PatchWorld is a live creative sandbox for VR and desktop where you build by grabbing, connecting and patching things together. Connect sound, visuals, logic and physics to create instruments, machines, games, interactive worlds and performances, while everything keeps running.

Start by connecting a few blocks and make a sound. Keep going and it might become an instrument, a helicopter, a reactive light show, a game, or something nobody has thought of yet.

Create alone or with friends. Easy to start, deep enough to grow.

What Can You Build?

Start with music, worlds, visuals, games, devices or live experiences. Then patch them together into something entirely your own. In PatchWorld, sound, logic, physics, visuals and interaction can all become part of the same live system.

Music & instruments

Play ready-made instruments and jam spaces, build your own setup, or create instruments, sequencers, effects and interfaces from modular blocks for tracks, live sets and performances.

Worlds & interactive spaces

Build venues, galleries, classrooms, clubs, games and social spaces where people can meet, play, learn, perform and interact.

Reactive visuals & performances

Patch sound, gesture, motion and interaction into visuals, lighting, particles, cameras and live audiovisual systems that respond in real time.

Games, toys & strange machines

Combine logic, physics, movement and interaction to build games, vehicles, robots, rides, toys and strange machines that behave exactly how you patch them.

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How PatchWorld Works

PatchWorld modular music setup built with instruments, effects, sequencers, and visual blocks

Patch anything to anything. Live.

Connect sound, visuals, logic, physics, movement and interaction directly in 3D. Grab blocks, connect them, change them and see the results immediately while everything keeps running. There is no compiling and no switching between build and play modes.

PatchWorld modular building blocks creating a live physics system

230+ modular building blocks

Build with more than 230 blocks spanning sound, visuals, logic, physics, interfaces, movement, players and connected workflows. Start with something simple and combine blocks into increasingly complex systems.

People creating and performing together inside PatchWorld

Build and remix together

Create alone or work live with other people in the same world. Open existing devices and worlds to see how they work, remix them, collaborate on new ideas, or join jams, workshops and community sessions.

PatchWorld library of community-created devices and worlds

500+ devices. 3,000+ published worlds.

Explore an ever-growing ecosystem of instruments, tools, toys, machines, vehicles, visual systems and complete worlds created by PatchXR and the community. Browse them for free, see how they work and build on top of them, with no app or account needed.

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PatchWorld blocks connecting sound with visuals, physics and interaction

Sound at the core

PatchWorld is powered by PatchSound, PatchXR’s proprietary real-time spatial audio engine. Build instruments, synthesizers, sequencers and effects, or connect sound to movement, visuals, physics and world behaviour.

PatchWorld connected to a physical keyboard, MIDI controllers, and modular music devices

Connect beyond PatchWorld

Bring external tools into the same live system through bidirectional MIDI, OSC, Ableton Link and WebBridge. Connect software, hardware, custom web interfaces and other creative workflows to what is happening inside PatchWorld.

Importing custom assets into a PatchWorld environment

Bring your own world into it

Import sounds, images, 3D models and custom VRM avatars, then combine them with PatchWorld’s blocks and systems to make the environment your own.

PatchWorld running as a PC VR and desktop experience

PC VR + Desktop Companion

The full creative experience currently lives in PC VR. Desktop Mode is in beta and lets you join supported sessions, explore compatible worlds, observe, film, record and stream from your monitor. A fuller desktop creation experience is in development.



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PatchWorld is a studio with homemade instruments, a social meeting place, a world builder, and a discovery platform. All this in VR.

PatchWorld blends music, visual art, and interactive design where you can create, share, and remix with the community.

I came for the music, but stayed for the immersive visuals and creative possibilities. It pulls you in fast, then becomes impossible to put down once you realize how deep it goes.

PatchWorld made me buy a VR headset and quickly became my most-used app for building musical instruments. Space, movement, and even the world itself become part of the instrument.

PatchWorld enables a playful, collaborative approach to music-making beyond the limits of traditional instruments and classroom settings.

Musical worlds you can inhabit, interact with, and become part of. A completely psychedelic, immersive experience.

Say Hello to PatchWorld Agent

From the blog

Stories, tutorials, research, events, and behind-the-scenes updates from the PatchWorld ecosystem.

Say Hello to PatchWorld Agent

July 20, 2026

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Learn, ask questions, watch tutorials, join sessions, and stay close to what creators are building in PatchWorld.

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Get help, join live jams and workshops, meet other musicians and builders, and learn directly from the PatchXR team and community.

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