--- title: VR comedy is growing with the metaverse - The Hustle description: Oddball metaverse interactions are becoming a source of laughter for many. image: https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1797140905-HS-News-Brief_2022-04-07T015905.472Z.webp --- # VR comedy is growing with the metaverse ![Jacob Cohen](https://thehustle.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png?width=48&height=48&name=IMG_5670-1-modified-768x768.png) [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/author/jacob-cohen) [Jacob Cohen Twitter profile ](https://twitter.com/ImJacobCohen) Published: April 07, 2022 Updated: October 11, 2023 Virtual reality is an odd thing. On one hand, headset sales were up [**92%**](https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS48969722#:~:text=NEEDHAM%2C%20Mass.%2C%20March%2021,Quarterly%20AR%2FVR%20Headset%20Tracker.) last year to **11.2m** units, and Meta has more than [**6x**](https://thehustle.co/02012022-meta-job-board/) the job openings for Oculus than for Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp combined. ![VR comedy is growing with the metaverse](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Hustle%20News/Assets/Images/1797140905-HS-News-Brief_2022-04-07T015905.472Z.webp?width=595&height=400&name=1797140905-HS-News-Brief_2022-04-07T015905.472Z.webp) On the other hand, VR is a joke. Literally. A medium known as VR comedy — consisting of oddball interactions between people in the metaverse — is now trending, with ~30m views on TikTok. The content is pretty ridiculous. One [clip](https://www.tiktok.com/@justinwiebvr/video/7071834570634710315?_r=1&_t=8RGeIPZyKHD&social_sharing=v1) of a VR courtroom is about as orderly as you’d expect. #### **Who are these comedians?** One popular group, Hummy’s VR Comedy, has** 457k** TikTok followers and **14.6m** YouTube views. Their most popular TikTok is a quirky [conversation](https://www.tiktok.com/@vrcomedy/video/7049128105067236655?_r=1&_t=8RGdnUVUgV4&social_sharing=v1) with a banana man in an elevator. Another group, Merry VR Pranksters, [describes](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSR9du0aPaNwR4N222kj5BA/about) itself as “3 guys who do voices/characters and mess with people in VR.” Some clips include: - An [argument](https://www.tiktok.com/@vrpranksters/video/7079227328416615726?_r=1&_t=8RGdrxnLh30&social_sharing=v1) about getting a papercut in VR - A guy [throwing](https://www.tiktok.com/@vrpranksters/video/7081066959412022574?_r=1&_t=8RGeDv64HQw&social_sharing=v1) virtual paper airplanes at people - A funny [discussion](https://www.tiktok.com/@vrpranksters/video/7052178137899339054?_r=1&_t=8RGeEMj8dsk&social_sharing=v1) with a Meta employee in VR **Our thoughts:** The bits are funny — but they’re especially hilarious when you consider the interactions are between legless avatars controlled by real people, all of whom are speaking into a 1-pound hunk of plastic strapped to their heads. 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