Adam Rajnoha

In my experience, it is great to try to bridge the virtual realms and connect in the real world. This gives your newly formed friendship and connections even bigger meaning in both worlds.

In my experience, "the communication" in VR is still not there. One of the key things is missing eye contact which Homo sapiens seek so intensely. There is a big step ahead on the horizon, that could have been spotted in the latest interview between Lex Fridman and Mark Zuckerberg. Hyperrealistic avatars will open a new way of how we will proceed the communication. Till then, please while being in the VR spaces to your best to be "in" the communication with a clear focus on those whom you are interacting with (you might benefit more and dramatically affect the quality of communication by doing so).

I believe this goes without saying that to build a better virtual world we should do our best to behave respectfully towards the others. Nevertheless, despite this common knowledge and rules given by each metaverse, users tend to test the limits of what is possible in these new virtual realms. I'm not a big fan of regulations but I believe that we will see more of those coming into this space. Till then try to be in the metaverses that align with your preferences and offer tools to feel safe.

From my personal experience, the easiest and best way to get your personalized avatar that works with most metaverses is simply to go directly to Ready Player Me and create one within minutes (there are other alternatives) but as far I know this is the best way to create an avatar that works anywhere. For more special/professional use cases you can seek support with scanning and creation of more realistic avatars such as metahuman.

In my experience, the "blind networking" is quite hard in VR. Despite the article indicating, there is a very limited possibility to meet say VR developers in VRchat. Nevertheless, you can find certain groups of interest if you try. For example, you can find people interested in VR building in dedicated VRchat spaces or alternative metaverses such as Somnium Space or Decentraland. If you are looking for certain connections you can achieve that by your activity like building or engaging in certain VR events and activities. For professionals and companies, it certainly makes sense to build their own environments either within of the existing platform such as Spatial or within their own custom-build metaverse.

In our experience, we always advise our clients to start with a smaller product Demo, MVP as it's nearly impossible to build an amazing product in VR without users' feedback. This field is still very young and we are all still learning what great UX and experience mean in this 360 virtual worlds without laws of physics. So be bold and don't be afraid to experiment but always try to start with small and listen to the feedback.