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-title= "VTuber / バーチャルライバーグループ「にじさんじ」より5名が新たにデビュー！本日より始動！"
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+title= "What Are Virtual YouTubers and How Can You Become One?"
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date= "2021-07-20T00:33:53+08:00"
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What Are Virtual YouTubers and How Can You Become One?
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-[BY JESSIBELLE GARCIA](https://www.makeuseof.com/author/jessica-garcia/)PUBLISHED MAR 31, 2021
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YouTube has seen an increase of faceless creators, or users that make videos without showing what they look like. Being a faceless creator gives you a little more privacy on the internet, but there are some viewers that prefer to be able to see a person on-screen.
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So how can you appeal to both sides? Interestingly enough, there is a way to take your cake and eat it too: you could always become a virtual YouTuber.
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According to Japanese data technology company [User Local](https://www.userlocal.jp/press/20200115vi/), there are over 10,000 active VTubers on YouTube alone as of 2020. Kizuna AI—who at the time of writing has the largest following amongst all VTubers on the internet—has over 10 million combined subscribers across all her social network platforms (YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, and Bilibili).
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-RELATED: [Is Virtual Reality Really The Future Of Everything?](https://www.makeuseof.com/virtual-reality-future-of-everything/)
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How to Become a Virtual YouTuber
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Let's say you already have a 2D illustration (perhaps a drawing that you made yourself or commissioned from an artist). You can use Live2D's tools to create the illusion that your character exists in a 3D space, allowing limited movement and changes in facial expressions.
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-**Download:** [Live 2D](https://www.live2d.com/en/) ($20/month or $130/year, free trial available)
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Don't want to spend money on software? [VRoid Studio](https://vroid.com/en/studio) is a fantastic free alternative that doesn't require you to have extensive experience in CG art. It provides base models that you can opt to add to instead of starting from scratch. Additionally, those bases come already rigged, sparing you some of the time investment (and headaches).
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### Making Your Model Move (Rigging and Motion Tracking)
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