Gawr Gura, the most popular VTuber in the world, has officially announced her retirement. A computer-generated cross between a girl and a shark, Gawr Gura acted as a "torchbearer" of this fast ...

These entertainers are known as “VTubers”—“virtual YouTubers”—and they do not show their real faces; instead, individuals often use motion-capture technology to superimpose their ...

VTubers have grown in popularity on Twitch, and viewers can find them in almost every streaming category. The trend originated in Japan with Kizuna AI and spread globally over time. Major VTuber ...

Virtual youtubers, or Vtubers as they are known, are virtual avatars and personas that live online; engaging with their community and fans via streaming platforms such as Twitch or Youtube Gaming.

To bolster sightseeing in Tokyo, the metropolitan government appointed celebrities, virtual YouTubers (VTubers) and other well-known figures with ties to the capital as “tourism ambassadors.” ...

VTubers on the rise: Creators using 2D or 3D virtual avatars experienced historic growth, accumulating over 1.1 billion hours of viewing time and representing a 10% year-over-year increase.

In Japan, policymakers and economists are paying close attention to the oshikatsu phenomenon as a growing driver of consumer spending – and 24-year-old Momoka Matsui is one of many doing her ...

Gawr Gura, the most popular VTuber in the world, has officially announced her retirement. A computer-generated cross between ...