'We Met in Virtual Reality’ finds love in the metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a sanitized, hypercapitalist metaverse will likely never be as compelling or idiosyncratic as VRChat, the virtual reality community that's been home to anime fans, Furries and a slew of other sub-cultures since 2014. That's my main takeaway from, the first documentary filmed entirely in VRChat, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival today.
There's no chance Zuck's metaverse would let people wear trademarked avatars without paying a ton, attend exotic clubs to receive virtual lapdances, or allow users to build whatever the hell they want. VRChat, as portrayed by, is basically a proto-metaverse where anything is possible. And for many, it has served as a crucial social hub during the pandemic, a place where they can forget about the world, relax with friends and maybe find love.
But of course, that's been the nature of practically every online community. We're social animals — people have always been able to connect with each other over BBS, IRC, Usenet and the plethora of forums and chat services that populated the early internet. I spent most of the '90s hanging out in anime and gaming chat rooms, the sorts of places that today's connected youth would probably find quaint.
Hunting approaches his subjects with the eye of an anthropologist, without any judgment towards their sometimes ridiculous avatars .begins as a chill hangout flick — we follow a group of friends as they have virtual drinks and go on joyrides in crudely-built VR cars — but it quickly moves beyond the novelty of its setting. One person credits their VRChat girlfriend for helping them to"unmute" after being silent for two years.
Hunting has spent the past few years making VR documentaries, starting with a few short films, as well as the
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