VTubers — that is, virtual YouTubers — allow creators to be anonymous while exploring creativity through animation. The VTtuber “boom” began during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the movement is more than ...
VTubers, the internet creators who use digital avatars while live-streaming, blew up on YouTube in the late 2010s. Since then, the streamers have expanded across other platforms. Twitch’s most popular ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Courtesy of Katelyn Sliwinski. If you’ve been online in the past five years, there is a chance you ...
On a humid summer day, a long queue of people snakes outside a hotel ballroom turned concert hall in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, light sticks in hand. But they are not waiting for a chart-topping Cantopop ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. CodeMiko is a video game character without a game. We are told the pink-haired avatar, with her turquoise crop ...
VTubers, short for virtual YouTubers, have exploded in popularity over the past few years. These entertainers use face, body, or voice tracking to puppeteer a digital avatar, usually one that looks ...
JoqniX has silver-platinum hair, wears spectacles and loves meeting new people. He livestreams - or broadcasts - himself playing popular video games on his YouTube channel for up to 12 hours. His few ...
Japanese virtual YouTubers, or VTubers, can earn over US$1 million a year – but what is it about them that makes them so special? Everywhere you look, virtual entertainers are taking over. In K-pop, ...