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I went to a virtual influencer's sold-out concert and the fan base was unlike anything I'd seen
(www.businessinsider.com)
Lol imagine the stench in that place.
this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2025
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I read the article. Didn't live up to the title. Its a growing trend with a dedicated fanbase, nothing was "unlike anything I've ever seen before".
What fresh horrors doth this day bring?
"Virtual Influencer" is probably the worst way I have ever heard someone talk about a streamer that uses an anime avatar.
TBH, the whole "virtual idol" and "virtual avatar" thing predated not only Kizuna Ai, but also YouTube, with me first finding one through forums, and said virtual avatar was part of a "manga style webcomic-formatted blog", and apparently Japan already had some virtual idols at that time, allegedly even before the internet boom. It's just the "influencer" term is quite dehumanizing IMHO.
Sounds derogatory.
The content mill vtuber, Polar would probably fit as a Virtual Influencer, but she's dead in the water.
Virtual influencer would be more like Hatsune Miku not a Vtuber