I'm a 56 year old woman who discovered VR late in 2020. I have met some incredible folks there, even a few I got to see IRL! It's funny how no one ever believes my age when they first find out! True, everyone I've met is generally significantly younger than I am, but that doesn't make them any less genuine or fun. My most favorite thing to do is attend open mic events like the Midnight Munchies and watch people of all ages and skill levels play an instrument, tell a joke, sing, or dance in VR.

DEBUT!! New Avi looks great. Also all the Kermits do be called out.

Yo!! I’ve made probably around 200 different Kermit avatars throughout my time on VRC, I made the ones in the world at 2:09 and basically a very large majority of the ones you see around. Glad to see my work has its own dedicated section 🙌🏻😂

I tried a vr sleeper lounge the other day. Somebody was going up to people singing lullabies and that shit was adorable

Super honored to have made your model Phia! The new look might take some getting used to for some, but it's the you you want to be! Thank you so much

As someone who's wanted a vr headset for years, the last one stabbed me hard with envy

I feel like I fall under a different type of category, the onboarder or hospitality advocate; One that assists players in a variety of ways. I help players with menu navigation, optimizing their experience so they're not lagging out, show them around to some cool worlds and help them get in touch with communities that they may want to get involved with based on their interests/likes. Especially with new players, I hope to reach out to them before they are bombarded with the negative/trolling experience and assume the worst of VRChat and think that's all it is.

As a music player i can confirm its exactly like the person said, we really just like contributing to people's vibes and giving everyone a good time. I'm glad i can hear people while blasting music. When people give me song requests it just puts a smile on my face to see them become so happy.

Your channel really brings a good inside look of VRChat and all the possibilities for us outsiders! All I knew was some memes from 2015.

I always love it when I see an older person or one of my VR friends parents show up in VR. Do they need a little bit of hand holding and instruction, most of the time yes. BUT that's okay the fact that they're willing to try out something completely foreign to them is amazing to see. I love it when you go around showing an older person who just got VR all the crazy wacky experiences this game has to offer!

I feel like you could make more of a whole episode on 'avatar themes' considering the recognition of the kermit avatars. There are also Garfield avs, and then the common Booth avs, or Gumroad bases.

omg Phia 2.0 looks sooo good, its going to take some getting used to though, fantastic video as well. I've been trying to get into VRchat but haven't had the time yet to really explore. every bit of info from your videos is super helpful

Phia 2.0 looks REALLY dang good and professional! shout-outs to Mari and Tron for NAILING it~! I don't think I cleanly fit into any of today's categories, although if I had the tiem and energy, I'd have LIKED to have learned blender to be able to do avatars, but I have toruble coming up with the drive to do 2D art, let alone 3D Stuff.

Woah!! Love your new Avi Phia! Your old Vroid model was a classic, but this one really shows off what is possible on the platform :)

I'm friends with SO many DJs it's amazing. At least one of them started as a mirror music player and now he's playing shows every week haha. It's become one of my favorite ways to spend time in VRC and I've discovered some amazing music because of it. I also appreciate us stoners getting a special mention XD I usually just lump in with the alcoholics cuz nobody cares which you're doing. Thankfully my groups also tend to be chill on people who don't partake who will vibe and just drink water or something.

Another great video Phia! This past week on Twitch before your model reveal was so fun. Phia 2.0 is friggin' beautiful!! Keep being awesome! AND WE GET A PLUSHIIEEE!! :D

Being stoned out of your mind in VR sounds great, unless you're playing on Quest 2 and your headset dies.

Thank you for depicting and talking about our home! As one of the DJs, it warms my heart to welcome people to the community

Lmao the clueless adults section had me cracking up 😂

I hope to see the mil-sim and tacticool guys get covered, awesome and super organized communities. Some of the coolest and most intricate toggles on their avis as well!

I'm not sure if you hit this group in VR. But... I'm a 40+ VRChat user... I find, (unless I'm on PC only worlds) I'm usually old enough to be someone in the lobby's mom. But lately, I have been bumping into a lot more PCVR VRChat people who are 30+ folks. But maybe that is just the PC Only VRChat crowd, (which I don't remember if they got mentioned in the last one. But yeah, great content as always (Also, I'm an Avatar maker). HAHA Likely some people fall into multiple groups.

Love the new AVI, the tracking is buttery smooth! If it wasn't for your videos I wouldn't have given VRC a proper go, let alone start coming out of my social-phobic shell. Keep up this awesome work!

The new model looks amazing! Great work!

This was refreshing. As we know, change can be weird for people but it took this short video for me to really like the new look. Vr looks awesome, as always, you really give me some thing to be interested in. Can’t wait to own my own headset one day.

