The film follows multiple figures throughout the runtime of the movie, in chronological order for over a year, often switching back and forth to explore their lives on the platform as their relationships evolve.

The featured subjects are two dancer couples who fell in love in VR, as well as two sign language instructors coping with major life events.

Consensus reads, "We Met in Virtual Reality takes a visually striking approach to its investigation of human interactions on the VR plane, with surprisingly poignant results.

"[5] According to The Hollywood Reporter, "watching We Met in Virtual Reality, you very quickly notice that the two people cuddling have horns and a tail and that the airplane they seem to be sitting on doesn’t exist.

The young woman with pink hair talking about her suicide attempt is laying underneath the stars, but until she laments that the clouds aren’t moving, you could almost forget that they’re virtual as well.

And when the deaf ASL instructor talks about losing his brother during COVID and lights a virtual Japanese lantern in his honor, there’s nothing synthetic about the emotions you feel.

"[7] On the other hand, Wired gave a more critical review, noting that the documentary leaves out the drastic ways VR is changing in the wake of competitors such as Meta's conception of the metaverse, stating, "Hunting spends a lot of time showing there’s a culture worth preserving; if only he’d shown if anyone is trying to do it.

"[8] According to Polygon, the film's setting and goals were not adequately explained, and its unusual virtual environment distracts from its purpose: "This is a movie meant to introduce viewers to the real emotions people bring to their escapist fantasy worlds.