VR169 VL2 — Manual
For ver. 1.2.1Last updated: 2 September 2026
This is the manual for the previous version (ver. 1.2.1). The latest manual is here.
VR169 — a custom camera gimmick for VirtualLens2 (3D Model)
Overview
"VR169" is an extension system that lifts the shooting experience of "VirtualLens2", the advanced camera asset for VRChat, into something more direct and more native to VR.
With this product installed, you no longer have to keep part of your attention on the ExMenu. You operate switches and levers built into the camera body in virtual space, directly with your hands, and change zoom, aperture, focus and camera mode in an instant. It also carries practical features that bring a professional photographer's workflow into VR — "pseudo gaze-controlled AF", which follows the direction of your head to set focus intuitively, and the "revolving function", which switches to a portrait composition without changing your posture. Used together with the bundled desktop application "VR169 Companion", it can link with the standard VRChat camera and operate its shutter.
About this manual
This manual covers everything from setting VR169 up on your avatar to operating it inside VRChat.
Terms used in this manual
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Standard VRChat camera | The tablet-shaped camera built into VRChat itself |
| Camera hand | The hand holding the camera |
| Free hand | The hand not holding the camera |
| Pull the trigger | The Use action in VRChat; also used to lock a PhysBone |
| Grab | The Grab action in VRChat |
| Virtual lever | A movable lever on the 3D model that accepts input |
| Virtual switch | A switch on the 3D model that accepts input |
Required assets
- Minimum required
- VRChat SDK
- Modular Avatar
- lilToon
- VirtualLens2
- Required if you use it
- Poiyomi Toon Shader
\* About shaders: lilToon is always required. It is still required even if you use Poiyomi Toon Shader.
Tested environment
This product has been tested in the environment below. Behaviour in any other environment is outside support.
- Windows 11
- Unity 2022.3.22f1
- VRChat SDK 3.10.4
- Modular Avatar 1.17.1
- VirtualLens2 2.12.4
- Poiyomi Toon Shader, 9.3.64
- lilToon 2.3.4
- VRChat PC edition / Windows / VR mode