1st-time VR Guests

(i.e. skip if your guests are on desktop mode, controls for that here)

Adjusting for VR

If joining them on a separate computer, log them into their Steam account instead of yours before opening VRChat!

(If on your account, might wanna be sure you're set to red status... 🙃)

Once the headset's on and they're can see the VR platform's system menus:

• Readjust straps/knobs
• Ensure text reads fine
• Adjust the IPD, can get measurements by using a mirror and a ruler

First World: Tutorial

(unless you're just showing them on your account,
or your friend isn't with you offline due to the 1/1 user cap)

Helps to let them know that most people chuck the one from this first big mirror, a good opportunity to ask if Avatar Worlds appeal to them after explaining the idea.

Some might have a specific avatar style that interests them to keep in mind to search for together later on!

Their First Avatar

Comfort

if VR, check that they're okay with normal walk + heavy vignette or if they'd like to adjust up/down (or use teleport)

Will probably at least want Comfort Turning enabled

Controls

Navigating menus: easiest to just name specific parts to click on, step by step. As we repeated bits, they got the muscle memory down

Depending on the world, expect to have to work out how to grab objects, e.g. a desktop vs. Quest vs. Index all have different feels for it

The Wall of Publics

Avatars

(can skip if they're 100% fine with a Tutorial world pick!)

Public Avatar Worlds

• Videogame IP

• Cartoon/Meme IP

• Anime/Game IP

• Assorted IPs

• Assorted Lowpoly

• Gothic Chibi

• Semireal Anime

• Furry Bases

Public Avatar Worlds

Sample Avatar Markets

• Avatar Museum 6
• ⚠ ~450mb size ⚠
• Next slide down shows the flashy one I like to demo
• ~60 sections instead of ~20

• Avatar Museum Q2
• A much nicer ~75mb size
• Quest-compatible, so these are likelier to avoid fallbacks
• "Detachable mouth" avi...?

VD02-NEPTUNE Demo

1. Grab from Avatar Museum 6 (can favorite it outside the tour so guests don't have to load it all), in below section #63:

2. In the menu, tap Expressions > Harbour Driver > Reset.
(Makes armor vanish, just shows plain scuba suit beneath.)

3. Then, waiting for each step to finish, keep tapping Next. If guests don't see it, check their avatar audio/shield settings!

4. Can independently Reset <-> Summon the Dive Triangler.

A Song Visualizer

(may want to adjust world volume slider!)

The Edge

Mochie

• First, wait for everyone to load into the world.
• Then, click on the tall thin interactable to start the visualizer.
• Once the song ends, visuals return to how they were at the start.
• At that point, you're ready to move on!

Soloable Games

can ask "monkey ball, CSGO platforming, or mini-golf?" -- or dip into others' ideas!

Super VR Ball

Faxmashine
and blueasis

• Start by having everyone enable Sound > Extra Voice Range
• All into the boat's center room! Click to shut off Spring King and set the mode to "Normal" only to save time -- then click Start.
• Your 2 goals: either get to the end quickest or with the most 🍉
  • Also has achievements on leaderboard's backside!

"Surf" maps - IgbarVonSquid

• Based on the gameplay in certain custom Counter-Strike maps
• Slight learning curve, so save for guests that love Mirror's Edge
• Has a how-to level under the same creator detailing the physics!
• But 1st try can take some time, so move on when group is ready!

• Start by grabbing a golf club near spawn, size is up to you
• Stand on a golf hole's starting pad, click pop-up to drop a ball
• Desktop: drop, move, re-grab club for angle; ↔ for hit strength
• VR: Have fun trying to hit it, only Khyaber's won't enrage me \o/

"Putt Putt" maps - Ostinyo

(but--while awesome--I wouldn't exactly call it "beginner friendly" haha)

More Game World Ideas

• Escape Room maps like Pop Escape or VRCE
  • hearing Pop Escape's not 100% desktop friendly
  • I, J, K, L keys to rotate held objects on desktop!
• Quick, Draw! and Tanks! (Maki Maki)
• BOMBERio (キャンディちゃん)
• Udon Tycoon (Reimajo)
• Lightcycle Arena (MyroP)
• Battle Discs R3 (NNLogic)
• Hook Junkers (Phasedragon & blueasis)
• Super Tower Defense (DragonCookie)
• Frogger (Zanderthaw)
• Wipeout (huge obstacle course)
• Udon Chicken Horse (まかん｜coffee)
• Tsumuri Kart (ゲコつむり)

Recommended by cool people across various communities!
(As such, still needs some desktop-mode + length testing!)

