/vt/ - Virtual Youtubers

Ded thread

How's it going, male Nijisanji hopefuls? Any views/emails yet? I'm holding out hope until Aug 31st, so it's only the middle or so. Fingers still crossed.

>>7868142
No views bird! I’m writing it off and focusing on indie for now. Getting a redesign for my model and giving it my all.

Good luck to all the other hopefuls!

>>7868142
No views, but I'm not going to worry about it. I'm just going to keep streaming and having fun. Since submitting my NijiEN application, I've since hit affiliate, and am about to hit a hundred followers on Twitch, so things are going pretty well. I'm having a lot of fun streaming and I'll have lots of good content and experience if male auditions ever open again.

>>7868142
Have any of the females even received an email yet?

>>7868780
Yes. Nijisanji tweeted about it a while ago.
https://twitter.com/NIJISANJI_World/status/1420680177181290499

>>7869659
>July 29
When did the female auditions end again?

did a rep stream today and some rando came in begging for a game than tried to guilt trip me with how they got their roblox car stolen. than changed the story to a real car. weirdest shit to happen yet.
I should ban these types right?

>>7872080
You should steal his car.

>>7872080
>I should ban these types right?
in my experience, they're just one off and don't come back. if they do, ban them on sight. they're not going to give a shit and will go harass another streamer with zero views.

>>7872080
Bizarre. But yeah, don't be shy with the ban hammer, even if you're a 2view

>>7872080
>I should ban these types right?
why do you need to ask this question. what do you think

>>7868142
No views male and losing hope but I haven't tipped into despair yet. My current job is feeling the pains of this stupid second round of wuflu restrictions so being able to get into Nijisanji would be really nice for that reason on top of everything else.

>>7872524
man idk thats why i asked. But now I know to just ban and move on

>>7870413
The 11th of july.

Damn not many /asp/s left
knew I was going to be the last to make it

>>7877266
Don't worry, I'm not making it either.

Just had a disappointing stream - one of my regulars has started streaming, and so missed out because he was doing his own thing.

But a few of the other viewers left to go watch him, because they wanted to support their friend, because they'd bonded as viewers.

Fucking viewers, they ruin everything.

>>7878191
Do your networking reps

>>7877266
it happens every few weeks
there's always a new wave of starting chuubas and then the thread goes quiet for a lil while

>>7878898
I think it's just dead hours right now. You still have the niji hopefuls here too.

>>7868142
Male, no views. It sounds terrible but I'm glad a majority of other anons also haven't gotten a view. Means there's still a chance they haven't moved onto the next stage yet. Hope we make it bros.

I'm staying hopeful until a new audition wave is announced. I'm gonna keep trying until I get into Niji. Not even bothering with Holo, that bar is way too high.

>>7884216
If it helps I fully admit to feeling the same way.

>>7884914
>Spoiler
I'd rather be a male in Niji than Holo tbqh. Seems like a way better deal in a number of ways. The only downside I can think of is not being able to talk to your holo-oshi backstage but even that's not unlikely as a niji and also shouldn't be your goal anyway shame on you.

we're not gonna see another big wave of hopefuls until Holo does another round of auditions. the bump from Nijisanji auditions was noticeably smaller than the bump from Holo auditions. other than that, most hopefuls will probably be sticking to normie twitter and reddit to learn how to become a vtuber.

>voice finally sounding okay
>massive nosebleed
>back to sounding nasally again
brain pls

>>7885938
stop picking your nose loser.

>>7886141
It was from driving, haven't left the apartment for a few days and the drop and then lift blew a vessel

>>7886236
Is your apartment in the mountains?

>roommate talk

>>7886389
pretty much

>>7868142
No views yet. I have hope since I submitted it about three days before the deadline and put a lot of work into the audition/application but who knows. I've been streaming a good bit since then and went from 42 to 54 followers so i'm really close to affiliate. Hoping for the best for you anons as well.

>>7885415
Anon, I'm not male and no, not a troon either. I feel like Holo's bar is not only too high, but also I don't see myself as the type of talent they're looking for. The downside of joining Niji would be not being able to talk to Holos, that I agree.

>>7889252
the benefits of not being in hololive is you can fuck the hologirls and not get fired like kaoru.

>>7889341
I see NijiID and HoloID can interact normally, but the fucking zhangs pretty much have made the rest of holo radioactive for collabs outside of their senpai and kohai. I wouldn't mind seeing an Elira and Mori collab.

Learning some Tekken 7 live right now at twitch.tv/PTS3D
Come hang out and fight!

>>7891704
This is pretty advanced

After streaming for 3 months I don't understand why people find it so hard to grow? Is that what makes people so desperate to get into niji? Do some networking

>>7891704
>>7891924
shill yourself in /wvt/, this thread is for advice

>>7892933
This guy(?) might need some advice...

I'm not reading too much into it but a video application I made actually has views, so its nice to know at least someone bothered to watch it

>>7896584
Feel free to tell us if it's Niji and male/female. I know the men here are waiting on confirmation someone's actually going through the applications.

>>7896584
Not Niji and female

>>7896687
oops meant to reply to you

Should I have my mic off to the side of my monitor or above it? Maybe (if possible) even below it? I see a lot of streaming setups where they like "hang" it in front of them, but that gets in the way of the screen, doesn't it?

>>7897061
Depends on the mic.

>>7897061
this is how i have my mic set up. because of how i sit it's actually below my mouth by about an inch and i can see over it and the arm just fine

>>7897061
2 fists away from your mouth, ideally directly in front, but if it gets in the way of your webcam, slightly off to the side is fine

Anonchamas, how do you not burn yourself out when you are the only one doing all the digital work?

>I draw all the emotes, badges (which are the smallest things, of course), loading and offline screens with overlays, schedule pic and now drawing a bigger version of my model so I could rig it.

>Everything feels genuinely exhausting whenever I open my drawing app. And to think that I started as an art streamer... All I do if not stream is just draw.

Now I am just freaking out that I haven't drawn much during the past three days because I got sick.

>>7900097
Do you need to be doing all this in a deadline? it's not a race desu and somethings can be delayed till later. As long as you have fun with it that's all that matters.
You could always just stream yourself making the stuff as well as part of a learning process for the audience. That'll be two in one.

>>7900097
>Anonchamas, how do you not burn yourself out when you are the only one doing all the digital work?
Easy. By having no talent in that stuff in the first place and commissioning my needs.

