CyanEmu vs rvc

CyanEmu

CyanEmu is a VRChat client emulator in Unity. Includes a player controller with interact system. Works with SDK2 and SDK3. (by CyanLaser)

Vrchat Unity

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rvc

A 32-bit RISC-V emulator in a shader (and C) (by PiMaker)

Vrchat risc-v Unity Shader Hlsl

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CyanEmu		rvc
	Project
1	Mentions	20
352	Stars	697
-	Growth	-
1.8	Activity	0.0
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C#	Language	Makefile
MIT License	License	MIT License

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

CyanEmu

Posts with mentions or reviews of CyanEmu. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-04.

Existing Unity prefabs in VRChat?
5 projects | /r/VRchat | 4 Feb 2021

Also usefull: https://github.com/CyanLaser/CyanEmu/

rvc

Posts with mentions or reviews of rvc. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-07.

HVM updates: simplifications, finally runs on GPUs, 80x speedup on RTX 4090
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Oct 2023

Someone did run Linux in a pixel shader on VRChat.
https://blog.pimaker.at/texts/rvc1/
Linux in a Pixel Shader - A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat
1 project | /r/ThePrimeagenReact | 25 May 2023
Linux in a Pixel Shader
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Dec 2022
Linux in a Pixel Shader – A RISC-V Emulator for VRChat
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2022

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Nov 2022
Linux in a Pixel Shader (2021)
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2022
Ask HN: What weird technical scene are you fond/part of?
25 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Nov 2022

List of scenes that I am particularly fond of:
- Minecrat computer engineering: Culminated with this playable 3d simplified minecraft clone (CPU+GPU) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BP7DhHTU-I
- Shader computing scene: More of a subculture of an already marvelous subculture, people are finding weird ways to compute with shader
https://blog.pimaker.at/texts/rvc1/ Risc V emulator in a shader
Treating a VM as application for gpu acceleration?
1 project | /r/VFIO | 5 Nov 2022

There is a concept project you can find called rvc that might help you understand your goals
MIMD Interpretation on a GPU [pdf]
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Oct 2022

https://blog.pimaker.at/texts/rvc1/
No one seems to have taken up this line of research, most likely because it was too outside the norm, yet the results are amazing.
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/MIMD-Interpretation-on...
Is it possible to make a world where one can use a full web:browser?
1 project | /r/VRchat | 25 Aug 2022

If PiMaker was able to produce a fully working Linux kernel, I think a webpage would be possible.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CyanEmu and rvc you can also consider the following projects:

UdonSharp - An experimental compiler for compiling C# to Udon assembly

VRCX - Friendship management tool for VRChat

VRWorldToolkit - Unity Editor extension for making VRChat worlds

UnityURPToonLitShaderExample - A very simple toon lit shader example, for you to learn writing custom lit shader in Unity URP

vrc_starterkit

risc-v-examples - RISC-V examples for GD32V, K210, and QEMU

USharpVideo - A basic video player made for VRChat using Udon and UdonSharp

gary-os - GaryOS is an entire GNU/Linux system in a single bootable file

VRCQuestTools - Unity editor extension to support uploading VRChat avatars for Oculus Quest

3d-game-shaders-for-beginners - 🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

PumkinsAvatarTools - A toolbox for easily setting up VRChat avatars in Unity. Adds functionality to the editor and automates some of the tedious tasks.

awesome-vrchat - One-stop shop for people interested in developing content for VRchat