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she/her - Total Mess | World Creator | Founder of simplicity & Digital Remnants

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Fun: Updating to Mac OS 27 seems to remove Rosetta. Not a big deal really ... if only it wouldn't cause Unity to fail without an error while starting up because its Package Manager is still running an Intel version.

I don’t know when it happened but VRC has lost it’s magic for me. Used to be the place where I could be myself and met many people I really cared about. But as people moved on it’s just turned into a cycle of getting hurt or sometimes abused the minute I let down my guard… idk if I’m alone with that

Tonight … damn my back hurts already

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I'm old ... come make me feel better about it (it's the 14th but we're starting a little early)

I'm old ... come make me feel better about it (it's the 14th but we're starting a little early)

Theoretically speaking if I was considering to host my birthday party on the 13th of June starting at like 10 PM central european, would there be anyone interested in playing? Theoretically speaking obviously ...

Finally got myself a 6DOF mouse to make world work a bit easier ... just one issue: For some reason @vrchat.com always sees a scroll-up input in the UI even when the mouse is off and disabled for VRC in software. It's the only application that does this and I'm confused as hell.

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#MikuExperienceVR is looking to expand! Roles: DMX artists (light shows) 2D artists (promo) 3D artists (props) Environment Artists (Unity, not VRC) If you're interested join the #Miku Experience Discord discord.gg/6zwUspdn Due to to the non-commercial nature we can't pay

I'd say I'm disappointed but tbh this is practically what I expected (and been saying for months). A Quest competitor rather than something for die hard VR users. Will absolutely get myself a new Steam Controller though. Loved the old one but the lack of sticks made it annoying as a daily driver.

Valve@valvesoftware.com

Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026: Steam Controller Steam Machine Steam Frame.  Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware

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BLUESKY GIVEAWAY: - 1 Bigscreen Beyond 2e: @vrchat.com Edition (no 10 years of VRC+, sorry). As long as Bigscreen can ship to you, you're eligible. RULES: - must be following me on Bluesky - must RT this post you must be comfortable with me ordering it for you!

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I'm still thinking about my friend ObseqV4. He passed away a year ago today. He's made such an impact on my life and rekindled my love for music. I'm so glad to have met him. Love you buddy and I miss you. ObseqV4ever ❤️🔋

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I've had actual arguments with people about "Separating art from the artist." There's no separating this. Like Idk what to tell you, but trans people should be more important to you than like dobby the elf or whatever

The Advocate@advocate.com

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.” 🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

Well got disconnected for "VRC is not responding" 4 times over the course of 30 minutes. Big fan of how stable everything is. At this points is either disconnects or 1 FPS IK.

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Not even a hot take. If I watch you call trans fems bro. Then say some shit like “I call all my women friends bro” A: idc fuck you B: if I watch you not call your cis fem friends bro I’m throat punching you

GetEmWetShaggi (Switch to Linux)@getemwetshaggi.bsky.social

Trans hottake, I don't like being called bruh or bro. Even if it something you cant get out of your vocab dont use it towards me. My one hot take of the month.

Well my air fryer just yeeted itself into the after life. Well ... I guess my new unique quirk is wanting an air fryer but not buying one 😭

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“Just calm down and let people enjoy chatgpt.” Sorry, no. I find it creepy that folks are treating a machine that mimics human speech as their friend / therapist. It is feeding you lies. It is destroying your thinking abilities. Shut it off. Talk to other humans. Go outside.

Discord's UI department clearly had fun drinking and rolling dice for the various sizes for their new design. Nothing aligns, nothing is the same size and everything is spaced different. Fun.

Soo it's been over two months since I stopped drinking ... and I've been out of the party scene for about the same amount of time. I really don't know whether it's just me but I've really not been feeling welcome since. Every time I attempt to get back into it, I just feel like an outsider.

