Using mocap to make unique personals for streaming and vibing, feels very Cyberpunk to me. Throw in some Corporate greed and fraud and im convinced.
Using mocap to make unique personals for streaming and vibing, feels very Cyberpunk to me. Throw in some Corporate greed and fraud and im convinced.
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You’re probably getting downvoted because vtubing isn’t cool. You’re 100% right, Vtubers are the real life manifestation of the virtual companion holograms. People just don’t want to consider it cyberpunk because it doesn’t fit their vision of a cyberpunk world.
“You look lonely, I can fix that.”
That said, I’m really tired of all the posts here being about real life. I would love a rule that posts have to be about fictional media and art. It’s fun to enjoy and consume cyberpunk media. It is NOT fun to be reminded that we live in an actual corporate ruler dystopia.
Corporate part is nothing new, Vtubers are just the “Idol” business with a new face. This goes back to the 80s.
For Vtubers it’s probably slightly less creepy, because they don’t have those meet ups when the Idol shaken hands with fans, and probably have to deal with less stalkers since private info about Vtubers must be better kept. But I think Vtubers are more disposable for corporations than Idols.
The whole Idols business is rotten to the core. It’s an abusive and exploitive industry.
But I don’t disagree that feels more Cyberpunk, it’s the high-tech that was missing in the low life that already was there.
Its amazing how Hololive has come out on top along fucking Phaseconnect from the fires of Vtuber controversies.
Good for her for giving the middle finger to a shitty corp. She did her best to do right by people suffering from immunodeficiencies as she does. Cant leave her house, doesnt want her medical equipment being shown in live streams, vtubing was her answer. Very talented individual. Oh and she goes to cons using a robot while a good number of people on this sub just argue about which version of blade runner is the best in their techwear lol.
So I wouldn’t say inherently Vtubing is cyberpunk. For the most part, majority of vtubers are indie and do not belong to corporations. To be part of an agency is incredibly rare. Majority of vtubers are just people who don’t want to show their face on camera and like the privacy of personas. No different than youtubers who have animated versions of themselves for story time and no different to musicians like Gorillaz or Studio Killers who have fictional personas, but the music is all made by real people.
Now, if you DO want a vtuber who’s very cyberpunk. That’s Neuro-sama. She’s an AI controlled vtuber, and while her creator and co-host is usually real (Vedal), the AI is able to collab and reply to people on stream and play games. Neuro-sama and her sister Evil Neuro often release songs and have sung at online concerts. The majority of vtubers are just real people being themselves but liking to have privacy while being visually engaging still. Neuro-sama, on the other hand, isn’t a real person at all but often talks about life like she is. She’s a real false idol.
I hope my Gfuel Pre-order doesnt get canceled because of this… she partnered for a special flavor and shaker cup, supposed to ship out at the end of this month/this week
If you like Vtubers for the love of God support indie Vtubers.