VTubing (and VTuber, short for Virtual YouTuber) is a form of live streaming, where you use motion capture to control a 2D or 3D virtual avatar instead of your real-life face and body. Like most wacky things, VTubing got its start in Japan. It’s still relatively new (about five ye...
Accessing characters within Character.ai is simple. I found the “Mario from Super Mario 64” character to converse with in theFor yousection. Selecting this character automatically opens up a chatroom and it takes a few seconds for Mario to populate his thoughts and say a few words. Once I...
The term "virtual YouTuber" was first coined and used in 2016 by Japanese VTuberKizuna AI. While she wasn't the first to use a CG avatar for video blogging (that wasAmi Yamato), she can almost exclusively be credited for the sudden emergence of the VTubers trend in Japan (and later, ...