>>7900097
>reddit spacing
This is a thinly veiled bragpost so you already know the answer. Practice and do it more efficiently. No one got anywhere without hard work.

male anon here. I applied for niji auditions on around the second week of july and I was steadily getting views for a week before they finally stopped. I believe that early on in the month there weren't a lot of applications to sort through, but the volume picked up as soon as the deadline approached. So if anyone of y'all who think they did pretty good on the written part, since I think they filter applicants through that before viewing the vids, it probably is likely that they just had a lot of applications to go through

Bros, is it too late to start? How long do you think vtubers will be interesting still?

>>7900781
We're still way early in the vtuber phase. It hasnt really reached normie acceptance yet and vtubers are still just doing mostly gamestreams just like how early youtubers were all let's players. Until we see vtubers being adopted by normies enmasse and content produced become extremely varied moving away from video games entire is when you can say that Vtubing would be too late.

>>7900737
>steadily getting views for a week
Show your analytics. Unique views, specifically. It makes no sense that they would watch a video multiple times and I'm doubtful you weren't just counting your own views like so many others.

>>7900737
>I was steadily getting views for a week before they finally stopped.
This is a red flag to most of us. Were they unique views? Otherwise it's hard to know why they'd view it multiple times.

>>7900781
I’d say it’s too late only if you consider becoming a YouTuber is too late. To oversimplify, you are trying to make a YouTube/twitch channel with the additional challenge of roleplaying.

>>7900781
It's most definitely not too late. The major incline is of course come and gone, but that doesn't mean there is no room for growth. Don't worry my guy, you'll see the writing on the wall when it comes =)

>>7900866
>Unique views
Shit, I hadn't thought of that. Maybe I did trick myself. I'll have to check when I get home

>>7900097
Easy artnon, I don't have any artistic skill, so outsource to eastern e*ropeans on the internet to make my stuff for me

>>7868142
0 view ghost here.

Still 0 views.

>>7901540
Good luck ghost-chan... You've been waiting a long time.

>>7900866
>>7900872
here's the result. I can say at the very least they viewed it like 3 times

>>7901833
>new viewers on the graph only ever goes up to 1 once
Seems like inspect element but it doesn't do me any good to nitpick. I'll just wait for a tweet.

>>7867340
Can someone give me some advice on doing introductions videos on youtube? (and not being cringey while recording it)

>>7900097
Hey it's other artnon here! I try to doing things on my own pace and not doing things too beyond my own skill.
Think about this, by doing this design stuff all by yourself is going to be really aprecciated by your audience, so try to take your time and draw another things in the time on, to avoid getting too stressed or frustrated, after all you have most of the work done, don't you?
Take rest whenever you need, if you have troubles with that, maybe the pomodoro's method could help you (20 min working, 5-10 min relaxing)

>stream game I'm normally decent at
>completely suck at it during stream cause I have to divide my attention

what do

>>7908316
Get better

>>7908316
Git gud.

So as someone who's never been a big singer/talker
what's the difference between straining your voice vs your throat being tired?
my upper throat has been pretty sore lately. but i don't know if that's just due to not being used to having to talk louder/longer or if I'm being retarded.

>>7909345
if it hurts, stop.

>>7912287
it doesn't hurt exactly, its not like a stinging or pressure pain. its like that feeling when you put something too big inside your butt and it just kinda feels like that all day.

>>7912776
that means you're straining it. stop that or you'll permanently damage your vocal chords. whatever you did the day before to cause it, don't do it again. when you're talking, you should be keeping everything relaxed, breathing from your abdomen. keep your tongue and throat relaxed at all times.

>>7912898
i mean i'm not doing anything special which is why i'm asking.

>>7905421
There's that meme interview song the JP use, maybe that? Otherwise just make a production out of it, like tell a story about "your" life or give a speech about "your" goals.

>>7905421
if you're worried about being cringe you'll never make it.

any tips for soundproofing a room? I have a good mic and it'd sound better if it didn't pick up background noise

>>7917022
no way to soundproof, but you can sound treat.

cheapest way to do it is to toss up a mattress or thick blankets on the walls directly in front and behind you. otherwise, you can DIY sound panels using rockwool or Corning 703 insulation panels that are at least 2 inches thick.

don't waste time buying commercial sound foam, most of the cheap ones are not dense enough to absorb sound and at best just diffuse it with their designs. the expensive ones get real expensive, which doesn't matter to most indie vtubers. with your BGM, game music, etc. most of the echoes and reflections should be drowned out anyway.

Been thinking about adding ASMR, or at least book reading, into the rotation amongst games.

Anyone have thoughts on what sound filters/settings work best in OBS for it; or what i should be aiming for? I hate background noise in ASMR when listening, but I figured people like the mouth sounds and shit.

>>7918580
set up a limiter so accidental noises like coughs, sneezes, your chair squeaking, etc. don't kill your viewer's ears

>>7868142
Good luck.

https://twitter.com/sigridoneeye/status/1426648179752136711
>i dunno who needs to read this, but if you want to stream, just start streaming. bird and I streamed 4 days a week for months building viewership with no socials and no pngs, and then had pngs for months. You'll be thankful for the experience and practice.
>i see so many people like "aspiring streamer" or whatever, just start. we streamed on laptops with no assets at all to very few people and it was worth it. We earned a lot of our viewer base with being consistent and dedicated and being welcoming to people. you can debut later
>dumping money into live2d and overlays wont help you maintain interesting conversations, or give you technical knowhow, or do your networking. You get out of what you put into that, and you cant put money into that.
>Tools wont make you work, work merits tools.

>>7928492
this, so much this. literally every content creator says this. stop giving so much of a shit about your design, your layout, your twitter followers, just fucking start.

>>7928689
>this, so much this.
are you being serious when you type this? I cant tell with the absolute state of this thread.

>>7928711
I sure hope not. You have to be delusional to think hard work pays off.

>>7928884
fuck off back to twitter

are you going to listen to random trolls from the back alley or are you going to listen to actual chuubas who are all saying the same thing? make content.