Not sure whether that's just me since I'm obviously different when I'm not drinking ... but it's been bothering me quite a bit lately. Anyway ... /vent

Seems like even duckduckgo has fallen to the AI slob now. If I search for "<technology> <thing I want to do>" it either ignores the tech I want to use (often returning a competing solution) or the thing I want to do ... neither of those result sets is useful. GG

I just released my first hangout focused world since 2023 to my Patreon folks! It's called serenity: Wireframe and will be available to everyone soonish. Here's a little preview! WorldId is available over at www.patreon.com/posts/world-... #VRChat #VRChatWorld #VRChat_world紹介 #MadeWithVRChat

It's still a little bit more raw than usual but I just couldn't keep those 3 MB worth of custom shader magic to myself. I'll be making some larger adjustments over the coming few weeks.

Nice to randomly see my worlds pop up in my social tab more often recently ... even though every time I join these lobbies I feel like they're not good enough and I need to put in way more effort ...

Well ... Every single fan on my ASRock Threadripper board has gone bad. The first one died a month or two in. The second just perished 3 years later. Not sure about that build quality ...

Bit of a bummer that the #VRChat yt-dlp seems to always be just behind enough for me to have like a 25% chance of being able to watch a video. Haven't been able to exist in a lobby without going "I can't see that" since around Christmas.

simply: Lounge will also get a small update today to improve the photosensitive UI a little bit (basically include all the changes I've made in Factory).

Smol update to simply: Factory which introduces a new experimental motion reduced mode, photosensitive + admin + user toggles. Motion reduced is something I meant to write ages ago. Give it a go with your videos! vrchat.com/home/world/w... #VRChat #VRChatWorld #VRChat_world紹介 #MadeWithVRChat

Idea with this motion reduced setup is to prevent the screens from flashing rapidly by interpolating between frames. Great for dark venues that have their screens tightly integrated. It's designed for TXL Video. I'll likely release it as part of the VRCTools distribution once it's more mature!

When enabled, it'll disable all screens, flashy things, AreaLit and AudioLink automatically. It obviously won't fix people in flashy avatars being around but at the very least it'll make sure the venue won't burn your eyes out. You also get to re-enable anything you like later if you feel comfy!

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Tonight starting at 9pmET! See you all under the skies! It's gonna be a melty good time! 🫶🐰

Ru 🔜 MagFest-FC-FurDU@downtherabbithole.info

Kaleidosky has a special Lover's B2B w/ Silk & Steel feat Razr & REVERiE, along with new and returning faces Karina Maenashi, Tokage, Kima, Violet Thunder w/ VJ Depereo, Strawbs, Keebs, LoveleeMusic, & Saraphim Garsva! Come tumbling down the rabbit hole Saturday 9pmET Join: vrc.group/LOVE.5507

Soooo theoretically speaking ... if I was searching for someone to draw some cute chibi versions of my avatar in various poses, who would I talk to these days? 🤔

I swear my jetBrains IDEs have gotten way worse ever since they introduced AI support. It used to be that autocompletes + generated code respected your inspections (for instance always qualify with "this"). It no longer does this. One step forward, 200 back. And the suggestions still suck.

The only time it's been helpful is when I do super repetitive things (think 10 properties with similar naming and associated behavior) ... which typically doesn't happen unless I get to deal with Udon (which just happens to be primitive enough that you end up repeating yourself a lot more).

Another set of quick updates for simply: Lounge: Replaced all shaders with custom quest compatible implementations to get the experience way closer to the PC version. vrchat.com/home/world/w... #VRChat #VRChatWorld #VRChat_world紹介 #MadeWithVRChat

Quick updates for simply: Lounge: - New "mood" setting (Dynamic avatar lights) - New toggle for avatar performance rank gate - Fixed dynamic permission system - Reintroduced window lights - Fixed near clip distance vrchat.com/home/world/w... #VRChat #VRChatWorld #VRChat_world紹介 #MadeWithVRChat

I've also ended up implementing a prefab/package friendly variation of EasyQuestSwitch in the process of making my newest world. If I can figure out the editor scripting to make it a little less jarring to work with, I might end up releasing it. God I hate editor scripting tho.

Something something making complex lists work correctly is an absolute pain due to the lack of layout support. Here's a layout utility. But we won't let you use it in all contexts because screw you!

I also didn't forget to include the neon lamp effects ... even though I'm tempted to include a small smoothing function for these.

Nearly ready for prime time ... Thinking about adding an optional secondary floor for less flashy events though ....