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evalka

@evalka.bsky.social

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VRChat creator, creating optimized worlds without sacrificing the experiences within I VJ/DJ, often in my own worlds! any/all (mirror preferred) homepage: https://evalka.carrd.co VRChat group: EVALKA.5776

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 8d

Another essay, this time on what I've learnt from making many worlds for VRChat: their designs impact people's behavior in ways far stronger than I ever expected.

VR is an escape to a better world, here's how world design could help keep it better!

evalkafox.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/c...

Creating for the Human: How World Design Sparks Meaningful Connections in Virtual Reality

Despite a toxic exterior, social spaces in virtual reality are capable of many beautiful things. Through creating worlds for VRChat, I learnt that the design of these spaces has a far stronger impa…

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 16h

i still only have 4gb of vram...

evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 16h

I think I still might!

I have a more unique perspective on this: being on an extremely low-end machine has made me a victim in this scenario more than others, I'm completely excluded from spaces & interactions and told "just get a better pc lmao" by both strangers & companions, it's a lot.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 17h

I was going to write an essay on this too, this video talks through every reason I preach optimization from the rooftops and more I'd never considered in such an easily understandable way.

No matter what you do on VRChat, I'd take 10 minutes out of your day and watch this!

Brikaro @brikaro.bsky.social · 18h

Had this knocking around in my head for about 6 months and finally got around to writing it out and filming it. This is my first time making a video essay and I haven't written VO since college but I'm happy with how it came out. Let me know what you think!

Filmed in #vrchat
Edited with #blender3d

Optimization and Culture in VRChat

YouTube video by Brikaro

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 20h

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 21h

reminder that it's free and easy to just not be a cunt lol

evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 22h

Easy example is water in many worlds: if you see water that distorts the things underneath it, it's using a grab-pass to do that.

evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 22h

basically, sampling the rendered frame to add more effects on top, it's how the shaders that add blur, refraction, distortion etc onto what's behind them work, alongside screenspace effects & other stuff.

It comes with an exponential performance cost as it means re-rendering the same frame.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 22h

Hi, can everyone please use this!!!

I am tired of grab-pass overuse on avatars and worlds, my fps suffers far too much as a result. I often have to leave my friends and find somewhere else to be because their avatars and the world they're in were both made with no care for others.

MyroP @myrodev.bsky.social · 1d

I released on my GitHub a new shader : Frosted Glass.
The shader uses the scene's environment reflection (reflection probe) to fake transparency : The shader is actually fully opaque and doesn't use any grab pass.

You can download it here :
github.com/MyroG/MyroP-...
#VRChat

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Frostyx @frostyx.bsky.social · 1d

prime example of how to NOT give feedback to world creators. extremely disrespectful dude.

including the fact I told you where the 2D audio toggle was.

you make posts showcasing DJ's at a variety of clubs, and making this type of post because you dislike a feature of it is not cool.

Captain_Duck @captainduck.bsky.social · 1d

@bobbyjdnb.bsky.social playing at this place but they got the fucking positional 3D audio, so all the bass sounds flat as fuck. People do not use fucking 3D audio please its terrible.

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BabyJack @babyjack.bsky.social · 1d

This frustrates me

Shelter implements 3D audio really well but gets shot down regardless because its not 2D. Devs from several world projects are trying to implement good audio upmixer solutions and the results are fantastic. Overall dont tell people to not use 3d, let people learn and build

Captain_Duck @captainduck.bsky.social · 1d

Before this drunk idiot goes to bed:

DO NOT FUCKING USE 3D POSITIONAL AUDIO IN YOUR WORLD.

Sure its fancy that sound is coming from directions, but hey in the meanwhile you killed the bass. And thats just about the most important part of music.

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Foxe @vixenmedia.xyz · 23h

before you go on social media complaining about a world in vrchat, consider the fact that you probably don't a single thing about the amount of work and dedication it takes to build one.

its ungrateful people in this game that kill the drive to create new experiences in this game.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 23h

Nobody's stopping ya, go

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Minti @minti.zip · 1d

Thank you for chiming in with a level response. Mocking and snide comments do not help the community fix issues when we all want to just make good experiences. All world creators just want to make things people like and are always open to suggestions. I hope people just do better in the future.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

seriously, this is way too high definition for a menu icon, i spent longer on this than the actual thing it's representing

evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

better shown in unity:
- audiolink toggle
- extra-bouncy expressions
- custom menu icons i spent way too long on

also, the ear, eye and mouth animations are all handled separately so I can loop the ear animations, animate the eyes all fancy and then have the mouth simple so it can reset when I talk

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

finally time for something new

the old colour scheme i used for my vrchat avatars clashed unless done perfectly, i tried to make it work for too long

fuq that, water bunny!!

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

ima do some silly things i think

Nikky @nikky.moe · 1d

We are hosting our second all psychedelic music event next friday in Kaleidosky

A pretty stacked Lineup bringing you almost everything from psychill & trance to hightech and back down with chill afterhours

Date: 17th Oct. 2025
UTC: 23
EST: 06 PM
PST: 03 PM

vrc.group/VISUAL.9566
vrc.tl/event/17098

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

surprised to find no posts on the canny, made one
feedback.vrchat.com/steam-audio-...

evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

(3/3)
So, for now, while some worlds are totally just set up to sound rubbish, if you're on the beta it's worth being careful with criticizing creators & worlds for this, they may sound perfect on live.

Personally, I've had a few rude & mocking complaints about this in my worlds that really hurt.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

(2/3)
However, the steam audio beta often converts this audio into the audio you're talking about, fully 3d and without stereo. It will be fixed sometime but, for now, it's making a chunk of worlds sound terrible on the beta.

I tried to fix a world but fixing for the beta broke it on live instead!

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

Not at all what I said! Here:

Proper explanation (1/3)

Audio can be set up to have a distance fade but still be 2d and sound great, letting worlds fade out the music by distance without losing any quality; the audio still plays without any spatial source location, only volume changes.

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

people have been complaining a lot more about this recently because any 2d audio with falloff seems to become 3d on the steam audio beta

keep in mind that some worlds were made with 2d and have since been broken by that!

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evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

been really burnt out on larger projects, hopefully more worlds & other content from me sooner or later but no promises

trying my best here ❤️

evalka @evalka.bsky.social · 1d

top 10 bluesky posts that i actually came up with while sitting in her lap and scritching her ears going "puppy puppy puppy puppy..."

HotBloodedHeroine @hotbloodedheroine.petplay.fi · 1d

puppies, puppies, puppies, puppies
puppies, puppies, puppies, puppies
MUSHROOM MUSHROOM!!
puppies, puppies, puppies...

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Lau @fuskybutt.bsky.social · 2d

Still sucks to see familiar names on Waterwolf posters, y'all can do so much better.

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