VRChat is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online virtual reality social platform created by Graham Gaylor and Jesse Joudrey. It allows players to interact with others as 3D character models. The game was released for Microsoft Windows via Steam's early access program on February 1, 2017. It supports the Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, HTC Vive, Windows Mixed Reality headsets and the Valve Index, though none of them are mandatory to play.

VRChat's gameplay is similar to that of games such as Second Life and Habbo Hotel. Players can create their own instanced worlds in which they can interact with each other through virtual avatars. A software development kit released alongside the game gives players the ability to create or import character models from various franchises and adopt them as their personas.[1] Player models are capable of supporting "audio lip sync, eye tracking and blinking, and complete range of motion[2] It also includes several minigames in which players can "Capture the Flag, rob a bank in Steel 'n' Gold, and lob digital discs at each other in a match of Battle Discs."

Although the game was named "VRChat", it is not necessary to have VR equipment to play the game. The game also offers a desktop version for those who don't have VR headsets, but it has limitations such as the inability to freely move an avatar, as well as certain game maps making use of both hands, such as a shooting game where the player must use their other hand to reload a weapon while holding it with the primary hand. Desktop Mode users are restricted to a single hand for interacting.

VRChat is definitely one of the rising new social platform to discover in VR. It’s like building a community of people from different place and time in the virtual reality world. But now, technology makes it possible to connect people in different parts of the world with an objective of socializing, sharing an experience and having fun.