Frequently asked questions

We build tech for students to foster real-life community in fresh ways. Vyry blends the physical and digital, turning campus into a collaborative, immersive social layer.

Nearly two-thirds of students say they feel isolated, even while endlessly snapping, scrolling, and gaming. With AI “friends” on the rise — from chatbots to humanoids and soon autonomous vehicles — we are outtasking how we think, create, and act. Cognitive decline is becoming the new epidemic.

AI is built to please us, not to challenge us. And when we stop exercising our social and mental “muscles,” they weaken. Memory slips. Conversations feel harder. Confidence in taking action fades. That’s what cognitive decline looks like in everyday student life.

Left unchecked, this decline becomes social atrophy: a generation that loses the capability to act, create, and connect. The avalanche has already started — and the risk of becoming the robots’ pets has never been more real.

Social atrophy is what happens when we stop using our “social muscles.” Just like physical muscles shrink without exercise, our ability to focus, collaborate, and belong weakens when replaced by scrolling or bots. Over time, memory slips, group confidence fades, and creativity shrinks. Social atrophy is the loss of our capability to act, create, and connect.

For students juggling IG, TikTok, Snap, and Discord but still feeling disconnected. Phygtl is built with and for you — a generation that deserves community that’s real.

Social media promised connection but left us isolated. Games sharpened our skills, but not our sense of belonging. Phygtl is different: it’s built for community, designed around Outside. Together. Playful.

• Outside → because real life and our senses matter; the physical world should be part of how we connect.
• Together → because belonging comes from group activity, not follower counts.
• Playful → because creativity and fun make us feel valued and alive.

Vyry is a mobile app built for students to transforms campus into a living, collaborative canvas where students join bespoke IRL quests, collect signals (images), and create team-based Xfiti (“digital” graffiti art) that can be anchored in AR on campus for others to discover and interact with.

• Snap something from your daily life
• Transform it into a playful quest.
• Get introduced to like-minded peers who join that quest.
• Create & Place your work as digital graffiti across campus for others to discover.
• Curate your inner circle — not by likes or follows, but by what you actually do together.
• Every flow is designed to end in real-life action, shared creativity, and belonging.

An inner circle in Vyry is your real crew — the people you actually create and share with on campus. It’s not about likes or follower counts. It’s about action: what you do together is what matters.

Because Vyry isn’t just an app — it’s a movement. Be a co-conspirator: no AI “friends,” no artificial companions — only the human spirit. Join us to turn everyday life into shared creativity, blending the physical and digital to spark real community IRL.

• Download the app and start creating on your campus.
• Add the Vyry bot if your Student Club is on Discord.