEUS II" at the same time, but expect slower updates till June since I will also be focused working on that Panel. #VRChat

In my NUCLEUS world, I noticed that sometimes people missed the setting panel, or didn't know what to do and where to go. So for my next NUCLEUS II world, I've been thinking of adding an "Initial setup" room showing some basic settings + recommendations🤔 There are currently 4 pages to click through.

I made this little VRChat world for a friend, a world I made in 1~2 hours I think making liminal spaces is a really nice way to learn about lighting, because the scene is simple and you can fully focus on lighting. If you want to learn about lighting, try making a liminal-style scene first.

Sometimes I see avatars using 4k/8k textures to add ultra-high details (textile, skin, leather), but it's rarely needed. So, here's a short thread about Secondary Maps/Details mask, which most shaders support (even Unity Standard). Example: 8192px NM | 256px tiled NM #VRChat

Hello everyone! I released on my GitHub PvPKit, a prefab that lets you add PvP to your VRChat world․ The system is still WIP and bare-bone, but I was planning to add more features when I have more time again. 🔗Link in the replies👇 #VRChat

My friend -WildCat- released a VRChat hangout world that is designed to run well even on lower-end hardware. It also looks really nice. I recommend checking it out, especially if you're on Quest. 🔗Link in the replies. 👇 #VRChat️

Since I got the Bigscreen Beyond 2 headset, which uses OLED panels, I noticed that a lot of VRC worlds including mine appear too dark on that headset. Dark gray looks pitch black. So I worked on a little brightness slider, similar to what some games do. #VRChat

Want to world hop on #VRChat but don't know where to go? Try Tour-Guide! This bot will randomly invite you to a world from a community generated list! vrchat.com/home/user/us... Want more info? Join the group or the Discord linked in the group! vrc.group/TOURS.5728

I've been wondering for ages how I could pixelate textures that don't follow the UV map 1 to 1, until Ikeiwa told me that Nestorboy wrote a "TexelSnap" function that does exactly what I was looking for, so I added that feature on my transparent LCD shader with some help #VRChat

Modelling is technically done, now I'm mostly working on scripts and sfx. The world is bigger than the first NUCLEUS world. I did a few test runs with friends and it seems like the world can be fully explored in 1~2 hours.

If you like Cyberpunk 2077, I recommend checking out the VRChat world "Project Postmortem: Afterlife" by @ninjasteve.bsky.social It’s built from scratch, feels very alive, and features NPCs you can talk to. Great world for taking pictures, events, hanging out or role playing! 🔗Link below 👇 #VRChat

Yesterday, I learned that the VRChat open-beta lets you view performance-related statistics, like draw calls or triangle counts. Really useful for creators! The panel is customizable, graphs can be added or removed depending on your needs. #VRChat

One day left to submit your picture! I got 100 pictures so far, far more than anticipated, thanks everyone !

Hello everyone, quick announcement! In my NUCLEUS II world, I'm building a corridor where each frame displays a 3D portrait of different players. If you would like to be included, you can visit the world I'll post in the replies! #VRChat

Hello everyone, quick announcement! In my NUCLEUS II world, I'm building a corridor where each frame displays a 3D portrait of different players. If you would like to be included, you can visit the world I'll post in the replies! #VRChat

It's still too early for a release date, but the modelling part is mostly done, hopefully I can finish the modeling part at the end of this month. I'll share a few more pics #VRChat

If anyone's interested getting the Spiri'vali base model, the same base model I've been using for more than a year, it's currently on sale 👇 It is currently my favorite Avali base, and it comes with face tracking natively

Silent's fake light shader (gitlab.com/s-ilent/fake...) seems to work really well for adding subtle, glowy fog effects, like I did below with a few skyscrapers. I put the fog material on a big sphere, then placed a sphere on top of each skyscraper. #VRChat

