The best virtual reality online dating apps

Just 10 years ago the opportunity to meet and communicate with other people in the VR space seemed like something almost unreal. Yet today virtual reality is gradually becoming quite commonplace. VR helmets and glasses are no longer as expensive as they were several years ago, and there are more and more applications, games and web services that support VR and AR. And, of course, this technology is also widely used in web dating.

 

We’d like to discuss whether virtual reality can change our very approach to online dating, and what are its advantages and disadvantages? We’re sure that if you follow the web dating industry and the development of technology in general, you’ll probably be interested in learning something new.

 

 

Why hasn’t VR technology become popular and what are the alternatives?

Virtual reality is an interesting and extremely promising direction not only in the field of web dating, but also in terms of the development of the internet as a whole. However, today it is still far from reaching the peak of popularity, due to several reasons:

 

It's still expensive. A good set of VR equipment can cost over a thousand dollars. And the recently presented Apple Vision Pro will cost more than $3,500.

 

Low quality and realism of the image. Even top-end VR equipment is not capable of providing a photorealistic image, which is why the environment seems artificial and cartoonish.

 

Limited VR content and services. There really isn't much content today. And the number of sites offering immersion in virtual reality is very small.

 

Plus, do not forget that many people feel severe discomfort when using virtual reality headsets, including nausea, dizziness and even headaches. Especially in games. Therefore, there is a category of people for whom VR is not suitable at all. At least at the current stage of its development.

 

What should those who want to get acquainted online as well as in real life choose?

 

Perhaps the best advice in this case is to use video chat roulette. A site or application that connects random users via video. This format is as close to offline communication as possible, although it does not give you the full effect of presence. However, it is much better than just text chatting without any idea who the person is on the other side of the screen.

 

If you want to try it out, we recommend taking a closer look at the following video chat services:

 

ChatRoulette — the first chat roulette in history with video chat, operating since 2009. Before ChatRoulette, there was only Omegle, but at the time of launch, it did not have video chat, only text chat. And although ChatRoulette does not have extensive functionality, the service is still very popular.

 

CooMeet — a highly functional chatroulette that has one extremely important feature — an error-free gender filter. CooMeet connects men with only girls and thus saves a lot of time. Additional features: filter by language and age, a built-in message translator, convenient mobile apps, excellent moderation and a free trial period for all new members.

 

Chatspin — a minimalist chat roulette with a gender filter and AI masks, with which you can hide your face from other users and so protect your own confidentiality.

 

Mambo — a convenient video chat for smartphones that combines the functions of chat roulette and a more traditional dating app. You can like profiles, add them to your favorites, communicate with other members by text or video, search by interests, and so on.

 

Gaze — a pretty classic video chat roulette for communicating with random people. According to the developers, Gaze places special emphasis on the security and privacy of each user.

 

This is not the entire list of popular chat roulettes by any means. You’ll easily find many more alternatives, and among them there will definitely be ones that you like.So keep searching, use different sites and find those that best suit your requirements and wishes.

Okay, let’s return to our main topic!

 

VR dating apps you can use today

We suggest you consider several different dating services that are already letting you try virtual reality technology to meet and communicate with new people. There are more of them than many people think:

 

Nevemet — a VR dating app that allows you to create your personal avatar and choose topics of interest for communication. The application selects suitable candidates based on a compatibility algorithm and suggests different locations for dates, such as a cinema, park or restaurant. The graphics are good here, although there are not enough stars in the sky, but overall the application provides an interesting experience.

 

Flirtual — another app that works in a similar way. You create your own avatar, add short information about yourself, select a list of interests and meet the people (or rather, their avatars) the application recommends to you. After you meet a person, you can transfer your communication to other services — VRChat, Horizon Worlds, Zenith, etc.

 

Planet Theta — a promising online dating service in virtual space, which the developers promise to launch for free access in the winter of 2023-2024. The project looks really interesting and original. You can register on the site now to receive prompt notification of the launch.

 

Meta Horizon Worlds — a free online VR video game where players can visit different locations, interact with each other, chat and just have a good time. Again, the graphics here are very far from realistic, but in this case this is not necessary. You can get acquainted with user avatars, and then transfer communication to video chat so that you can see each other.

 

Rec Room — another online virtual reality game. Although it would be more accurate to say that this is a kind of hub for different games — first-person shooters, battle royale, cooperative action adventures, role-playing quests and sports games. In other words, you can just have fun playing the game and at the same time meet other players.

 

vTimes XR — a somewhat atypical dating app on which you can add other users to your friends list and place their avatars on a 3D map. This way, the person’s avatar will appear in front of you anywhere — in the park, in public transport, or even in the swimming pool. To see and interact with it, all you need is a smartphone with internet access. At the moment, the application is only available on iOS, but an Android version will likely be released in the future.

 

VRChat — one of the most popular VR dating services at the moment, in which you can not only interact with the avatars of other users, but also create entire virtual worlds, invite other participants to them and play by your own rules. In this regard, VRChat gives you enormous freedom of action.

Yes, modern VR technologies are not yet as developed as many would like. But progress does not stand still. We’re convinced that there’s not much time left before the advent of photorealistic virtual space. So let’s follow the updates and not miss the most interesting launches.

 

The era of VR has not yet arrived, but it’s on the way

Obviously this is true — VR is still not at the peak of popularity by any means. indeed you might even say that the technology is only at the initial stage of its development. So far it is too expensive for the average user. Plus dating in VR binds you to one place in order to connect equipment to a fairly fast Wi-Fi network. Therefore, there’s still no need to talk about the mass adoption of the technology.

 

However, it is already clear that in the future virtual and augmented reality will become an integral part of our lives. All we need is for the technology to become even more accessible and for more interesting services to appear that use it. And this is only a matter of time.