>>7885415
I’m a male trying to get into the eventual Holostars EN, what are the downsides to this? Is the not being able to collab thing pretty concrete? I feel like the EN girls would fight for gender equality and it wouldn’t be such a bad thing

question for artanons, I'm thinking on upgrading my drawing gear, should I get a tablet or a pen display? they are around the same price

>>7929082
>>>/ic/5557203

>>7929082
if by tablet you mean your typical wacom drawing tablet, that.
pen displays that are too cheap tend to be pretty bad. also in general once you get used to a tablet its super convenient imo, far better than a screen because
1. your hands don't get in the way
2. easier access to keyboard for hotkeys
3. you can use your screens like normal instead of having to awkwardly look down at odd angles (its not the same as drawing on paper, and actual drawing is usually done more vertically on a drawing horse like a screen would be)

get a nice medium wacom tablet and you're good forever.

>>7917278
thanks anon

>>7929066
>I feel like the EN girls would fight for gender equality
They aren't going to fight to kill their paycheck from unicorns. You very likely aren't going to be able to make visible contact with them even as a holostar unless the EN managers make serious policy changes compared to the soft rules of the JP side, and Cover is going to segregate you even further. You won't get featured in company projects, you won't make appearances in collaborative events, and it's basically like you don't even work under the same company. Unless a female EN2 member has a Fubuki-tier talent who just doesn't care after the first month you'll be left to dry with whatever you happened to get from the boosted numbers from debuting under the Holostars label, and all of the same restrictions that also come with the label. And while no one can say for certain if that boost will still be as large as the girls' on the English side, it seems unlikely. Meanwhile, strictly in comparison, the males and females (and whatever elses) of Anycolor/Nijisanji are all treated roughly the same. It seems like a far better deal from a potential growth perspective, especially with things outside of streaming itself.

>>7929426
I was talking about a samsung tablet, I currently have a Intuos Draw and was looking forward to upgrading it
I'm currently conflicted since for the display I would be able to use it on my computer and there are hotkeys but the tablet has portability + being able to use it for other things than drawing, that is why I'm having a time deciding which one will be better. For the display I was thinking about Huion Kamvas since cintiq is really expensive
>>7929323
gonna check that later, thanks anon!

>>7929711
in that case yeah just go with a display, imo they're still overrated unless you get the full on cintiq setup where its basically its own table (and even then i prefer a normal drawing tablet) i have no experience with cheaper displays though so if you're buying some crappy chinese knockoff i have no idea how it'll be.

actual tablets are okay, i have an ipad pro its good enough. i like it when traveling and can't bring my full computer but i don't really enjoy drawing on it because of the lack of an easy keyboard and attaching a keyboard to a tablet tends to be icky.

>>7929798
gonna think more about this, currently I'm planning on getting the table and get used to drawing with a screen and then next year I'll get a pen display

>>7928884
>dumping money into live2d and overlays wont help you maintain interesting conversations, or give you technical knowhow, or do your networking. You get out of what you put into that, and you cant put money into that.

if you have the money, then go for it. we're not your fucking parents and it's your money to blow away. go buy those networking connections and buy those view bots.

>>7928492
As with everything, this only works to some extent. A cute live2d certainly attracts people, both viewers and other vtubers that could potentially shill you. Having custom overlays is nice and all but you could use royalty-free ones, on Twitter there's lots of people that do overlays and backgrounds for free use.
Your personality keeps people interested, but sometimes you need a good (visual) hook to bait people into looking at you in the first place.

>>7931129
bro what it means is that you learn to stream better and get used to the process.
you will get the popularity boost from a model when you finally get it. you don't need to wait to start streaming until you get it.

>>7931268
The thing thatt stops me from streaming or making content is the lack of a good mic. I only have my headset and it pick up my laptop's fan like fuck so not doing it until I can change that, at least.

>>7931401
the thing is you'll always find excuses to not stream.
just go for it. if people get filtered whatever, at least you'll get used to talking to yourself.

>>7931401
Have you tried using a noise gate? You can use OBS Reaper plug-ins for that, and it works pretty well.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll always shill the idea of practice recorded “streams” just to get you used to the idea while you wait to get a good mic.

>>7931760
>>7931851
I've tried but it's like my mic is right next toan airplane. It's that bad. I want to start making pre-recorded content like gacha rolls or some shit like that.

>>7932471
Buy a cheap USB mic then

>>7931401
A halfway decent plug-and-play USB mic is like 70 bucks.

>>7933375
I bought a USB BM800 for around 40 bucks, it's a nice mic and comes with a full pack that has a tripod, mounted arm, mic sponge and pop filter

>>7934579
Yeah this. The BM800 is high quality chinkshit and far better than most microphones for the price.

How does BTTV work? I dont bgg understand how I add emotes to my channel.

I'm in the process of getting started and the more I read the more depressed I get. Respect for you all that try.

>>7942272
Even worse is when you see people with actual skills start, like artists, actors, and musicians, and you realize you have nothing to offer outside of vain and desperate attempts at a personality.

>>7942869
Yeah it's going to take a miracle

>>7942944
Do your best, anon!

bump

>>7942272
One of the biggest things that keeps me going is something Jim Carrey once said (paraphrased):
"You can fail at something you hate too, so you may as well do what you love"

Sure, I may fail as a VTuber (so far, I've been streaming for about 3 years and would consider myself as failing based on my super slow growth), but if I go and take some shit call center job with all the healthcare benefits and job security, who's to say I won't just be laid off all of a sudden? Even if I do my best and get a raise and constantly praised by my performance, suddenly the Delta variant hits and boom, I lose my job. Just an example.

Try it, anon. You've got nothing to lose besides your time and energy, but you're putting it towards something you want so it's not really a loss is it? This is why "enjoying the journey" is also important.

Best of luck and success to you.

>>7929635
I guess but I wanna get paid to sing and dance and that's not really Niji's focus

>>7946796
Thanks for your response

>>7946832
Have you miss their concerts? The Niji focus can be anything as long as it can find some audience. They aren't all gamers, it's just that gaming happens to be the thing most people watch streams of. Especially with a virtual avatar and not a webcam and all.

>>7946796
>Even if I do my best and get a raise and constantly praised by my performance, suddenly the Delta variant hits and boom, I lose my job. Just an example.
Haha. Yeah. Just an example. Haha.

>>7946901
yea but do they release original singles?

>>7948051
I'm going to assume you're fucking with me now.

>>7946796
>call center job
>apply several different BPOs
>all of them reject me
>reasons range from having slightly off grammar and accent (as an ESL) to not disclosing I was under meds for depression and it showing up on my urine tests
>in the end a teacher in college tells me it's better this way since those are revolving door jobs that exploit desperate young people
I've made it a goal of mine to thrive, specially with my accent going on.

