everyone has given you the surface level stuff
The missing part is the 'idol culture' shit. Yes it is on the surface just people with an animated avatar rather than showing their face. And for some that's all it is. Just a normal gaming or reaction streamer but with an animated picture. We grew up on png-tubers doing that, fairly static pictures that would maybe light up or have a few expressions. Just take that and make it more animated.
But a lot of it came out of japan. There's a lot of 'idol culture' bullshit that suffuses a lot of vtubing as well. From constant drama about a couple of 'black companies', parasocial behaviour, and just general weebery.
And that is what vtubing is. Take the old anonymous youtubing with pngs, now it's better animated, but for most of it (not all, but a lot) add a load of 'idol culture'
everyone has given you the surface level stuff
The missing part is the 'idol culture' shit. Yes it is on the surface just people with an animated avatar rather than showing their face. And for some that's all it is. Just a normal gaming or reaction streamer but with an animated picture. We grew up on png-tubers doing that, fairly static pictures that would maybe light up or have a few expressions. Just take that and make it more animated.
But a lot of it came out of japan. There's a lot of 'idol culture' bullshit that suffuses a lot of vtubing as well. From constant drama about a couple of 'black companies', parasocial behaviour, and just general weebery.
And that is what vtubing is. Take the old anonymous youtubing with pngs, now it's better animated, but for most of it add a load of 'idol culture'
everyone has given you the surface level stuff
The missing part is the 'idol culture' shit. Yes it is on the surface just people with an animated avatar rather than showing their face. And for some that's all it is. Just a normal gaming or reaction streamer but with an animated picture. We grew up on png-tubers doing that, fairly static pictures that would maybe light up or have a few expressions. Just take that and make it more animated.
But a lot of it came out of japan. There's a lot of 'idol culture' bullshit that suffuses a lot of vtubing as well. From constant drama about a couple of 'black companies', parasocial behaviour, and just general weebery.
everyone has given you the surface level stuff
The missing part is the 'idol culture' shit. Yes it is on the surface just people with an animated avatar rather than showing their face. And for some that's all it is. Just a normal gaming or reaction streamer but with an animated picture. We grew up on png-tubers doing that, fairly static pictures that would maybe light up or have a few expressions. Just take that and make it more animated.
But a lot of it came out of japan. There's a lot of 'idol culture' bullshit that suffuses vtubing as well. From constant drama about a couple of 'black companies', parasocial behaviour, and just general weebery.