In my latest trip into VRChat, a little green robot, a giant banana and a frog – other players – are wandering about aimlessly.
In a miniature cyberpunk city, my eyes are assaulted by clashing neon and giant billboards advertising different spaces and communities, mostly adorned with smiling anime girls. This is not an aesthetically rich experience.
Portals lead to different chatrooms – a club, a beach, apartments, galleries – all of which look like they’re straight out of a video game from 2009.