The fact that people can sign language in a virtual world really goes to show how tight the VR community really is... 💙 Also, I'm sending my biggest virtual hug and wishes to Niccitric! I'm super proud of them and they seem like such a sweet person to interact with! Love the mask! ⚡

The ways in which social interaction adapts around VR tech never ceases to amaze me. I knew users try to get around the limitations of hand tracking, but its amazing to see how creatively it actually is done!

Legit the person sharing their story at the end made me cry. It's so beautiful and amazing to see this community grow and thrive in VR, and I wish them all the best.

I saw my friend learning ASL back when I was in school, and I've wanted to learn ever since, but the knowledge just never stuck. I know a few words and expressions, but not much else. I think people who are able to learn hundreds of words is impressive, and now seeing that VRC has it's own variant, it's

It's so heartwarming to see people come together and help each other surpassing their challenges. It is a great coincidence, but I am half way through the development of my vr gloves and it is going to be a dream come true if I can ever help these guys with them.

we're literally experiencing a huge part of deaf history with this. this is fucking amazing

i cant even find people to talk to in vr chat. its either screeching children, drunk singers who are really bad at singing and the occasional two or three people having a more or less private conversation and they completely ignore you.

That's actually really cool for 3 reasons, that the technology has come this far, that there's an inclusive community and also that its being taught in that sphere of things. Its incredibly wholesome and awesome

The coolest thing about this is it can be used to bridge language barriers. Things that are useful for disabled people help everyone.

it's not a translator, it's interpreter. translation is for written text. good video though for real.

as a heard of hearing person who just got into vr and felt really nervous because I would constantly ask for people to repeat things several times I cried actual tears of joy seeing this

I'm happy that you enjoyed the experience with us in Helping Hands and enlightening yourself by understanding our culture and how we communicate in VR. I'm glad that you enjoyed the experience with us in Helping Hands and enlightening yourself by understanding our culture and how we communicate in VR. This goes to show how powerful the internet can be when it comes to showing videos of cool stuff like that! It is the reason how people found out about the community, all because of media power. Truly amazing and empowering to help people boost their confidence to sign in VR regard of being deaf/ hard of hearing or hearing person. Even if the finger tracking is limited in VR we always find a way to convent some fingerspelling and signs in VR since we learnt to adapt in difficult ways. We want to include people as much as we can to make them feel welcome in the community.

what niccitric was saying really hit me... i never even thought of or considered how difficult the pandemic and the isolation must have been for the deaf community. I'm very glad that the helping hand community is there for the deaf and hearing alike. I have tried learning sign in the past for my two deaf cousins, and I have a few friends that stay mute whenever they are on vrchat, so I think it's about time I learn. Thanks for the video Phia.

Thank you for covering this community. I love this type of content. I'd love you to cover other communities too <3

Right! I've always wanted to return to learning vrASL. A huge admiration for the Deaf/Mute community and the challenges they have faced in vrc. Nevermind the daily challenges of irl!

Thank you for making this video. I had a lot of fun participating in your project. You did a great job 👏

Thank you for making this wonderful video. It’s very clear and educational. Good for people who are very curious and want to know about the culture, sign languages, history in the deaf world. We will never forget the moments you have spent your time with us. You have learned a lot about deaf people and sign languages. This experience is really amazing.

Seeing how much difficulties disabled people overcome to achieve something we have from birth makes me cry everytime. And in this case I wonder - if only all people who don't have speech disabilities valued gift of communication more, world would be a better place for everyone.

Long ago when vr chat was first released I played a ton with friends. One of which was mute so I had to find a way to communicate. Me and another buddy who took asl with me in school found out that they knew asl. It was not perfect at the time with very little hand tracking on original HTC vives but we made it work. I'm so happy to see the community has gone even further into supporting deaf and hard of hearing people and when I can back I will for sure be going to these classes to get me back into it! ❤

Fellow VR Sign Language user here. really cool to see you covering this. I love how VR Sign Language did seem like it brought the deaf world and the mainstream world together (SPECIALLY during covid) and sorta bridged that gap and lost perception between both sides of the pond with the history and culture (we need more of this IRL) and hearing stories of people trying to learn sign IRL is amazing for that reason alone.