Editing Furality (section)

== Convention History ==

=== Complete Record ===

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! # !! Name !! Dates !! Theme !! Attendees !! Charity !! Raised
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| F.1 || '''Furality 2020''' || May 22–24, 2020 || Retro / Cyberpunk || 2,692 || SaveAFox Rescue || $8,646.93
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| F.2 || '''Furality 2000''' || Nov 6–8, 2020 || Y2K Aesthetic || 3,120 || SaveAFox Rescue || $5,846
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| F.3 || '''Furality Luma''' || Jun 4–6, 2021 || Bioluminescent Forest (Planet Luma) || 6,829 || SaveAFox Rescue || $14,649
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| F.4 || '''Furality Legends''' || Nov 5–7, 2021 || Superhero / Villain || 9,024 || SaveAFox Rescue || $14,976
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| F.5 || '''Furality Aqua''' || Jun 17–19, 2022 || Bioluminescent Ocean (Oceans of Luma) || 15,079 || SaveAFox Rescue || $22,638
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| F.5a || '''Furality Luma Festival''' || Feb 17–18, 2023 || Luma Forest (Luma Falls) || 11,806 || None || —
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| F.6 || '''Furality Sylva''' || Jun 2–4, 2023 || Tropical Rainforest Isle || 15,160 || Equality Florida Institute || $17,811
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| F.7 || '''Furality Umbra''' || Jun 6–9, 2024 || Desert Exoplanet / Solstice (4 days) || 21,004 || The Center Orlando || $46,269
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| F.8 || '''Furality Somna''' || Jun 5–9, 2025 || Dream World (5 days — extended) || '''26,405''' || The Center Orlando || '''$109,000'''
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| F.9 || '''Furality Ultra''' || Jun 4–7, 2026 || Retro Gaming (7th Gen Consoles) || TBD || Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary || TBD
|}

''Cumulative charity total (F.1–F.8): approximately $219,835+''

=== Event Highlights ===

==== Furality Luma (2021) — The Breakthrough ====

Furality Luma was the event that signaled Furality was no longer experimental. Five custom-built bioluminescent worlds on the fictional planet Luma marked a dramatic leap in production quality. By its closing, Furality had become the '''third most attended furry event in the world'''. The team grew significantly, and the event established Furality's reputation for themed, fully realized virtual environments.

==== Furality Aqua (2022) — Record-Breaking Milestone ====

Furality Aqua surpassed 15,000 attendees, making Furality the '''largest furry convention ever''' at the time of closing — a record that had previously been held by in-person conventions. The Aqua Shader (by Naito Ookami) became one of the most recognizable visual signatures in VRChat furry history, transforming thousands of avatars into aquatic-themed versions of themselves.

==== Furality Umbra (2024) — Institutional Dominance ====

With 21,004 attendees — surpassing Anthrocon's 2024 attendance by more than 3,000 — Furality Umbra permanently established F.O.X. as the world's most attended furry convention. The event introduced a real-time solar eclipse that progressed live across all five worlds simultaneously, synchronized across all instances — a technical feat. $46,269 was raised for The Center Orlando.

==== Furality Somna (2025) — The Record ====

Furality Somna is the current record holder on every metric. Running June 5–9, 2025 (extended one day due to a VRChat server outage during the event), Somna drew '''26,405 unique attendees''' and raised '''$109,000''' for The Center Orlando — more than doubling Umbra's charity total.

The event introduced '''Somnatus''', the convention's own constructed language woven into its dream-themed lore. Custom dream-world shaders, expanded worlds, and an in-depth narrative intro pushed the production scope further than any previous FOX convention. Despite server instability during the event — which Furality addressed with transparency, extending the convention rather than cutting it short — community reception was overwhelmingly positive.

==== Furality Ultra (2026) — Upcoming ====

Furality Ultra (F.9) is scheduled for '''June 4–7, 2026''' in VRChat. Its theme is '''retro gaming''' — specifically the seventh generation of game consoles (mid-2000s to early 2010s, the era of the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3). Notably, Furality Ultra will be the first FOX event to '''require age verification (18+)''' for attendance, handled through VRChat's partner Persona. The charity partner is '''Resilient Hearts Animal Sanctuary'''.