• missingno
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    1828 days ago

    Streamers who use an animated model (or 2D PNG for the latter) instead of an IRL face camera.

    • HubertManne
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      1028 days ago

      I don’t see how that makes them different per se. Its like having a word for people who use their real picture in their profile vs an image vs nothing.

      • @RedditRefugee69
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        1528 days ago

        Wait 'til you hear how many different names people have for things that can all be defined as “music.”

      • @[email protected]
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        428 days ago

        Some of them have a certain… element that makes them different. That element is usually jiggle physics on the 3D model…

        • @[email protected]
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          28 days ago

          I always assumed that avatars with big jiggly boobs have them to cover up their oversized bodies.

          • @[email protected]
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            328 days ago

            Couldn’t tell you personally. I just do 3D modeling as a hobby but some folks I know from the hobby space do commission work, and apparently jiggle physics on anime boobs is a commonly requested feature.

            • @[email protected]
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              128 days ago

              So you might be able to tell me that vtuber boobs jiggle differently than your models.

              It looks more like a mask than a 3D model to me.

              • @[email protected]
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                228 days ago

                Well the only time I ever messed with jiggle physics was to animate a bunch of jello cubes falling from the ceiling, so yeah I’d say that’s pretty different than boobs.

      • missingno
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        228 days ago

        You can consider it a subcategory of streamer. Livestreaming is all about your public face and persona, it’s a lot more front and center than just an icon off to the side here, so someone choosing to present themselves as a character matters a lot. And for many VTubers, they literally are playing a character onstream, there’s an entire subculture surrounding VTuber personas.

        It’s just kinda cute to see Bernie learn about this whole subculture like this.

        • HubertManne
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          228 days ago

          you know looking at it from the streamers perspective I can see it more. like larping or furry or such.