Creativity

can ask "drawing, writing, art gallery, music?"

(mostly a post-game breather up to the gallery's "wow")

Life Drawing
tokki_o

• Grab a brush, walk to an easel, and press it on there to draw
• Desktop: rotate brush by holding scroll button + dragging mouse
• Check the side-room to see what others have made!
• Genuinely surprises me the accuracy some people have...

VRCWC Library
ELECTR0

• Head up ramps to the shelves, can actually use and read books!
• They function somewhat similarly to a tablet reader
• Some are public domain stories, others written by ELECTR0's club
• Move along after a nice little gaze out the far window's sea vista

Museum-of-Vrpainting
tanabe

• Let them figure out what to interact with ahead of you
• Go through it prior to know how to get them unstuck
• Loops back to the start after the giant bird (exit is inside, click ♥)
• Had a "wow" factor even for desktop mode players! 🎉

Tanuki Tunes
Juno Tanuki

• Follow instructions at spawn to use the vinyl record pickups
• Click door to the right of the vinyl player to access basement
• Just a world to listen to tunes in with various genres present

Surreal 1️⃣

A D R I F T
M E R C

• Proceed forward from spawn through the big portal -> main area
• You may want to figure out its teleport menus prior to the tour
• VR guests prone to motion sickness should avoid the bus/planes
• Sights I'd show before moving on: ballpit, piano, and liquid mirror
  • Liquid mirror vs. desktop: hold item to extend arm out first!

Head right out of the first big portal

Up the 2 ramps with capsules at the bottom, then follow below route!

Reaching the Ballpit

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Cozy and Chill

(Just nice spaces to pause and unwind in!)

can ask "apartment, cabin, boat, rooftop, train, bridge, tropic, realistic manor, unrealistic manor, or downtown Japan?"

Shoegaze Apartment

(VVolfly) 

Cozy Boat

(Lealennia)

<this is the cabin>

(Lucifer MStar)

(夏雪 ｜Nᴀʏᴜᴋɪ-ᴇ) 

(Arkîe)

(spookyghostboo)

A Tiger's Refuge

(Tigertwista)

Downtown Sparta

(ジョニーJP)

Meme

(credit to my friend L for showing me a good one! 💌)

water closet - Hens

(even has a hub of portals to other meme worlds in the basement...)

Surreal 2️⃣

Where Spheres Touch II Artist3d

• What to do upon entering: explore around until satisfied!
• Generally trippy visuals, like an art gallery but also a sandbox
• Probably just avoid the helicopter if prone to motion sickness
• Able to move on at anytime

Recreating

Hall of Portals
Amaster
Amaster

• This houses multiple creators' work recreating videogame maps
• Encouraged to let your guest enter portals for a series they like!
• Your jump has an increased height to help you get around
• There are some hidden avatars and rooms higher up

Reimagining

L'oro di Illyria
Averiff

• Reimagines a fighting game stage into a vast space to explore
• Use the phonograph to your left on spawn to get on the boat
• Take path right of spawn to access the bridge up top via big doors
• Cross the upper bridge to another door to access the other shore

Pokemon Forest
Yatzi

• Think like Pokemon Snap, but you're able to roam freely
• Chill hut with several cute Pokemon at the far end from spawn
• Personally surprised me when I went down into the caves...
• Able to move on whenever desired by you or your guest(s)

Shaders & Tech

Treehouse in the Shade
1001 & SCRN

• Head upstairs to access a menu to enact magic on the skybox
• Probably just avoid the jetpack pickup if prone to motion sickness
• Can retell the story of the world as covered in this Dec 2021 video
• Or how much it's meant to others ex. this user-now-staff member

ShaderFes 2021

• Collection of submissions from amazing technically savvy users
• After a short entry lobby, can pick any of 3 branching paths
• Several exhibits can be interacted with to varying degrees
• Able to move on at any time, took me hours to get through solo

FireTornado
BigChickenLover

• Spawns you in a cave that you progress forward up out of
• There's a little green spotlight you can take along if you wish
• Caverns open to view the titular spectacle, and that's the map
• But if you keep walking to its center, it'll keep rising you higher!

