VRChat OSC for Avatars — VRChat (original) (raw)

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I'm a Developer! How Do I Get Started with OSC in VRChat?

Awesome! We’re gonna need people like you. Get started by checking out the documentation. OSC is in Open Beta right now, so please give it a try!

If you’re used to our usual Open Betas, this one’s a bit different. If you’re primarily interested in the OSC components, you should participate on GitHub instead of the Canny. Here's some useful links to participate:

Discussions: https://github.com/vrchat-community/osc/discussions

Bugs & Feature Requests: https://github.com/vrchat-community/osc/issues

Milestones: https://github.com/vrchat-community/osc/milestones

If you make something cool, show it off on our Discord server and Ask Forums.

If you find any other bugs or issues along the way unrelated to OSC, use the good old Open Beta feedback board!

Are There Any Security Risks?

If you've been using the internet for a long time, you should be very much aware of the risks involved with running software that strangers have posted online. Never run an application that you don't fully trust. VRChat does not directly endorse the use of any specific OSC-related software – being careful with any downloaded files is your responsibility!

A good (but definitely not perfect) indication that a piece of software is safe is when the project is hosted on a public repository (on a service like GitHub) and you can view all the code yourself.

What Else is in This Update?

VRChat 2022.1.1 also brings stability fixes, a small network improvement for IK (no, this isn’t everything we’re working on with IK – more soon!), and a few Udon improvements. There’s more, so you should definitely check out the full notes.

Another notable addition is Tunneling, our implementation of comfort-based vignetting while moving. If you’re susceptible to motion sickness when using smooth locomotion, you might find this to be a better compromise than using Holoport.