>tfw can watch streams on one monitor, while streaming on my other monitor
Setting up virtual audio sources feels good, man

Did anybody here apply for Tsunderia? Any views/emails?

>>7951989
Yes to views no to emails

Self Serving Seaturtle Shamelessly Shills Stream, playing Control today
www.twitch.tv/TooruCh

Get your mans lmao

>>7942272
Same, but it's more the process of getting everything together for me. The model rigging is the worst part so far.

>>7954728
This is kinda tough though. He just has 0 self awareness.

Anyone ever tried starting a new company from scratch? how much money do you think will be enough? I can save up 150k in the next 5 years, I wonder if chuubas will still be a thing then.

>>7955964
You'll still probably need a bank loan...

>>7955964
Definitely not 150k. An EN company in the same vein as the other existing ones would probably only take half that unless you're just pumping out streamers Niji-style.

How do you network when starting from absolute 0?

>>7958193
Same as everyone else - one leg at a time

drop your png threads are a cancer, but they're a way to build a small following amongst other streamers. Aim for small (sub 300 followers on twitter) creators, as they're still going to be able to interact. Or go big, and try to groom ironmouse

>>7956094
Isn't that a bit too much? I'm sure I can get at least 5-6 models rigged perfectly with that much and there will still be money to spare after that.

>>7956809
No, I hate niji. I really want to run a virtual idol group where the chubbas are actually satisfied with the contract terms and pay, because I'm definitely gonna set some orthodox contract terms.

>>7962764
>I hate niji
He wasn't talking about niji but you're going to be a shit manager if you're instantly pulling the niji card.

>>7955964
>>7962764
kek you are completely disillusioned with what vtubers are and you fundamentally have no idea how a vtubing company works.
you come off as either mentally retarded or just underaged.

>>7964309
>kek you are completely disillusioned
disillusioned doesn't mean what you think it means ESLchan

>>7868142
0 views bird and losing hope.

>>7958193
Self post in /wvt/

How long do you have to watch a youtube video in order for it to count as a view?

>>7966494
You don't have to watch it at all.

>>7966494
you can accidentally click on it and it'll count as a view. but it also tracks how long average views which fuck with your algorithm metrics. so if everyone is clicking out of the video in under 20 seconds, youtube is less likely to put it into recommendeds for other viewers. but you only really need to worry about that when you're getting around 3k views per video. any less and your audience reach will hinder your algorithm more than the clicks and views.

>>7962764
>I'm definitely gonna set some orthodox contract terms.
Do you mean unorthodox? Otherwise, you're just going to set a standard contract?

Also, you're planning this five years in advance?

>>7966867
Also I believe that once you hit 10k subs and beyond if people dont watch your videos despite that many subs youtube algorithm will think your quality has fallen and thus less likely to randomly recommend it to random people. This is why pity subs are one of the worst things you can do to indies and clippers/redditors who do it to unknown JP vtubers tend to murder them early on as they get less and less growth over time.

>>7971328
>clippers/redditors who do it to unknown JP vtubers tend to murder them early on as they get less and less growth over time.
exactly. i've seen dozens of indie JPs get a ton of subs on youtube after doing some crazy 24 hour non-stop karaoke stream to push for 800 subs or 1k subs. they'll get a big surge from reddit, and then immediately drop down to their usual 11 viewers the very next stream and stay there for several months with zero growth.

bump

>>7962764
It's pretty simple, really. Either you start a non-profit passion project that will cost you but keeps vtubing the way it was originally intended to. Or you go down the exact same commercial route and will end up just like niji, cover and any other big vtubing agency out there right now.

Bump!

>>7977167
>>7973742
stop bumping anon, if it dies, it dies.

What's a good way to listen to your own voice without having to record it and play back?
Any good software just for real time playback with maybe a second delay or something?

>>7978700
I use the mic test option in discord settings

>>7978700
>real time playback with maybe a second delay or something?
that's gonna fuck with your ability to speak pretty hard

>>7978849
its just for practice while i try to hit the right notes without having to constantly play back.

>>7978849
I've heard about that and have seen people struggle to do it, but I don't really have that issue, is it just a mental thing you get used to?

>>7978927
You're lucky, it completely ruins my ability to talk.

>>7978889
Reaper lets you do this by default.
>>7978927
It’s extremely disorienting to me.

dumb question but, if I want to get in a company does making fanart help me gain cookie points?

>>7981365
Being an artist is a marketable skill, yes. I don't know if it would particularly land you in good graces but it's definitely a selling point.

>>7981365
you'd be comparing yourself against the dozens of other artists, but it's a positive skill you can bring that carries over well to being a vtuber.

>>7981614
>>7981735
I'm not really talking abot the skill more like if I make fanart of the vtubers of a company, would they give me cookie points?

>>7981820
no, they won't give a shit unless you know someone personally. fanartists are a dime a dozen and dozens of them do it for absolutely free, why do you think you would get better treatment?

>>7981849
dunno that's why this was a dumb question

>>7982000
I mean. It'll show you aren't clueless about where you're applying to, but it's not going to give you any particular benefit over any other artist. Unless you draw the interviewer's oshi that is.

>>7978700
You can go into your audio input options and preferences and do it. It's how people record in studio usually so it's smart to practice with it at least once in awhile. Just look up a quick guide on how to do it for your operating system.

>>7950175
I need to get around to doing this myself, any good guides?

Anons what is a good laptop for vtubing? I know any laptop will be less than ideal but I need something portable.

Is it worth it to put on a fake voice for your character, rather than just beeing yourself?
Are there any examples of people who play a character for their online persona rather than just using their normal voice?

>>7983853
I can run you through what I do.
>Grab a virtual audio cable (VAC), I use vb-audio, you'll only really need the one
>Once it's installed and you've restarted your comp, go to sound settings, then sound control panel
>Go to the recording tab, right click the CABLE Output (Or whatever the name of your VAC is), go to Listen, and tick "Listen to this device", so you can hear any applications that are using the new VAC
>Go to your chosen streaming software (For this, I'll just use streamlabs OBS), and add a new Audio output capture to your game streaming scene. This'll add the VAC to your audio mixer on stream.
>Mute your desktop audio on sOBS so you're not streaming desktop audio
>Any applications you want the audio of to play on stream, go to App Volume device preferences in sound settings and set its output to CABLE Output
>Now you're streaming only the audio you specify onto that channel, so you can freely listen to music that won't be caught by your streaming software
I've found some older games, like Team Fortress 2, can be a bit finnicky and may need a relaunch once you change their output channel.