• Follow instructions at spawn
• Grapnel Gun's a relatively quick coin collecting game
• Zipline's... just fun to zoom around on 🎉

Grapnel Gun

Urban Zipline

Traversal demos - TORISOUP

Finale Visualizer

(slot in your favorite!)

Everything Goes On
ReddPanda
& Gyle

• Recommended to swap this finale for your favorite audio world
• Same rules apply as with the first song visualizer world:
  • Wait for everyone to load in first
  • Whoever loaded in first can use the center orb to begin it
  • Free to leave once the song ends (will look like image)

Appendix A

reference list of presented worlds

• Avatar Worlds: set [1], [2], [3]
• Song Visualizer: The Edge
• Soloable Games:
  • Super VR Ball
  • Surf_Udon
  • Putt-Putt Pond/Quest
  • and many suggestions!
• Creativity:
  • Life Drawing
  • VRCWC Library
  • Museum-of-Vrpainting
  • Tanuki Tunes

• Surreal 1️⃣: A D R I F T
• Cozy and Chill:
  • Shoegaze Apartment
  • Winter Company
  • Cozy Boat
  • Midnight Rooftop
  • Derive Express
  • The Bridge
  • The Sky is on Fire
  • Hidden Heights.
  • A Tiger's Refuge
  • Downtown Sparta

• Meme: water closet
• Surreal 2️⃣:
  • Where Spheres Touch II
• Recreating: Hall of Portals
• Reimagining:
  • L'oro di Illyria
  • Pokemon Forest

• Shaders & Tech:
  • Treehouse in the Shade
  • ShaderFes 2021
  • FireTornado
  • Grapnel Gun Playground
  • Urban Zipline
• Finale Visualizer: pick yours!
• Appendix of Bonus Ideas

Appendix B

views into vrchat a solo guided tour can't show

Video Primers

(Stuff that helped me see sides to VRChat I never had before, this lil' tour can't capture)

Worlds & Avatars Meetup Streams

(I mostly scrub through to get the gist across or illustrate how hard avatar making goes)

Appendix C

bonus-idea worlds to consider fallbacks

(aka help I have too many worlds)

• by CommunityMeetup
• by Laughing Lizard
• more Meme
• Touhou Project
• misc. and more v1.0 had
  (moved to here for time)

• more Visualizers
• more Soloable Games
• Multiplayer Games
• Creativity - Lessons
• Events
• Virtual Market picks

Visualizers

• Spych Boat (Spych)
• Dope Lovers (ReddPanda)
• CUE (0b4k3)
• Dangleberry's Particle Animations (Dangleberry)
• AudioOrbs (Kilerbomb)

Soloable Games

• UDON SABER (ちしゃねこ)
• Jellyworld (Theslythief)
• FiveSkies (Juice...)
• Elite's Candy Investors (Eliteiment)
• Elite's Egg Hunt (Eliteiment)

Multiplayer Games

• Prop Hunt (MMMaellon)
• Overseer (Jar)
• Spirit Speak Game (Jar)
• Magic Freeze Tag (Jar)
• BOMBERio (キャンディちゃん)
• VRWare (Haï~) - think WarioWare
• Lightcycle Arena (MyroP) - think Tron
• Infested (NoLife1942) - zombies vs humans team FPS

The Afterdark Plaza
Coffeepot

• From spawn, proceed straight across plaza into the main arcade
• Some other areas around plaza can be explored (hop on a rail!)
• Its own menu + inventory, earn points to obtain gear for activities
• Not one "game" but instead a bunch of tiny game vignettes