As a 20 year old from the newer generation it is always awesome seeing some of these older generations getting into things like virtual reality and enjoying some of the activities I as a gen z adult find fun, it makes me feel more connected and closer to the generations that came before me

“VR is addictive, especially if you’re discontent with your irl life” calling me out 😭 last one as a whole is too relatable

Phia 2.0 debut looks great! Great job on the video as well!

That last one was a great mention. VR is amazing, but I've seen a lot of people go through that phase, and some take it a lot rougher than others. Even I went through that kind of struggle after awhile. While all of us never really want to leave that social space, it's important to remember that without your REAL self, your VR self wouldn't exist!

Love the new avatar, also I recognize that world in the background! Frozen Star, a simple yet wonderful map. Was my home world for a while until the creator released a new map recently... Highly recommend.

I just got my headset recently, so videos like these have been super helpful.

The new model looks great! And the touch with the insides of the sleeves looked pretty cool! :O

my grandma bought a quest 2 and only played google maps on it. then I introduced her to vr chat. now she likes to sit in this cherry blossom room and tells her awesome stories. its super cool.

you truely are the queen/princess of vrchat, the depth of how far you explore and explain vrchat gives lolathon a run for his money

I am an escapist I always felt bad about myself. I’m what some say “overweight” I’m starting to try to get out of my shell thanks to my friends and my boyfriend. Love the new avatar ❤

I love screaming loud asf in the sleep worlds and you’ll always find the one or two people who leave their volume on and it scares the shit out of them

PHIA 2.0 IS SO CUTE! And I love the little smirk expression that it does sometimes LMAO

I’m a desktop player, and am quite new to VRchat. While I have watched KZfaqrs and VRchat videos, the moment I first got set up for desktop VRchat was amazing. I joined literally today, and I’m nervous to chat with others right now, but am excited to chill in VRchat. I’ve watched some of your videos, hoping that they can prepare me for what’s to come. Thank you for your videos! :D

Amazing video, perfect continuation! Love the new model.

"They may be broadcasting all your peronal issues to like.. 3 people on twitch" The massive shots being fired, lol, gonna take me some time to get used to the new look tho

as someone who comes from years in the Canadian Festival scene when covid times happened and shows and venues were closed vrchat was a great way to test out new music before sending to the label where prior to that the clubs were. In the 3 years ive been in vrchat i have met many wonderful people. and to my suprise bumped into folks i have known in real life by surprise. this medium is a nice extension of reality, the new telephone if you will. it is many things for many people. be it a tool for real time animation, and or getting to play pool with a buddy you haven't seen in years but live far away. its wild and wonderful. I feel lucky that in my life time i've gotten to experience that early internet vibe more then once.

YOOOO THE NEW AVI LOOKS SO GOOD! Also, thank you for letting me participate with being an extra! It was a lot of fun!

What an amazing start to Season 2! Congratulations, PHIA! ❤❤❤

4:11 i love Naku his dj sets are amazing and his piano with vocals are also amazing!!!

Really glad she mentioned that last bit, super important ❤

i like how the uganda knuckles was brought up! but also they need to know about the crasher groups because thats a thing sadly

I study phycology and learn about personality types. VRC has been a really good tool for helping learn about people but it has also helped me to realize that many of VRC inhabitance suffer from more then a few mental health problems. "Trolls" are the ones I feel the most empathy for, Brings new meaning to the sad clown painting. Perhaps you could make a video on the phycology of people who use VRC.

I love your new avatar!! This video definitely made me think, because I know someone from every one of these categories in VRC.

I LOVE THE NEW MODEL OMG ITS SO CUTE. Also I guess I exist in the mute memers category. Though I'm not actually mute, I just enjoy memeing with a soundboard. For fellow soundboard users, USE IT RESPONSIBLY. Don't just spam memes, use meme or quotes/phrases that fit the situation almost like a real conversation. People will 9 times out of 10 enjoy your presence that way lol. Notice two people acting touchy feely, hit them with the PH video intro, or some careless whisper. Hear someone saying terrible things, hit them with the Michael Jordan, stop it, get some help. Trust me its a great time lol. I've broken the mute soundboard act when the situation calls for it though. Sometimes a serious conversation is happening or you're asked something REAL and meme-ing isnt exactly appropriate lol.

I have another one you can add. there's also the people who use it as a kind of therapy. I have been playing off and on for 3 years and have some great friends but recently I have been struggling irl and been going to my friends in vrc for help and now I am in the best shape I have ever been in mentally and as a result of being in a better state mentally, I have also reached a better state physically. I was hardly eating and had hardly eaten for 3 weeks, but now I am eating like I should, and just feel amazing.