>>7983876
It's worth it if you are easily identifiable. Other than that probably not.

>>7984276
Well, my accent doesn't really fit my character.
I'm unfortunately british.

>>7984308
I'm sorry to hear that.

>>7984308
When will they find a cure?
There’s probably some accent suppression reps you can do somewhere, but people will probably just get used to your accent over time. I wouldn’t worry about it too much,

>>7984308
Dump some tea in the harbor, buy a good gun, it'll fix itself in no time.

>>7984504
That's appreciated.
>>7984848
I can hold myself to upper-class english for a while, but I unfortunately have a norf twang during stressful moments.
That, and my nose is so screwed up I am nasally 90% of the time.
I want to aim for fantasy knight as my voice rep goal, but I don't want to overshoot into cringe.
>>7985632
>buy a good gun
In this country?!

>>7983873
it depends, what kind of content are you gonna make and how much are you willing to spend?

Hope you all anons that are gonna start a vtuber project can make it !!!
i wish you the best luck to everyone !!

>>7867340
Do any of you guys know a Vtuber with an Etika like personality?

>>7989812
I just got my model and upgraded from PNG streaming to Live2D. Haven't quite gotten above 5 viewers yet... but we're getting there.

>>7989812
Thanks, it's a long road ahead but I'm making progress at least.

>>7989812
luck is what I need...

>>7867340
What is stopping /asp/ from becoming the next incarnation of vtweeting?

>>7990341
vtweeting?

>>7990341
I mean you can just look at most of the chuubas that have spawned from the thread; they all stream pretty regularly and I don't think that kind of thinking is going to change anytime soon with people from/wvt/ also bringing up the "start streaming immediately" mindset

>>7989900
You might want to ask/wvt/ about that; I personally can't think of any chuubas that act with the energy etika did but I'm sure someone there can

>>7990377
Get an anime avatar, put "debut TBD" in your bio, start tweeting without any actual intention to debut.

>>7990341
Torrent of anons and /here/ chuubas focusing on the "stream now and stream often" mentality. Somehow I can't imagine this den of autists ever suggest newcomers focus on networking and being social on twitter over actually making content.

>>7991983
Y'know, funny thing is, nobody is gonna give two squirts of piss how many hours you've spent shitting into the Twitch servers if they don't know who you are or don't like you.

Literally the best advice someone can get is just to have fun streaming, if you have fun you'll naturally do all the things that lead to growth and popularity. If you force yourself in any way you'll just burn out on it and it doesn't matter if you grow or not because it'll just be another slog of a job for you in time. If you're having fun you talk more, you put more emotion in your voice, you generally feel more welcoming, you can go for endurance streams because you'll want to, you can tweet about stuff you like, etc etc. Literally just have fun, you autists.

>>7986564
Mostly drawing streams, but I’d like to do my own rigging for the live2D as well so it has to be able to run that. I’d like to play some games on it but it won’t kill me if the laptop I get can’t run many.

>>7985902
>I want to aim for fantasy knight as my voice rep goal, but I don't want to overshoot into cringe.
I object. You should overshoot it so much you skip cringe and wrap back around into entertaining.

>>7985902
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAT4uH2MXf8

can you do this voice? if yes I will follow and sub to you

>>7985902
You do you, but honestly a prim and proper knight that goes maximum overchav when something goes wrong sounds pretty funny. Just play some horror games or something.
>>7992194
It’s not about impressing viewers with big numbers, it’s that you can’t get good at something without doing it. Tweeting and amping up your production values and such are important, but so is practice, and people don’t like to practice.

>>7992643
for mostly art streams and live2d cubism, most gaming laptops (and non gaming ones) released in the last couple years that cost at least 650$ would be enough to stream with as long as it has at least 16gb of ram (and even if it doesn't you can usually add your own ram in it). Acer Nitro 5, HP Pavilion, Lenovo Legion 5 are the type of specs you should look out for, but if you have the money then go for more. also, you should always look up reviews for whatever you decide on to make sure there aren't any quirks that could fuck you over

>>7983873
>>7992643
Laptops are meant for text editing and light web browsing.
Playing video games or streaming with is outside of their intended scope. It will overheat and degrade regardless of how much you pay up for it.
You could look into buying a NUC or some other smol form factor cunnyputer and use your current laptop as a monitor for it. Would cost less than a """gaming""" laptop and also blow it out of the water.

>>7993920
>laptop as a monitor for it
To make it clearer, you would simply connect the NUC to the laptop via remote desktop (or some other software) and then use your laptop normally but with the performance of the NUC.
Super easy.

>>7993920
Most vtubers stream on shitty laptops before they get enough gachikoi money for a top of the line desktop.
You'll be fine with a good enough GPU on a laptop but you will have to upgrade eventually when the computer prices go back down.

>>7995241
>Most vtubers stream on shitty laptops.
Most normalfags just think of PCs as social media machines. If anon is uniformed and actually asks for help I want to help him save his money.

A laptop is about the worst thing you can get in price/performance. It will overheat and throttle its performance by 80% from basic tasks and is guaranteed to degrade and become basically unusable in a few years time, forcing another purchase.

A NAC (or some other small form factor PC) literally overcomes all the problems and is the perfect fit for the job.
They are very compact and easy to carry around in the same bag as the laptop, will never overheat and throttle meaning a cheaper and worse spec will actually outperform a more expensive laptop. (And equal specs to the high end laptops will still be slightly cheaper)
He will be able to easily upgrade it in the future if he wants to slap a rtx 4090 in there but otherwise since it wont degrade its going to literally last him a decade for basic use.
At any point he can just plug in a keyboard/monitor and use it as a fully fledged desktop PC.

Its going to be cheaper and give him more use.

>>7995241
>Most vtubers stream on shitty laptops
Most VTubers are also retarded, but that goes for all normalfags and their PC knowledge. Never get a laptop. I have no idea what the other anon >>7995241 meant by a NAC, but they're right about everything else. Get a prebuilt PC.

>>7996187
My guess is on Intel NUC. A line of small computers.

>>7868142
0 views, submitted halfway through the deadline
If Hololive viewed my audition for EN Gen 1 back then (they didn't specify gender and asked males to submit before they backed out), I'm sure Niji is going to view mine.

