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Hello. I’m Hiro from Full Body Tracking Lab.
Today I’m thoroughly answering a question I get a lot: “What do you actually do in VR?”
In the second half, I’ll also cover “offline meetups” — meeting VR friends in real life — plus recommended gathering spots by region.
7 Ways to Spend Time in VR
VR is often thought of as “a place to game,” but non-gaming activities are actually far more common. By my estimate, 80% of VR time isn’t gaming.
1. Chatting (This Is 90% of It)
Blunt as it sounds, most of what happens in VR is chatting. Casual talk in bar-like worlds, life advice around a campfire, discussing anime on a couch.
What’s great is that talking through avatars removes real-world age, gender, and titles from the equation. So people tend to be surprisingly genuine.
2. World Hopping
There are tens of thousands of user-created “worlds.” Ghibli recreations, space stations, deep seas, Kyoto alleyways, abstract art representing someone’s mind.
Exploring with friends feels like traveling. “Where next?” “Wow, this place is amazing!”
3. Avatar Customization
Changing hair colors, swapping outfits, adding accessories. Once you start, it’s a rabbit hole.
“This skirt and these shoes don’t match in color…” and three hours vanish. Full-scale Unity-based modifications become half-day projects. But the moment a friend says “your avatar is so cute!” makes it all worth it.
4. Event Attendance
Music lives, movie screenings, comedy shows, tech study groups, language exchanges, morning exercises, Werewolf game tournaments — events happen daily.
Most events are free. Zero admission to nightly events everywhere.
5. Photo Taking
VR has camera functions and a culture of taking photos between avatars. Beautiful world backgrounds, group shots — these get posted on social media, creating new connections.
6. Watching Together
Giant screens in certain worlds let you watch YouTube and anime together. Having a friend beside you, laughing at the same scenes — it’s like a movie theater, but you can be in pajamas.
7. Just Sleeping
Sounds unbelievable, but people sleep with headsets on. “Sleep falling” — staying on voice chat in a cozy world and drifting off.
For people living alone, just hearing someone else’s breathing is comforting. My neck does hurt afterward.
VR Meetup Guide
People you’ve spent hundreds of hours with in VR are genuinely friends. At some point you think “I’d like to meet this person in real life.”
That’s how VR meetups start.
Safety Notes
Always meet in groups of 3+ first time. Public places only. No need to share real names or addresses beforehand — VR handles work fine.
And “I don’t want to meet” is totally valid. VR is VR, real life is real life. Respecting that boundary is VR community etiquette.
After Many Meetups
I’ve done dozens of meetups with people I met in VR.
I was scared at first. Meeting internet strangers in person — isn’t that dangerous?
But when you meet, you realize “oh, this is how they smile.” You already know their voice, speech patterns, and interests. Only their facial expressions are new.
That’s incredibly refreshing and genuinely joyful.
VR encounters might be “virtual.” But the emotions born there are “real.”
Meetups are the act of giving a body to those emotions.
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