Neomance is another great VRChat explorer. Like Bradlee, he explores the platforms' many worlds, takes breathtaking photos of his favorites, and posts them in a dazzling cascade on his Twitter.
Like many -- most? nearly all? -- of the active VRChat community, he discovered VRChat through "random YouTube videos, and I got on to socialize with random people".
Unlike most others, he's spent 2 years actively exploring the platform, deeply browsing the user-created worlds, and learning to photograph them like a pro. (That's even led to a few for-hire VRChat photography jobs.)
Here's five of the favorite recent worlds he's photographed -- tweets include creator credits and info for visiting them yourself:
- Abrepear
- suishogu (pictured at right)
- Ecology (pictured below)
- Forest Magic Shop
- Floating Delight (also pictured below)
If you've explored VRChat at all, you'll notice that many of the most popular and well-visited worlds aren't necessarily the most beautiful -- and vice versa. In fact, of the five worlds listed here, the most popular one might surprise you:
Above: Ecology
"Scenic worlds don't usually hold players for long after they've been released for a few days or so," as he tells me. "The only world on that list with active players currently is Floating Delight [below] as it's themed around rest and sleep as well as is Quest compatible."
That's the one below:
That fits with my own experience. There are many VRChat worlds where people log in to sleep in real life. I mean literally: In these quiet, peaceful worlds (often mentioning "Sleep" in the description), you'll hear them happily snoring on voice chat.
Neomance tells me he didn't start virtual photography with any real life training, and just taught himself through much trial and error. Which is also his advice for burgeoning VRChat photogs:
Peaceful Waterside Residence
— Neomance【VR Photographer】 (@Neomance) September 6, 2022
穏やかな水辺の住まい#VRChat #VRC #VRChat_world紹介 #VirtualPhotography #Neo写真
World : Floating Delight
Author : Silyataru pic.twitter.com/QUJHhqdR2y
"Enjoy the process of learning from zero; applies to everything in life really. It isn't fun if you magically become good at something right away."
All photos copyright Neomance
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