PatchWorld News and Stories

News, creator stories, research, product updates, and community articles about PatchWorld, PatchXR, social VR creation, XR music, and interactive worldbuilding.

Say Hello to PatchWorld Agent

PatchWorld's AI agent builds, debugs, and co-creates instruments, worlds, and audiovisual systems with you, in VR or on desktop. Use our agent, connect your own model, and start building without a headset.

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PatchXR Wins Best Performance Award at IEEE 2025

PatchXR Wins Best Performance Award at IEEE 2025

PatchXR received the Best Performance Award at the IEEE International Symposium on the Internet of Sounds 2025 for Hybrid Realities in Concert: Bridging Physical and Virtual Instruments.

PatchWorld Halloween Festival: Monsters, Magic & Mayhem in VR!

PatchWorld Halloween Festival: Monsters, Magic & Mayhem in VR!

Halloween in PatchWorld isn’t just a day — it’s a dimension. For three days, our community of mad scientists, sonic witches, and musical skeletons filled the virtual skies with laughter, chaos, and sound. From building digital monsters to jamming in haunted worlds, the PatchWorld Halloween Festival was the perfect mix of creativity, weirdness, and pure fun.

When Real Instruments Meet Virtual Worlds at GIFF 2025

When Real Instruments Meet Virtual Worlds at GIFF 2025

For its 31st edition, the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) joins forces with Ensemble Contrechamps to present LOCUS SOLUS — a series of immersive concerts that fuse live performance, spatial sound, and virtual worlds. Between acoustic textures and extended reality, the project redefines how we experience music.

Co-Designing the Ultimate VR Jam Room

Co-Designing the Ultimate VR Jam Room

Discover how PatchWorld’s community co-designed the ultimate VR jam room — Shroom Hill — where musicians of all levels can connect, and play together.

Co-Designing the Beat of the Musical Metaverse

Co-Designing the Beat of the Musical Metaverse

As part of the MUSMET project, we co-designed a VR beat-maker with our community. The Universal Rhythm Box is the result—expressive, intuitive, and ready for the future.