Hey Phia, I loved the last VRCHAT Player type video and this one was just as good! It's weird because I don't go into VR often enough to not say I'm a noob walking around and trying to figure out what to do, but I've also been playing for around 3 or 4 years. One thing though, I almost didn't click on the video because of the changed skin/profile pic (they look awesome by the way) so you might have missed some other people. Not that I know the best way to fix it but you could maybe add the TVRS logo or the PHIA font, anything along those lines to the thumbnail to be more recognizable. I think thrill does this with the TN or VO on the top left of the thumbnail.

i’ve been the opposite of “cute but manly” sometimes! i used to use a tall, masculine, demon-esque avatar, and one time i joined a conversation, and the first thing i heard was “wow, i was not expecting that voice” (as my voice is higher/feminine)

I like watching this like you’re describing different types of creatures in a game. Some support others and some do their own thing.

Congrats on the new avatar! I have to admit I wasn't sure what to think when you first announced you were getting a new one but it looks great!

Definetly in the Cute...but manly type. I'm 6,4 and I have been used to looking down while talking to other people all my life ... Just picking a cute little anime girl, walking around and interacting with people double my size is amazing 😂

Absolutely love the new avi ❤

I'm one of the 5.5% 45-54 year old players, clocking in at half a century. Yes, 50. But to ask the people I know, they still think I'm in my late 20s to early 30s. While the majority of my friends are quite a bit younger, that doesn't fault the strength of the bond we all share any. We're a very close knit group of friends, many of us going so far as to having one another's phone numbers outside of VRChat, planning out a huge get together one day, forming a bond with one who's become my honorary brother, closer to me than my real brothers ever were, and even one who's pretty much adopted me as her surrogate mother, and I've accepted as being that mother she needs in her life. There's even been discussion of trying to have me become her legal guardian or straight up adoption to be my legal daughter. No one knows just how close people become in this virtual world, the feeling of friendship and companionship, or the sense of belonging, or the pure emotions that come from this amazing alternate reality. I do realize the difference between the real world, and the virtual. It's not a total escape, real life is going to happen, regardless. But it is a way to cope with some of the issues, and lose yourself, if just for a night or day, into a place where the outside world takes a backseat to whatever you can imagine.

As someone who played the game for the first time today, now I have the urge to just make really loud sounds next to the "sleepers"

new avi looks amazing

I'm a noob, been a noob for a while, but I also feel like a clueless adult. My of my conversations are just me asking for help, because I can't figure something out. VR is overwhelming, but so far my experience has been positive and I'm just fascinated by all the people around me. I even got to practice my mandarin to some native speakers! :D

Omg I've never played vr chat before but I watched videos when it was still new and it was so fun watching those I'm glad it got mentioned here

I have so much nostalgia seeing old popular worlds when I would play in late 2017 lol

8:42 me and a friend had to basically babysit our friend yesterday because he got higher than the moon

Lovin Phia's new Era ❤ thanx for the content!

The tracking on this avatar is really fluid.

I find sleeping in vr relatively comfortable actually. Not hating by the way but I like to listen to people talking while I’m sleeping and just the pressure on my head from the headset is comforting for some reason- 😭

9:07 Damn, you really hit this one on the head for me xd

This was a lot of fun! Can't wait for more amazing video!

I'm definitely an OG player! I still remember the old hub, the classic characters, and of course the Knuckle raids and cat band.

Great video! And nice coverage of these type of players. Also, amaaaazing new avatar you have.

love that the dj made it to the light! my man even djed for yalls open mic at one point (JustShane) hope to see you at more!!

I just found your channel today as I wait for my VR to come in the mail. I really enjoy how you present VR Chat and explain things in a direct easy to understand way.

Part of the older adult and furry player, been enjoying vrchat for almost 2 years now. Going from Quest to PCVR, and enjoying some Desktop and Quest, I have seen alot has changed too for better and some bad moments. I also have done some streams and recordings too. Moderating in VR does take some need for awareness, because you got to keep and eye on chat, and the situation happening in front of you.

Just bought a Quest 2 a few days ago, and still need to boost my confidence enough to just join a VRChat world with a bunch of random people. (I'm a total introvert btw.). I discovered your channel today and watched a few vids 'bout VRChat. And you kinda made me more confident and also hyped enough to just do it, to try out this new world and overcome my shyness bit by bit. But first I need to find a suiting avatar before I do that 😄

The new Avi is so cute but i was not expecting it at all

Id be considered an escapist with my habits (but still function irl). But the best way to describe it is what my friend said when addicted to World of Warcraft, "Real life feels like a dream and when you log back in you wake up".

Nice to see this game graphics are evolving along many things.

