Myths
There are many myths in circulation regarding Neos. This page presents a growing list of myths and explanations on why they are false, with links to other resources that indicate why.
Myths
Neos supports NFTs
We don't. Some of our community use them in-game and they're welcome to. We don't have any official integration or NFTs, though.
Neos is purposefully hard, difficult or complex on purpose
It's not; it just isn't finished.
We have a full roadmap of UI changes and other features that will improve the user experience and make things easier to use.
But one of the Devs said this
No... they didn't.
Neos is restrictive on purpose
We support all groups, identities and communities. You are always welcome on Neos as long as the Guidelines are respected. The guidelines do not restrict or discriminate against any users.
Neos is only funded by Crypto and/or NFTs
That's not correct; we have a number of options for you to support us. We're open to many types of funding.
Neos is open-source
Neos is for only Furries
That isn't true; furries do make a large proportion of our community but it is not ALL of our community. Scroll through the tweets under the hash tag #NeosVR to see a wide variety of avatars and communities.
Neos only has one developer
Nope, the Neos Team has a full list. It is true that our main developer created a lot of Neos, but they still have other team members help!
Neos is only for creators
That's not correct, while our UI is kinda complex right now, it is NOT just for creators. You can hang out and chat, play games, and do whatever you'd like. It's up to you; you don't need to be a creator to use or enjoy Neos.
Neos has only been around since 2021
That's incorrect, we've been on steam since April 2018 and off steam longer than that.
Neos bans users who submit negative reviews of it
That's not correct, we only ban users who violate our Guidelines.
Neos bans users who report security issues
If users do not follow the security and reporting policy, this may happen; provided this is followed, we will not.
Neos has "bad people" on their board
We've had some reports and complaints of certain people claiming to be on our "board". The board of Neos only has two members: Froox and Karel.
We do have a Patreon perk that allows high tier members to attend a "board meeting" once a month. This is just a name, and these members are not legally speaking on our board or management. This is just a meeting. Think of it as an "Influencer Meeting" or "High tier Patreon Meeting". It offers no additional legal power.
Neos is owned by Facebook/Meta because they're a Metaverse
We're not, if we were we'd have to disclose it on our website, company records and Steam.
Do note that Meta the company doesn't own the term "Metaverse" or even "Meta". Its just a word or word modifier.
You need to buy Dynamic Bones for Neos
No, You don't.
Neos uses its own Dynamic Bones implementation which is different from both Dynamic Bones(The original Unity asset) and PhysBones(The VRC version). Our version is free.
This person works for Neos and they are "bad" in some way.
We've had some false reports that "bad" individuals work for our team, these are factually inacurate you can see a full list of Team members on our wiki.
You may be confusing the Neos "Board" for that see this question.
Users in sessions you're in have access to your hard drive
They don't.
Your hard drive is only accessible by yourself via dedicated UIs that other users cannot see or interact with. If you find something that concerns you then please report it.
You don't care about security
We do, we have a full security reporting policy and reports are handled as quickly as possible depending on their urgency.
Neos is single-threaded
Multiple parts of Neos are multi-threaded.
More are planned to be multi-threaded in the future.
Neos doesn't have Collections/Component access because it would allow malicious actions
While this is true, it doesn't present the whole picture. We don't avoid implementing features to avoid malicious activity, instead we design these features to avoid those. When talking about these features it is important to present the whole picture or it makes the Neos Team look like "baddies" who are purposefully denying you access to features. Neos isn't, its a little more complicated than that.
When it comes to both of these features, the reasons they don't exist are because:
- Neos isn't finished yet.
- Neos has a large roadmap that takes a lot of time to complete.
- These features need to be implemented correctly or there will be:
- Performance Issues
- Future Proofing Issues
- Backwards compatibility issues
- Potential for Malicious activity
So while you're correct, please try to represent the full picture.
Where to get the Truth?
If you're looking to get the truth about anything Neos-related, then your best bet is to go right to the source:
- Announcements
- Twitter for our Neos Team and Our Twitter
- Here this wiki!
See Also
- Limitations - A list of commonly discussed Neos Limitations