Browsing: Virtual Identity & Avatars

AttendMe, a company specializing in VTuber influencer marketing (headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo), has opened pre-orders for Oshi-Kan, a canned Danish bread featuring original labels created in collaboration with 27 VTubers. Each can, which keeps for about three years, is printed with an illustration of the collaborating VTuber. Built around the idea that your oshi (favorite…

V Inc. (headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kota Fujiwara) has created a giant 3D model of “Thunderbird 3” as part of the 60th anniversary project marking the debut of “Thunderbirds” on Japanese television, organized by Tohokushinsha. The model appears in “Lumarnity®,” the lunar smart community that JGC Global Co., Ltd. (headquarters: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture; President: Shoji…

SINGAPORE, Aug. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BeautyPlus, the AI-powered photo editing platform developed by Pixocial, has introduced AI Influencer, a new AI influencer generator and virtual persona creation tool on BeautyPlus Website. The launch comes as creators and small teams look for faster ways to produce consistent social content without repeated filming or photoshoots.

” ACGHK 2026,” also known as “Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong 2026 (Hong Kong Anime, Manga, and Gaming Festival 2026),” was held from Friday, July 24, to Tuesday, July 28, 2026. This time, we bring you coverage of the “Hong Kong World Doujin Festival (WDPHK2026),” which brought together creators from all over the world!

In May of this year, a lawsuit concerning defamation against Roa Yumetsuki, a VTuber belonging to Nijisanji, was settled through a settlement at the District Tokyo Court. Yumetsuki’s lawyer, Ozawa Kazuhito, reported the details on social media.

On August 12th, Live2D released “nizima LIVE 2.7,” a tracking app for VTubers. It includes new features such as an AI assistant and voice tracking. It is currently available for Windows and macOS.

Cover Corporation, the Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed parent company of Hololive Production, formally acknowledged to its shareholders for the first time that its talents’ everyday streaming hours have declined as a direct consequence of expanding into live concerts and off-platform activities — a candid institutional admission that puts numbers to a trend fans had observed but…

arXiv cs.GRResearch 9 hours, 17 minutes ago • Deepti Parachuri, Chhayank Sahu, Sameer Singh Choudhary

A giant 3D model of Thunderbird 3 has appeared in VRChat’s lunar world, “Lumarnity.” The release date is August 12, 2026.

On August 14, 2026, “Virtual Hiroshima Station 2.u,” which operates on VRChat, will undergo its largest-ever renovation since its opening. A new area, the “North-South Free Passage,” will be opened, and features such as the ability to display and exhibit user-created works will be added.