We fell in love in a VR chatroom

By Baz Macdonald

“The beautiful thing is you don't know who you're talking to in VRChat. It doesn't matter where you're from, it doesn't matter what your status is - as far as where you work, or what you look like - everybody's equal here.”

Sarah lives in New Zealand and met Chris from New York City in VRChat - the world’s largest virtual reality chat room.

There, they fell in love and got engaged without ever meeting in person.

While the couple found love in VRChat, they do encourage people to be vigilant about who they're talking to. 

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