virtual youtuber
A virtual YouTuber, or VTuber, is a content creator or personality who uses a 2D or 3D digital avatar for online videos and/or livestreaming, often assuming a character as well. Despite the name, VTubers are not limited to the YouTube platform.
The term was first popularized by Kizuna Ai, who called herself "the world's first virtual YouTuber". Many others followed suit, and the explosion in popularity of the practice lead the term to be used even outside of YouTube, with the Japanese defining VTubers based on the creator declaring themselves as such before considering additional factors.
Many variations on the term "VTuber" exist, including "Virtual Singer" / "VSinger" (for those that exclusively make music, not be confused with Vocaloid China), "Virtual Liver" / "VLiver", and "Virtual Streamer" / "VStreamer". In China, the term "Virtual Uploader" / "VUP" is more commonly used alongside "VTuber", after first being coined by Xiao Xi on Bilibili. In English, "PNGTuber" and "GIFTuber" are used to refer to VTubers who use those formats, rather than 3D models or Live2D. In Japan, "VLiver" is also used to refer creators and companies in the 'walled garden app' niche, such as IRIAM and AniLive, apps which viewers use to watch VTubers who stream exclusively on them.
This tag includes anything directly related to VTubers, including parodies, references, fictional VTubers, concept art of unreleased VTubers, VTuber mascots, and VTuber agency staff members. This tag does not include family members or friends of VTubers, or things merely associated with VTubers.
Examples
另请参见
- Indie Virtual YouTuber (for use with solo indies)
- hololive
- Nijisanji
- Virtual Youtuber Shiten'nou
- Utaite
- Virtual graduation commemoration
External links
- Pixiv Encyclopedia: Virtual YouTuber
- UserLocal (JP Database): virtual-youtuber.userlocal.jp
- Moegirl article (Chinese): Virtual Uploader
- Namuwiki article (Korean): Virtual YouTuber
- MoguraVR's VTuber article section (Japanese) : VTuber
- MoguraVR article (Oct. 2022): moguravr.com/vtuber-management-companies-list
The following tags are aliased to this tag: vtuber (learn more).
这个术语首先由绊爱 (Kizuna Ai) 普及，她称自己为“世界上第一个虚拟 YouTuber”。许多其他人也纷纷效仿，这种做法的迅速普及导致这个术语甚至在 YouTube 之外也被使用，日本人根据创作者在考虑其他因素之前声明自己的方式来定义 VTuber。
“VTuber”一词存在多种变体，包括“虚拟歌手”/“VSinger”（专门制作音乐的人，不要与 Vocaloid China 混淆）、“虚拟肝脏”/“VLiver”和“虚拟流媒体”/“VStreamer”。在中国，“虚拟上传者”/“VUP”一词更常与“VTuber”一起使用，最初是由小西在 Bilibili 上创造的。在英语中，“PNGTuber”和“GIFTuber”用于指代使用这些格式的 VTuber，而不是 3D 模型或 Live2D。在日本，“VLiver”也被用来指“围墙花园应用程序”利基市场中的创作者和公司，例如 IRIAM 和 AniLive，观众用这些应用程序观看专门在其上直播的 VTuber。
此标签包括与 VTuber 直接相关的任何内容，包括模仿、参考、虚构的 VTuber、未发布的 VTuber 的概念艺术、VTuber 吉祥物和 VTuber 机构工作人员。此标签不包括 VTuber 的家人或朋友，或仅与 VTuber 相关的事物。