At least that's what I'm telling myself. My numbers shouldn't have been bad enough to filter me by any means.

But it does get concerning for how long the wait has been.

Here's what it looks like. Dunno how he expects to fit a GPU inside it.

im hopeful but im just doing my own thing. i dont intend to network with other vtubers who are more worried about their own streams than mine.

>>7996379
>i dont intend to network with other vtubers who are more worried about their own streams than mine.
What did he mean by this?

>>7996379
I can sympathize but it's probably not going to get you very far

>>7996415
i can see that. my problem is i'm super unproductive to begin with and i think streaming is gonna make me get off my ass and work. on anything at all. that people might wanna watch. if someone's waiting on me to do something it's more likely for me to do it.

>>7996187
Yeah I mean NUC, was also talking with a schizo that thought his body was infected by parasites and that he needed to take nac to cleanse them and reach enlightment…
Also I mistead >>7983873 if you dont already have a laptop to plug in it will be different.
You can use hotel TVs I suppose if applicable but it would be cumbersome. Might still be worth unironically looking at getting a NUC and a cheap chinkshit chromebook to use just as a display/keyboard. You might still come out cheaper than buying a high end laptop + benefits of the NUC but not as good deal as before.

>>7996578
>cheap chinkshit chromebook
could just get some shitty used laptop from craigslist and plug in

>>7993341
>a prim and proper knight that goes maximum overchav when something goes wrong sounds pretty funny
This. It would be pretty entertaining desu

>>7993920
NUCs and the things like them are not for gaming. They're glorified PIs, great for specific tasks and to have small form factor computing, but I can only think of 1 that has room for a decent graphics card and it's expensive as fuck and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have the power to run it.

>>7928689
>>7930875
whether you start asap with a png and no flair or wait until you have everything together for a polished presentation, nothing can make you a good streamer more than knowing how to be entertaining. i have seen so many vtubers putting in all the stops to promote themselves and all that but when i tune into their stream they sit there near-silently for minutes at a time with the occasional cough or short responses spoken with zero energy. its no wonder why these people dont grow
i am waiting to get my model done and finish all my overlays and other visual presentation and then i will start streaming and Make Content and i will just fucking wing it and i will be great. all you really gotta do is have confidence, dont stop fucking talking, and dont be afraid to be cringe - being good at streaming is more just knowing what to do and breaking past the psychological barriers preventing you from acting as your best self.
its less an "experience" issue and more of a knowledge issue - experience can help you gain that knowledge, but you can do well or potentially better by waiting until you can put forth your strongest effort instead of just "making content" as long as you do your reps. worst case scenario you have some technical scuff, but if you know what youre doing you can easily play that off
worst case scenario i fuck it up big time but at least then ill know ive made the best effort i can instead of wasting my time making garbage content and coping that this is just the warmup and ill do better once i get a model or whatever

>>7997614
>NUCs and the things like them are not for gaming
Correct but so are laptops. It will still be able to play bideo gays just not at high settings, just like a laptop.
>They're glorified PIs
Very rude, they are completely different things.
>I can only think of 1 that has room for a decent graphics card
When I said NUC I also meant all other "small form factor mini PCs". There are several with discrete GPUs in them. Even without one it will be able to run anon's drawing streams just fine.
>expensive as fuck
Much less so than a plasticy high end laptop that will degrade and become e-waste in 2 years.

>>7997747
>overlays
Are good overlays important?

My whole schtick is fantasy(ish) wizard character. So followers are mini-wizards, subscribing is learning a spell from the First/Second/Third circle, etc...

My background is parchment, with 'Starting Soon', 'BRB', 'Ending Soon' inked in; and no set boxes for any overlaid images/chat.

Am I handicapping myself without putting more effort in? Should I break up the page, have the boxes for recent followers/donos etc, or does it not matter at all?

>>7999028
>does it not matter at all?
I've seen chuubas who clearly spent a lot of time and effort on their character's theme, backstory and stream layout only to never get past maybe 5 viewers per stream, on the other hand you will find many successful independent ones who clearly don't give a shit. I'm pretty sure overlays, lore and theme mean very little, I personally could never care less.

>>7993541
I stream on a 2016 notebook with 8GB of ram, that is more than enought for drawing streams, haven't tested cubism but I'm sure it will be hell to work with it considering those specks
tldr you don't need a lot for drawing streams

aspies, do you do a go-live announcement on twitter, reddit, or in any shared discords? what do you tend to put in it?

i've been posting announcements on twitter, and using the game tag, and then one or two of the en/vtuber/en tags. sometimes i've @ed the game.

do you do anything afterwards? like, if you were talking about something interesting but didn't know the answer or source, do you tweet it out afterwards?

>>8000682
>Go live announcement
Usually on twitter with the #vtuber tag and a rage for whatever it is I'm doing. If it's for something that I know has a reddit that doesn't hate self promo I'll also post it there
>Post stream
Usually thanks for showing up/raids, and a clip

>>8000682
Assuming you watch streams, perform this experiment. For a month, every time you go from twitter to twitch to check out a stream, take a screenshot of the tweet that sent you there.

After you've gathered up all those screenshots, sort them into two piles. On one side are the streams of people that you actively like and will attempt to watch whenever possible. Throw those out. Take the remaining screenshots and study them. What are the common factors in those tweets that got you to click that twitch link?

Apply those factors to your own tweets, and reap the benefits. This is a hint from my own research: you need to make streams that are "unmissable". They have to have something that won't be there in a VOD, or isn't available in 20,000 other streams(generic game playthrough).

>>8000682
remember that where you post is also what community will see and join from.
if you post on twitter you are going to get twitter tards and vtwitters, if you post on reddit you will get redditors.
unless you are one of them yourself its not that great of an idea

>>8000844
thanks anon

>>8001026
thanks anon #2. but i don't tend to from twitter, i browse the twitch index, and always turn up to my favorite streamers' streams.
but good ideas, now need to work on adding the,. what sort of somethings do you add?

>>8001235
twitter, reddit, 4chan, discords... what else can i do to shill, anon? just hope i get raided by a big chuuba? i'm not a 16 yr old girl, so tiktok is incomprehensable to me.

>>8001423
Tiktok's one of the biggest avenues to shill your channel. I've seen some channels grow just from a big tiktok audience they gathered.

