Virtual influencer Mori Calliope performed a sold-out show at the Hollywood Palladium in February.
These influencers, also known as VTubers, appear as digital avatars and are gaining popularity.
I went to the concert. It was unlike anything I’ve seen before.
I read the article. Didn’t live up to the title. Its a growing trend with a dedicated fanbase, nothing was “unlike anything I’ve ever seen before”.
What fresh horrors doth this day bring?
“Virtual Influencer” is probably the worst way I have ever heard someone talk about a streamer that uses an anime avatar.
TBH, the whole “virtual idol” and “virtual avatar” thing predated not only Kizuna Ai, but also YouTube, with me first finding one through forums, and said virtual avatar was part of a “manga style webcomic-formatted blog”, and apparently Japan already had some virtual idols at that time, allegedly even before the internet boom. It’s just the “influencer” term is quite dehumanizing IMHO.
Sounds derogatory.
The content mill vtuber, Polar would probably fit as a Virtual Influencer, but she’s dead in the water.
Virtual influencer would be more like Hatsune Miku not a Vtuber
