iOS Closed Beta

Directions Open App Store Connect Select VRChat for iOS Navigate to the TestFlight tab For each group selected in the sidebar, under Test iPhone and iPad apps on Macs with Apple silicon click Enable Per instructions here: https://developer.apple.com/help/app-store-connect/test-a-beta-version/test-iphone-and-ipad-apps-on-macs-with-apple-silicon Motivation Apple Silicon Macs can run unmodified iOS and iPadOS software without needing build support, Catalyst, or a separate Mac build. By allowing Apple Silicon Macs to test VRChat for iOS, this would allow a Desktop Mode experience for Mac users in which they can provide valuable feedback in regards to core features and stability, whilst having additional RAM at their disposal which will negate resource issues. Additionally, iOS world and avatar creators who also develop on Mac within this beta would have the ability to near-instantly test their content, without having to switch devices, giving creators a better testing environment, and improving the pace of iteration. This would be a net-positive for creators on Mac.

There has been so much begging and off the topic chat on the #ios-closed-beta discussion channel on Discord and I am pretty sure others feel this way. I move that the channel will be set read-only to non-testers and only those who are in beta can actually discuss there.

Avatars have same limitation between iOS and Android, so they would have same data in most cases. But currently we need to upload twice. Avatars have hard limitation unlike worlds (especially, shaders are very limited), so it would be easier and more accurate than world conversion. Cases: The avatar has iOS build -> Use it. The avatar has Android build, but no iOS build -> Convert it at runtime. The avatar has no mobile builds -> Use imposter or fallback.

The "Profile" button text wraps and the icons are in a weird position. This only happens in Japanese. (プロフィー　ル) Problem location: Launcher iPhone 15 Pro iOS 18.2 (22C5131e) 2024.4.1 Build 360

It seems like when joining iOS-built worlds (Worlds that are PC-Android-iOS compatible instead of just PC-Android worlds) with audiolink in them, it visually appears that the screen gets stuck on "joining". After disabling audiolink, the world does load successfully on iOS. (The world loads fine with audiolink on on PC and Android standalone with no issues). To make sure it wasn't just my world, I entered another world that had an iOS build and audiolink in the world. (The same result of getting stuck on the "joining" screen occurs) However, from extensive testing, if someone else is also in that instance of that world and someone on iOS joins [Me in this example]. IOS successfully does join (and can even move around, etc if they press on the controls [even if they're not visually shown on screen]) according to the other user in the instance on quest standalone. On iOS, I only see "joining" on screen. [This led to me thinking that maybe after joining, the screen stopped rendering or something maybe {if curious, rotating the screen on iOS results in a black screen. If using mental memory to exit out of VRChat on iOS when stuck on "joining" after pressing on the correct invisible buttons, it's possible to exit out of VRchat and back into the app. But trying to enter VRChat again results in a black screen until the I restart the entire app after visiting that world.] I'm not sure if it's an audiolink issue or an issue on my side but testing the same world (with the same features with audiolink on) on PCVR and Quest Standalone does not result in this issue occurring on either platform. Device in use for iOS: iPhone 12 Pro Android testing: Quest 3 PCVR: Gaming laptop and Gaming Desktop PC

Please add the ability to see where your friends are and the ability to join them. The UI in-game is really small on the iPhone and challenging to read. Having it in the phone app interface would be much easier for people to use.

So I was wondering here if the closed beta testers would get something in return of their time to test and report the bugs. And it came to me... a badge. I've seen some folks with the "Early supporter" badge so I was thinking something like that but for those who helped to test and report bugs during iOS Closed beta. But hey.... it's just a stupid shower idea... but if the team wants to roll with it, go for it.

13" M2 iPad Air 2024, iPadOS 18.1 Currently the Apple Pencil (or, in my particular case, the Apple Pencil Pro) is barely recognized within VRChat. The Apple Pencil is detected as a touch pointer, however you cannot tap to interact with any UI elements, nor can it be used to manipulate the camera. EDIT: Through additional testing, I have confirmed the Apple Pencil can currently manipulate the camera, but only when using touch controls. Should the Magic Keyboard be used, VRChat will turn off touch controls, thereby the Apple Pencil by extension, until you tap the screen with your finger. In this case, I think the Apple Pencil should re-enable touch controls. The mobile menus before launching VRChat itself works fine with Apple Pencil. Thanks!

Default home world appears to play the campfire sound loud in the entire world, as if it's not playing on spatialized audio at all, no matter how far my avatar is from the campfire, maybe the spatial audio script is broken? I took a recording of this audio bug: https://mega.nz/file/zUEilJDT#jkwAKiANKqjZlO_cpDiCJNfHenaOXMF9MrCvsKDLdfo

I was never given permissions to directly communicate to any team dealing with the IOS compatibility. This is a sad start to the development of anything on ARM architecture and on IOS.