• Both have a series of items to find inside their mazes
• EvolvedAnt's maze hunt is faster, also has other things to try
• But can't beat mowmow's for pure breathtaking scale

mowmow's
Playground Megastructure

EvolvedAnt
Arcade

Creativity / Lessons

• Etiquette (Juice...) -- worldmaking
• Experimental Sign Language World （Udon）(Bob64)
• Toki Pona VR (fuopy!)
• The Gallleries of Virtual Expression (ZandyXR)

Events

• VirtualMarket Archive （Fanworld）(Ren_Ookami)

• METAFES2022 DAY + METAFES2022 NIGHT (Gugenka)

• VRCon 2021˸ Community Festival (Karet)

Virtual Market

• Vket 3: NeoShibuya Error
  • Click on the cube at the big central circle to get an A+ visualizer
• Vket2021 Academy Night
  • A more modern look at creator markets, need a 2022S pick...
• MusicVket4 Blog Peek

by CommunityMeetup

• ORTH - Made in Abyss (Sabo Ryubo)

• The Clam Club - Nights (SyncOtter)

• Lap of the Kami (Averiff)

• High Above Ground (nekem_nyolc)

• Conservatory (TOADSTORM)

by Laughing Lizard

• DJ Delfino (Air In)

• Twin Moons (XBilly_B_CakeX)

• Sears (Air In)

• 6G Experience (Air In)

more Meme

• Omega Mart Express
• McDonalds
• Olive Garden
• StoreBrandLand

• Temple is for those who want all the memes to hit them at once
• Mall is for those who like a bit of exploring or have more time
• General fair warning for memelord content, "edgy" in spots
• If you want to go truly deep into a combination of both, though...

Temple of
Irredeemability
Korny

Sour
Mall
Bornato

about Touhou Project

• Danmaku Show Showcase World (Ayana)

• Bad Apple on 200k Butterflies  (_pi_)

• Lunar Capital 2021 (Bepsi Train)

• https://worlds.vrclist.com/?type=tags&query=touhou

Scarlet Devil
Mansion Party
Skuld

• Adapted from a vertical bullet hell arcade shooter game
• The "party" comes from its initial intent for use by VR DJ parties
• Access video player by heading to the back ground floor room, can show how it actually effects the room's lighting in real-time
• Easter egg for Touhou fans on a bed in one of the rooms, else most rooms just possess some decor (top tower views are cool!)

misc.

• Sunshine Cove (Pirateship)
• Atell
• Modern Magic (Unity.)
• Starlight lane (tp.jp)
• Japan MoonLight Dreams (darksister)
• Hometown of the Stars
• Cocoon-05 (mikka-bouzu)
• Anor Londo

Misc-shown: Olympia (Furality Aqua world composition panel), Before It Sinks in Memories + Zen Flowers

desktop+: Aquarius (or other Fins worlds), JSR Festival (technical, adventure), Serenity Cove (cozy), Studio Ghibli World (private)

desktop+ if 3hrs: project summer flare ("shows the possibility and vastness of VRC")

YT-shown: Cyber, Organism, Project Flare, playlist, Ghibli

quest: gumball lounge

?: Particle Hell (by Kuiwa)
?: a place for purple things; Dream Waves for jelly bed

• Appreciate how different interests can be shared across VRChat
• Note the dino world's impact works far, far better in VR scale, but to the point some users new to VR might find it a bit frightening
• Enter the portals inside the arts and sciences world if interested!

Dinosaur Bones
topgunsi

STEM & Arts
AstroRabbit

VIRUS LQP-79
fuopy!

• Small playable game experience in a tiny room
• Implemented through the power of shaders in VRChat
• Controls laid out in a poster just to the right of the big TV screen
• Able to move on whenever satisfied, no real end state

The Sphere
CyanLaser

• Advised to skip if your guest(s) experience motion sickness easily
• Clicking on the little orb before you at spawn begins the wild ride
• Effectively it remaps your position onto the surface of a sphere
• ... but on its inside -- very surreal, very dizzying, but blew my mind

m1n0 kotws
VRrOOm

• Skip this one if sensitive to flashing lights
• Shorter in length than you'd expect!
• "Goal" is to reach and rise up into the lava lamps at the end
• Has a clear end area afterwards to move on after reaching