Due to popular demand, I uploaded that scene as its own world. It will remain private until I consider it finished (I am not sure when I'll work on that world again, I'm busy working on NUCLEUS II) Link : vrchat.com/home/world/w... Feel free taking/sharing pics/vids #VRChat

Can't recommend @orels1.bsky.social's shaders enough, even just standard; it runs great on Android/iOS while also having reflection probe occlusion that makes baked scenes pop more. There are also notes in-UI like this, making features understandable for less-technical people like me w/o research:

That scene changed a bit, and I added Light Volumes. For the rain, I used Mochie's particle shader, which supports Light Volumes. #VRChat

(1/5) UV TILE DISCARD UV Tile Discard is a really interesting feature supported by Poiyomi, LilToon, etc. It lets you toggle parts of a mesh on and off without needing to use blend shapes or multiple Skinned Mesh Renderers (SMRs), great for performance ranking! #VRChat

My panel about VRChat world optimization is now up on Furality's YouTube channel! Feel free to check it out. Link in the reply

Malikart2022 recently released a new liminal-space VRChat world, and I’d recommend checking it out if you enjoy that genre! The place is big, it took me about 40 minutes to reach the end (and I probably missed a few spots) Poolroom Wonderland: vrchat.com/home/world/w... #VRChat

Inspired by the VRChat world "讐復を能える for VRChat" (by yu_nakaito) that features a system that plays an Audio source through the VRChat camera, I tried to do something similar for fun. The second part shows that the audio source is attached to the lens, not the actual camera screen.

That's not an animation, just Unity physics, I'm pretty impressed how well it works #VRChat

Have you ever wanted to be a ball and just roll around without a care in the world? vrchat.com/home/world/w... (This world is just a private prototype, but feel free to visit via direct link. Also: Audio on for the video!)

That place became a bowling alley. I'm trying to add weird stuff that doesn't make much sense in pretty much every room #VRChat

(1/2) Using Ikeiwa's LV Volumetric fog shader and RedSim's "Point Light Volume" component, I was able to simulate a fan casting shadows in some fog. #VRChat

Prototyped a world based wardrobe for changing the clothes on my #VRChat avatar with the world dynamics SDK that's currently in open beta. The cool shit potential is insanely huge with this!

World PhysBones just got released in open beta (SDK 3.9.1) ! To test that new component, I made a door that works without any Udon code, and it was relatively easy to setup. Functionalities are very similar to avatar PhysBones, bones can be pushed and grabbed #VRChat

(1/5) A little thread about render queue and depth buffer: Wanna take pictures of your VRChat avatar with a nice depth of field, but transparent parts of your avatar aren't in the same focus plane? Set the render queue of transparent materials to below 2500, like 2499, and enable ZWrite. #VRChat

I just published a new version of the glass shader, it now supports : - LTCGI - Scrolling normals - Chromatic aberration I also fixed some minor issues. #VRChat github.com/MyroG/MyroP-...

I released on my GitHub a new shader : Frosted Glass. The shader uses the scene's environment reflection (reflection probe) to fake transparency : The shader is actually fully opaque and doesn't use any grab pass. You can download it here : github.com/MyroG/MyroP-... #VRChat

On VRChat, I sometimes stay on Orange since I’ve got friend groups that don’t mix well, like EN speaking friends joining a GER speaking instance etc. I think it would be nice if we could set status per friend category (In the above case, "Green for Germans, Orange for others")

The last Bakery update added the component "Bakery Light Filter", which allows you to easily bake light shining through stained glass, you just need to add that component on your stained glass mesh. No need to use custom cookie textures on your light sources anymore! #VRChat

There are many amazing shaders out there, but I would also recommend trying out the shaders made by Orels (@orels1.bsky.social) Here, I am using Orels puddles shader shaders.orels.sh/docs/orl-sta... I'm also a big fan of how everything is beautifully documented. #VRChat

I think I have a new favorite water shader : Silent's clear water shader gitlab.com/s-ilent/clea... #VRChat