>>8001423
TikTok is honestly a gamechanger. I highly recommend uploading there, even if it's just some lightly edited clips

>>8001509
>>8001466
well fuck. guess i'll spin up a channel and start posting there.

thanks anons, hadn't realised it was useful

>>8001423
it depends on what you want anon…
if you are just a numbersfag and you dont care about tiktok children being your viewers and shaping your interactions with the stream then go for it and shill to them.
say if you were a tank simulator enthusiast it would make more sense to shill on a tank sim forum than on twitter for a bunch of vtwitterer circlejerkers.
whoever you shill to is going to be who comea to watch, unless you want to ignore them it would be a good idea to have them come from the same community as yours so you can interact.

>>7997747
>you can do well or potentially better by waiting until you can put forth your strongest effort instead of just "making content"
this is a retarded take. go post your debut date in /wvt/ and leave. can't wait for your debut to 80 people then every other stream to drop down to 2 viewers.

>finally after all push backs gets everything ready for debut(test stream)
>gets sick so badly can't move my body at all
Pain peko...

>>8002008
>you dont care about tiktok children being your viewers and shaping your interactions with the stream then go for it and shill to them.
anon, "tiktok children" have their own tastes. if you make good quality content and don't just copy the thirst trap and coomerbrain baiting, those "children" won't follow you. you cultivate the audience you want. tiktok audience isn't a unified monolith. the algorithm works to show you the things you and other people similar to you watch. so if all you're seeing is a bunch of children... you've got some problems, anon.

>>8009662
>tiktok audience isn't a unified monolith
they are all unified under the fact they all use a chinese spyware rootkit and thus you can question their intelligence. simple as.
as I wrote in the first post, it wont be a problem if you are one of them, which it seems (You) are.

>8009872
>herp derp muh platform loyalty
ngmi

>>8009912
>completely missing the argument
unironically as expect of a tiktok drone

>8010000
ngmi

>>8010095
>he posted on /vt/asp/

Bros am I gonna make it?

I just got approached by a translation team from China asking if they could translate my streams and clip me. All zhang memes aside is this a good sign bros

>>8010546
more eyes is always better.
read the fucking contract.
congrats anon.

>>8010546
Congrats bro, trust in yourself
You are gonna make it

>>7999028
it can get you more hype pre or during debut if you have fancy overlays and stuff but ultimately the decider of whether ppl will stay around is if youre interesting and entertaining to watch (ie make good content).
basically going all-out on presentation and not doing your personality/comedy reps will get you nowhere past twitter followers and debut viewers; making good content but being barebones in presentation will make it hard to gain initial hype, but you will gradually gain viewers that stick around for you. doing both will help give you an initial boost and give you the ability to follow up on that and retain more debut viewers. that, or its up to you if you just want to put together a visual style you are proud of for your own sake.
>>8008607
cant post my debut date because im still waiting for my model :^) also not posting it on here anyway because fuck you. im sure far more than 2 viewers will stick around though because of my amazing and funny personality and my natural charisma. anon i can tell you seem to have a very charming personality and im sure you would do fantastic at streaming, perhaps expend that on improving your own confidence instead of trying to shit on people who are above you or youre ngmi

delusional cope

>>7999028
>>8013114
also thats only in combination with networking because if no one sees your fancy overlays it doesnt matter anyway. i will say that having their name on screen for longer makes the twitchfags marginally more willing to open their wallet

>>8013138
we'll see about that. in the meantime please continue wasting your life, im sure you feel very fulfilled

Have you been feeding the chickens?

>>8013420
I don't have a sub, so not yet. Sorry tiger

>>8013420
Of course I have, don't ask silly questions.

woohoo affiliate time

>>7942272
I started with idea of vtubing as a challenge to learn new skills like drawing, live2D, photoshop and to practice my english. So even if i fail i still gained tons of experienced and learned new things in the process.

>>8016503
That's a good attitude to have.

>>8010546
Be extremely careful from this point on to not mention China related negative topics or any vtubers that have had negative associations with them. So long as you can do that you should be okay.

>>7942272
i just want to vtubing to improve my english also i want to give good advices to people

>>7993541
>>7993920
>>7993981
>>7995241
>>7995849
>>7996187
Thanks for the advice anons. I really like the idea of using a NUC, sounds versatile, I’ll look more into that.
>>7996578
I do have a laptop, an Asus with i3 and 4gb ram, so it’s not very good and more importantly can’t run live2D to learn rigging. It’s a few years old now, but the monitor is fine even if the rest of it is falling apart.

>>8019776
don't listen to that retard.
by the time you get a small form factor comptuer like a NUC running with a decent setup you're already at a small PC in size. in which case just get the small PC.

Making custom channel point rewards is inducing intense anxiety. Are my ideas any good? Is anyone going to redeem them? Am I making them too expensive?

Does anyone have any standard redeems besides hydrate/stretch/posture?

>>8020296
And right now you can find Laptops with decent specs for better prices than a NUC+GPU since computer prices are screwed but laptop prices arent.

>>8021056
I have a few for different games:
Skyrim - increase/decrease difficulty
Stardew - give [item] to [character] (write-in)


And some generic:
- stretch/hydrate/posture check
- change screen layout (fullscreen game/overlay)
- play left handed
- stupid video mode (I called it teletubby mode. The model goes MASSIVE, and the gamescreen is tiny. It's REALLY popular for some stupid reason)

Guide the raid is good, make me say something, ask me anything, follower/sub/emote only chat

>>8021342
Those are good ideas, thanks.

Post-weekend pulse check for any of you auditioning hopefuls. Any updates? Any good news?

>trawling twitch for vtubers
>all the cute designs are babiniku or transexual or using
voicechangers
>all the actual women have ugly ass unattractive avatars
Can someone explain this phenomenon for me
do women have broken cute centers in their brain

>>7908316
Stream more, Im 9 hours in and its getting better.

Although I cant maintain constant stream of talking for more then hour and a half so far.

>>8027092
Define cute

>>8027092
Yes.
Now embrace the male pill.

>>8027092
Because they're getting designs based on what they like, and by extension what you as a male like.

>>8024489
Nothing here. No mail, no views.

I can't help but start feeling like I'll just be jealous when I see who made it. But I'll just do my best to bury those feelings and not be a toxic ass.

