Ready to get even touchier with your VR Nanachi friends? Today, a lot of VRChat users got their first look at Avatar Dynamics. Avatar Dynamics adds an insane amount of interactivity between users. Starting early 2022, users that opt-in to a beta test will be able to squish, squeeze, pet, and slap their friends in real time, with visible results.

Additionally, the upcoming update will introduce PhysBones, VRChat's own replacement for Dynamic Bones. Not only will this avatar dynamics system save new avatar creators $10, but it will create a 10-20x performance boost even when you're using the max amount of PhysBones possible. It even works on Oculus Quest! What does this mean for you? Softer, better real-time physics, flowy-er tails, smoother animations on floppy ears and hair, and even opportunities to make those tiny tufts of fluff on the elbows move without causing lag. In the past, touching one's own hair and ears was possible through colliders, but it was extremely unoptimized.

Obviously, a lot of people's first impression of Avatar Dynamics is that it's going to be used for ERP⁠—and it definitely is. But Avatar Dynamics has the potential to be so much more than just a sex toy or a novelty gimmick! This could totally change the experience that wholesome players have interacting with each other, particularly in settings like cuddling or VRC sleepovers. Nanachi users in particular are known to value wholesome social experiences, so I wanted to start brainstorming some potential uses for this upcoming feature:

Touchable ears: The most obvious use case, along with ruffling hair. If you're the kind of person who likes to sit in someone's lap and look in the mirror, this is a dream come true (especially if you have phantom sense).
Headpats: We can already do this, but imagine being able to headpat someone and getting soft audio feedback; or even better, audio AND controller feedback.
Tail cuddling: This could be super cute. Imagine having a friend wrapped up in a tail and falling asleep like that!
Nose booping with sound: This idea is shown in the Avatar Dynamics intro video, but I wanted to add onto it by suggesting a squeaking sound or other cute noise.
Using ears to cover eyes: The wearer or the player could do this; you could have your friends play peek-a-boo with your long ears
Squishable cheeks: no further explanation necessary
Blushing when someone gets close: This could be a cute proximity effect, controlled by interactions settings, where the closer you are the more the opacity of a blush effect rises.
"Rubbing fluff" sounds: Relevant to the other ASMR stuff like touchable ears. I think audio and physical feedback is a great way to get more tactile avatar interaction experiences, and is something we should be taking full advantage of.
Hugging that creates heart particles: This could work if the trigger was placed in the chest, or in some way that it's harder to trigger accidentally. Yes, this is something that could just be achieved with a gesture, but what if the heart particles could be 'popped' like bubbles?

I hope I was able to give you some ideas of what might be possible for your Nanachi avatar creation in the upcoming months. But without a month set for release yet, we might still be waiting three or four months for the open beta release of Avatar Dynamics and PhysBones. So, what can you do while you wait? I'd suggest learning rigging for Blender, if you don't have a good grasp of it yet. Rigging is going to be a core skill needed to use this feature effectively; and yes, that means finally learning how to weight paint. Royal Skies has an excellent beginner tutorial on weight painting.

Still itching for more ideas to upgrade your Nanachi in Unity? I have a free set of prones in the below link, and they're all made from actual poses in Made in Abyss.

How do you plan on using Avatar Dynamics in Avatars 3.0?

Link to my Nanachi prone animations

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