This. Vrchat is nearly unusable without a Link. Not only are you able to explore graphic intensive worlds and see graphic intensive avatars, you don’t have to deal with the onslaught of 7 year old kids. (tbh my biggest gripe with vrchat is that there isn’t a way to have 18+ worlds like Horizon)
I had a stint where I played VRChat every day for 6+ hours during peak covid. I never had a problem finding groups that self-selected for adults. Sure, you would have annoying little kids but if you were just in your corner doing your thing, they would quickly get bored.
This sounds horrible. I don't like children being around in my space, and I really really really don't like unsupervised children being in my space. The quickest way to get me to leave a room is to let a child run around screaming in it, which I understand is about 70% of VRchat.
VRChat has a concept of “friends plus” worlds. You can make a world where the only people who are allowed to enter are your friends or the friends of anyone who joins.
The good version of VRChat socialization is looking at your friends list and seeing who’s online and joining off them. You’ll meet your transitive friends of friends and expand your social circle over time. As long as you don’t befriend children or assholes you should have a pretty good time.
The hard part is how do you get the first VRChat friends. Probably you need someone who already knows you to be the first node in your social network.
If you think 70% of VRchat is screaming kids, it doesn't surprise me that your take is so negative. I was friends with a few teenagers, and didn't have much problem with them.
If you ever desire a more private space, it’s just two taps away. One other thing I should mention is that you can very easily block someone black mirror style, they just disappear, and the problem goes away.
