Virtual anchors in a narrow sense carry out activities on video websites and social platforms with original virtual character settings and images. Most of the images appear as 3D models of MMD or Unity or 2D models made by Live2D, and are dubbed by real-life seiyuu, but seiyuu is generally not made public. There are many kinds of videos, and there are many vlog and live games.
Virtual anchor in a broad sense refers to the up owner who contributes to the video website with a virtual image, and there is no restriction on whether to set up a virtual person. According to this standard, Ami Yamato can be regarded as the first virtual YouTuber in the world. But it just changed its image into an animated image, with a real identity behind it, which can be considered as a generalized virtual YouTuber.
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Some virtual YouTuber will capture the actions and expressions of real people through optical motion capture system with the help of sensors placed on the head and limbs, and synchronize the action data to the virtual characters. With the help of real-time motion capture mechanism, virtual YouTuber can also communicate with fans in the real world in many ways.
Japanese is the de facto international lingua franca of virtual UP industry. The main languages of virtual UP are mostly Japanese and Chinese, and a few are English, Indonesian and Korean. Most virtual UP hosts can only carry out activities in their mother tongue, while multilingual virtual UP hosts can carry out activities for audiences in different regions, so it is particularly rare.
Among the virtual UP owners, the proportion of people who have studied abroad or worked overseas is also relatively high. The topic of virtual UP master's language ability is also talked about by the audience. Some virtual UP host organizations will screen or cultivate the language level of virtual UP hosts, such as fighting songs! All virtual idols can carry out activities in Chinese and Japanese, while all virtual YouTuber of oveRidea can communicate in Japanese, English and Chinese.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Virtual Anchor