I borrowed a friends' Quest 2 for a week a while back to test out VR, and VRChat is the only thing about it that I miss (I decided to wait until the Quest 3 launches to buy one for myself, since the biggest issue I had with the Quest 2 was the size and weight, which apparently will see a massive decrease). I was impressed by the graphics quality on it, and the amount of effort that people put into creating worlds and avatars. I noticed with a lot of VR games, the graphics would be extremely simple, with low poly counts, low resolution textures, etc, but in VRChat, people would just go all-out with making things look as incredible as possible. I'm not sure if I fall into the "clueless adult" demographic. I'm definitely older (46), but I've been using computers near-daily since I was 6, and I had no issues navigating around VRChat (well, except that I kept using the wrong hand to bring up the menu, but that wasn't cluelessness, so much as just not thinking and bringing up the menu with my dominant hand and then realizing that I'm stuck using my off hand to navigate unless I close and switch hands). Encountering the sleepers for the first time was quite bizarre to me, considering how uncomfortable I found the headset (I could not fathom sleeping in one). Just seeing a pile of like 15 people in a room full of cushions all sleeping next to each other was surreal.

VRChat is for me the only way to socialize with people. I live in a little village without people like the same things. I'm shy cause I hate my body so It's easy for me to express myself on VRChat. This is why VRChat is for me a way to escape from reality and from what is wrong in my life.

Yeah, I’m definitely the musician. I love going to a karaoke world to sing in front of everyone. It honestly helped me discover that I’m actually pretty good at singing 😂

Seeing those very expressive avatars roaming around like its normal is kind of surreal at times, back in the 2000 i used to daydream about this, but i would have never thought the thing I'd overlook was the peoples them selves and those archetypes.

i wish i was able to enjoy this world you all have, its one of my favorite pass times to sit and watch some1 play vr chat, irl i will only be able to afford a pc n headset if i do well in school and buy my own pc n vr (my parents are living off benefits but are trying thier hardest)

Looking really good Phia, I was wondering when you were gonna update your looks to a more modern a fitting one, and this one is great looking and fits you really well. As you are a pretty big representative person for the VR community when it comes to VRC its great to see your avatar also be a good represantation of VRC in 2023 too. You considering eye tracking at some point for it maybe? It would probably "wow" some people as you're likely one of the first channels people get introduced to via youtube, at least that was the case for me.

I was impressed by all of the positivity in your video. You deserve a lot of credit for that. It was fun to put a name to some of the patterns I've seen emerge, as well as confirm that some of them, like the sleeping players and the Kermits, were actually real!

When we got to the "Clueless Adults" and I see two of the basic avatars I started with as the constant examples. Yah, that is fair. VR dads unite!

The new Avi looks great 👍

Loving the new avi!! It looks pretty ^-^

I'm the person that stays in private worlds with irl friends and only goes into public worlds when i'm with people and i don't talk much unless someone else starts a conversation so I'm really shy but like talking

woah! that new avi expressions and attentions to details is realllllly good!

OH SNAP! Im in the vid! I'm a part of the Helping Hands group, the one with the purple ponytail and grey hoodie. XD Wasnt expecting this.

I''ve met a few world/avatars makers and some streamers they are pretty chill peeps but man you can meet so many wonderful people on there!

dang that last one hit hard and luckily i got over that faze lol

See whenever I play vrchat I do one of 3 things- 1: join a random public world and attempt to socialize about certain fandoms or roleplay as characters (Aka fnaf and undertale worlds) 2: join a social deduction game and strategically lie to ppl and make friends (Aka town of Salem type games) 3: join a friend’s world to mirror dwell and share stories (aka drinking games and movie watch parties) Also p sure I’m a known user not trusted user :)

Love the new model! She fits you super well :D

you can cuddle while sleeping in vr??? that seems wholesome

Your videos are really good; they have a documentary character. I have a question about VR Chat: When I am in a public room, I have the ability to use avatars, other people in the room are using. That is confusing. From Thrill's videos, I know that those avatars are expensive. Can I just make them my own? No. But where do these e-boys/ e-girls get their avatars from? Did they all spend as much as Thrill? I am confused.

I’m a music player, but I always play 60s music or country music. I just like jammin’

I love your new 3d body it’s 2 legit 2 quit. All of those different types of players make VRV chat sound so interesting I really need to start playing it more.

I’ve always been sort of confused by the rank systems in VRC, I’ve spent by now quite a while in vr with friends but still haven’t moved past visitor, I’ve assumed it’s because I mainly play on private and friend only worlds but the little white rank hovering over my head has sort of put me off trying to mesh into public lobbies for worries people would assume that I WAS a new player VRC is a pretty large hobby of mine by now, I suppose moving out of my own personal social awkwardness is part of the point of it being a social game in the first place

I interview and record performances of musicians and stand up comedy / funny moments and upload them to tiktok of all places. Believe me there are people who quit tiktok to make vrchat content for twitch and youtube. This is a great video to watch.

I'm definitely an escapist when it comes to worlds, I just love the worlds that are out there and love to hang around them for a bit.