Live now

Places you can still go

Social VR platforms that were running on 18 October 2026, with the headsets each one supports.
Hosted platforms

The big rooms

Live · Since 2014

VRChat

The largest user-built social VR platform. Players upload their own Unity avatars and worlds. Runs on PC VR, Quest, Pico, desktop, and on iOS and Android since October 2025. Concurrent users passed 150,000 in early 2026.

vrchat.com
Live · Early access since 2021

ChilloutVR

A PC VR and desktop platform with Unity avatars and worlds, positioned as a less restrictive alternative to VRChat. A June 2026 update added skeletal finger tracking and a third-person mode.

chilloutvr.net
Live · Early access since 2023

Resonite

From Yellow Dog Man Studios, most of the former NeosVR team. You build in-world with ProtoFlux visual scripting. Runs on PC VR and desktop, on Windows and Linux.

resonite.com
Live · Since 2016

Bigscreen

Shared virtual cinemas and desktop sharing on PC VR and Quest. The company also makes the Beyond PC VR headsets. The app turned ten in July 2026.

bigscreenvr.com
Live · Since 2018

Somnium Space

A persistent world on PC VR and desktop where land is sold as NFTs. A July 2026 update added private and paid instances and server-side scripting. Valve's ban on crypto games took it off Steam in 2021, and it plans to return.

somniumspace.com
Live · Since 2021

Gorilla Tag

A game more than a platform, but one of the busiest social spaces on Quest. You move by swinging your arms, with no controller locomotion. Quest and PC VR only.

gorillatagvr.com
Live · Early access since 2017

Sansar

Built by Linden Lab, the makers of Second Life, and sold in 2020. Still in early access on Windows PC VR and desktop. We found no independent news about it from 2025 or 2026.

sansar.com
From Japan

Events and VTubers

Live · Since 2017

cluster

Japan's largest metaverse platform by its own count, built around events and concerts. Runs on PC, PC VR, Quest and smartphones.

cluster.mu
Live · Since 2018

Virtual Cast

VR live streaming for VTubers, from a Dwango joint venture. Co-created the VRM avatar format that many other platforms now read. PC VR, plus a Quest version since 2020.

virtualcast.jp
Open source

Platforms anyone can run

These have no single owner who can switch them off. Their servers are on the servers page.

Live · MIT · Since 2024

Basis

An open-source social VR framework on Unity 6 for OpenXR, SteamVR and Quest, with an early WebGPU browser build that does not yet support voice or VR.

basisvr.org
Live · Apache 2.0

Overte

The community continuation of High Fidelity, by way of Vircadia. PC VR and desktop on Windows and Linux, with self-hosted domains and a public places directory.

overte.org
Live · MPL 2.0 · Browser

Hubs

Mozilla's browser-based social rooms, now kept alive by the Hubs Foundation after Mozilla stepped away in 2024. Works in any browser, including the Quest browser.

hubsfoundation.org
Live · GPL 3.0 · Browser

Hyperfy

A browser world engine with WebXR, for persistent worlds on your own domain. Runs on desktop, mobile and VR browsers.

hyperfy.io
Community · MIT

JanusXR

JanusVR turned web pages into rooms you could walk between. The company closed in 2019 and released its code. The community now maintains JanusWeb, which runs in the browser.

janusxr.org