VRChat Community Labs

By default, your VRChat worlds are private and can only be accessed by yourself and users with a link to your world. You can make your world Public by publishing it to Community Labs! Anyone can submit worlds to Community Labs (once your account has reached the appropriate Trust Rank). Users can explore community labs to find your world. However, your world won't be visible on VRChat's "Worlds" page yet. Once your world has spent enough time in Community Labs and VRChat's systems think your world is a good candidate, your world is automatically made public!

Exploring Community Labs

You can find Community Labs in your Worlds tab. There's a row dedicated to Community Labs. You can select it to see the entire Labs row. ("Show Community Labs" must first be enabled in the "Comfort and Safety" settings in order to see this tab.)

You'll know when you're entering a Community Labs world. Portals to Community Labs worlds will have a special icon and a ring around them. In addition, you'll receive a warning while loading a Labs world. This warning lets you know that the world they're entering is in Community Labs and has not been curated. If you accept this warning, you'll continue on with loading the world.

If you find a Community Labs world that violates our Terms of Service or Community Guidelines, the Quick Menu has a fast shortcut to the Report menu. Click "Report this world" in worlds you find unsuitable for the Labs:

Additionally, if a world is so disruptive that it requires that you leave immediately, you can find the world in your "Recent Worlds" row and report it.

Publishing to Community Labs

When you upload a private world by clicking "Build and Upload" in the SDK's "Online Publishing" section, a new section called "World Visibility" appears. Click "Publish to Community Labs" once your world is ready to be seen by any VRChat user.

You can also publish your world using the "My Worlds" section on the VRChat website. Select your private world and click "Publish to Community Labs" once you're ready.

By submitting your world to Community Labs, it stops being private. Users can explore community labs, search for your world, and favorite it.

You are permitted to publish one world to the Labs per week, and you must have a Trust Rank of at least "User" to submit a world to Labs. You can update your world whenever you like, even more than once, regardless of whether it's private, in Community Labs, or Public.

If your world does well in Labs and generally has a lot of good signs that your world is being enjoyed, your world is be made Public automatically! This process is totally automatic. The factors involved are best described as "How much do users seem to be enjoying your world?" If we determine that people seem to be enjoying the world and don't have any major issues with it, you'll get made Public.

If your world doesn't get a lot of attention, your world may sit in Community Labs for quite some time. Worlds that are reported for legitimate reasons will be removed from Community Labs, and moderation action may be taken against the author in severe cases. As an aside, just like our current report system, we have safeguards in place to prevent "review bombing".

FAQ

Q: I have a Private world. How do I put it into Community Labs?
A: Just press the "Publish to Community Labs" button in the SDK, or press the "Publish" button on your World page on the VRChat Home Website. You can only Publish a world once per week.

Q: How long does it take for me to get to Public status?
A: There's no set "time". Your world going Public out of Community Labs is based off many factors. The factors involved are best described as "How much do users seem to be enjoying your world?"

Q: What Trust Rank do I need to upload content to Community Labs?
A: You must be at least User Trust Rank to upload content to Community Labs. This may change depending on our feedback during the implementation of Community Labs.

Q: I can only Publish once per week? How can I be expected to iterate or update with a limit that strict?
A: The limit applies only when Publishing brand new worlds. You can update your existing world, no matter what state it is in (Private, Community Labs, Public), whenever you like. Your world will remain at whatever status it is in.

Q: I have a world that's currently Public. Do I need to worry about anything?
A: Nope! Nothing's changed for you. You've been "grandfathered" in, and are considered to be past the Community Labs process. As an added bonus, you can now update your world at any time without having to wait for re-approval.

Q: If I update my Public world, do I lose anything? Do I lose my world stats?
A: Nope! The stats on your world will be preserved.

Q: I have a world that I want categorized as an Avatar/Game/etc World. How do I do that?
A: If you want your world to be categorized as an Avatar World or Game World, just add the appropriate tag from the VRChat website or by pressing the add tags button in the SDK. However don't miscategorise your world or abuse tags to promote your world Utilizing "SEO-like" techniques is not permitted VRChat reserves the right to action users who abuse our systems to unfairly or misleadingly promote their own content.

Q: How often can I publish a new world to Community Labs?
A: Once a week (7 days). This may change depending on our feedback during the implementation of Community Labs.

Q: How often can I update a world I already have that's in Community Labs/Public?
A: Whenever you want!

Q: How does this affect Private worlds-- as in, a world I don't put into Community Labs?
A: It doesn't.

Q: Is it possible for a world to never leave Community Labs?
A: Not really. It might take a very long time for a world to get out of Labs (if it isn't popular at all), but given endless time, a world will eventually get out of Labs.

Q: Can I choose to stay in Community Labs forever?
A: Nope! You'll eventually move into Public, but depending on how popular your world is, it might take a while.

Q: Are the rules for content in Community Labs any different from the rest of VRChat?
A: No. Content you upload to VRChat's Community Labs must still adhere to the Community Guidelinesthe VRChat Terms of Service and Creator Guidelines. Violations of these terms may result in the revocation of your ability to submit worlds into Labs.

Q: How does a world fail out of Community Labs?
A: If a world is reported, it will be investigated. If a world breaks the Terms of Service, is malicious, or some other report is sent that is valid, it will be removed from Labs. The same goes for Public worlds.

Q: What can I do if my world fails out of Community Labs?
A: If you correct the issue-- say, bad performance-- you can re-submit your world to the Labs. If your world had some more serious issues like Terms of Service violations, you may find yourself restricted from submitting worlds to Labs.

Q: How does VRChat prevent "report bombs" or falsified reports?
A: We use the same methods used in avoiding false/inaccurate reports on users/worlds now to detect invalid reports. This is a tested system that has served us quite well, and will prevent malicious users from abusing the report system.

Q: I have a Public/Community Labs world I'd like to take down back to Private.
A: Go to the VRChat Home website, and click the Unpublish button. When you choose to re-publish your world, users will still have your world in their Favorites, and you'll retain some of your previous world stats. users will not be able to see the name or picture of your world in their list instead they will see "world currently set to private".