‘Have you heard of a Vtuber before?’

  • missingno@fedia.io
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    5 days ago

    Streamers who use an animated model (or 2D PNG for the latter) instead of an IRL face camera.

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      I don’t see how that makes them different per se. Its like having a word for people who use their real picture in their profile vs an image vs nothing.

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        You can consider it a subcategory of streamer. Livestreaming is all about your public face and persona, it’s a lot more front and center than just an icon off to the side here, so someone choosing to present themselves as a character matters a lot. And for many VTubers, they literally are playing a character onstream, there’s an entire subculture surrounding VTuber personas.

        It’s just kinda cute to see Bernie learn about this whole subculture like this.