Twitch has revealed more information about its streaming trends of 2024, and GTA V is its most popular game, while VTubers are on the rise.

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 ...

Hololive, one of the biggest VTuber (Virtual YouTuber) agencies, has nearly 100 active talents. It is owned by Japanese tech entertainment company Cover Corp and has been functional since 2017.

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.

Cover announced that Hololive Vtubers Inugami Korone, Shirogane Noel, and Himemori Luna will be involved in an upcoming “May the Fourth” Star Wars celebration stream and project with Disney.

Cross-posting to Discord, X, or Twitch helps build community and drive monetization. Aspiring VTubers should be aware of risks like burnout, privacy breaches, platform dependency, and ...

The actors behind VTubers use motion capture techniques to ... Nearly half of top VTuber agency Cover Corp’s virtual stars under its famous “hololive” brand speak primarily in English ...

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.” ...

The actors behind VTubers use motion capture techniques to ... Nearly half of top VTuber agency Cover Corp's virtual stars under its famous "hololive" brand speak primarily in English, not ...

The first domino fell years ago. Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope shared a clip of an anime dog girl laughing along with the iconic Rare platformer's sound effects, captioned: "I love it!" I ...

VTubers, or virtual YouTubers, use face or body tracking to "puppeteer a digital avatar" anime character and sing, stream and speak often to massive audience bases, said Polygon. The online ...

Platforms like Netflix have helped take Japanese anime mainstream — and a Tokyo-based talent agency wants its roster of virtual YouTubers, or VTubers, to be the country's next big cultural export.