>>8027092
Because cute designs cost 500 minimum. So the no lifers end up with the cutest and females end up with bottom of the barrel.

you guys think 400 bucks worth
-Live 2D model halfbody
-3 screens
-4 emotes
-1 Banner w/ custom logo

>>8034551
just model or model + rigging
though that's pretty cheap, i'd be skeptical of the quality at that price

>>8034551
If you're selling. Yeah.
If you're buying. No.
$400 for a live 2d model, assuming you want it drawn as well, is very much on the low end unless it's complete garbage tier.

>>8034551
just the half body is around 200 - 300 usd

>>8034700
it's like my OC but i want it to have a live2d i think i have a concept i want to start and i have the money but i need a good rigger or something like that

>>8028106
>>8028106
I’m a female /asp/ie currently working on my design, are there any particular charm points that induce maximum “uooooh” in guys?

>>8030787
you know someone who can do a cool design for 500+?

>>8035004
400 for rigging is probably good then. You could probably get a good one at that price.
But most riggers don't also do the art. So keep that in mind.

>>8035295
Depends on which guys you want, if you just want whaling coomers it's full figured + a heaping helping of cleavage. I like creative designs that suit the streamer, personally.

>>8035295
For me I like cooler girls. I'm tired of cute moeblob designs. And I hate the overly done alien bullshit with 50 arms and embroidered faces.

Just give me cool beautiful elegant girls. (Assuming you're able to voice it properly)

>>8035295
Having a visible midriff that's accentuated by your design. Some zettai ryouiki is always nice. And a top that shows the armpits.

>>8035295
Look at any loli drawn by Rustle for maximum UOOOOOOHH!!!

>>8035295
>maximum “uooooh”
a design that resembles a 15 year old girl

>>8035597
>>8035763
>>8035842
Thanks for the pointers! I was hoping to go with a gothic lolita-inspired design with a darker palette for the outfit.

>>8035873
I’m interested, could you send me a link? I’m fairly confident my voice would suit a loli design if it came to.

>>8036298
So imo don't go full lolita.
Normies and even the wider weeb audience doesn't actually like lolita, they like the concept of poofy skirts.

People want casual lolita not full lolita.

>>8036637
kurololi? desuloli? pinkloli? dosuloli? moodloli?

>>8036298
If you're going cunny just make sure you don't have any sea themes what so ever to avoid the obvious comparison

>>8035417
Check skeb for designers

>>8035295
Can never go wrong with armpits, tummy or stockings/pantyhose.

>>8035417
I got mine designed and rigged for 645 but the person liked the concept and character a lot and gave me a lot of discounts. Find someone that would probably have a good time working on your order and has an art style you genuinely love. Also don't be incredibly generic like a demon or demon with a somewhat ironic profession. That's 90% of what they design and most of them are EXTREMELY sick of it.

>>8035295
Just design something that would suit a voice and character you can easily drop into. If you like loli characters do that. If you like mature characters do that. Don't try to appease others too much or you'll end up bland and dime a dozen. Just sit with it and come up with some ideas and start communicating with an artist.

>>8037677
i was thinking abouta sloth with tired eyes but i need to try to draw it my self first to get my ideas going about more details

>>8036298
Go to nhentai and search for rustle, should come back with plenty of material. Or the artist whose name escapes me that does the LO covers.

>>8037858
>>8038043
Thanks :)

>>8037903
Yeah that sounds cute and novel. Tired girls are under utilized unless they're, again, demons.

I'm absolutely shit with visuals and drawing so I got some different pics off pintrist. I said "I'd like this hair cut. And could you make their face a combination of these?" Etc with each aspect of their design. I sent it to a designer/rigger and since I had an idea of their usual style they knocked it out of the park. Doing something like that works too if you're having a hard time with it. Just be very detailed. I also included some short sentences about their personality and background and they got the asthetic I was looking for absolutely perfect.

>>8037372
What tags do I search for designers on skeb?
I look around and see lots of artists but I dont know which ones could do the art and rig for me?

>>8035763
Vivian Voss from 4V might be what you're looking for.

>>8038806
but anon i'm a Male

>>8042178
instant buff
#dontletmaledebuffexist

>>7867340
>use hashtag to find an artist for an overlay
>99% bots

Fucking christ.

Does anyone any have any suggestions for software for making png animations and exporting them into .gifs that isn't Photoshop or GIMP?

>>8043874
assets and resources doc, anon
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-WNniuNO2YZUZvfZZ624e04GyKxROReuE_1Y8KIY8s0/edit#gid=1520936096
https://twitter.com/i/lists/1395233295022034945/members

>>8044809
krita

>>8045083
Looks decent, I'll check it out tomorrow. Thanks.

>>8035763

Speaking of which. Anyone got some tips/examples of what an elegant girl sounds like? I feel like when I try to do it, it's like I'm imitating a trannyvoice...

>>8048101
Just give an "Oh~ho~ho~ho~" laugh and if you sound like Santa you're doing it wrong.

>>8048222
I would add a "desuwa" as well but that's Mei Hirasaka's thing.

Based on previous threads, want to ask, do companies raelly not even bother to watch the entire audition videos? Like some anons said that they only watched 20 seconds then dipped.

>>8045030
Thanks, babe

>>8048222
I think mine sounds alright, but when I speak, it just sounds like a normal person. I haven't found any English voices to emulate yet

Nijimales... How's it going...

>>8052229
I feel those ellipses bro. Maybe they still just haven't gotten around to looking yet. Haha..

>>8052441
>>8052229
As someone who didn't apply and can offer an outside pov, I'd imagine they're just swamped by the girls auditions and are focusing on getting through those first. After they get picked they'll start looking at the dudes more seriously. No worries, good luck.

>>8053098
You're a good person. Bless you.

>>8052229
great I got accepted with a 4000 USD sign on bonus haha...haha...

Anyone got a custom set-up done by VBI? I was checking out their designs, and kind of like some of them, but it's not all what I'm after, so thought I'd check in, see if anyone went all-in on a package with them?
They do a chunk of stuff, and it'd save me the hassle of checking fiverr/twitter to find multiple artists and pull together something consistent (my art skills are limited to shitposts in MSPaint, and layering in GIMP)

>>8042178
Get a masculine design and a dude to hang out with and bait fujos.

I dont have a webcam for tracking, can any cheap webcam do or does it have to be high FPS or something?

>>8055100
We had that idea a few threads back, on doing a fujobait agency. I'd love to see it come together

>>8055249
You can get away with something cheap but the cheaper it is the more often it will lose your face and your avatar will hang for a few seconds. The best option is an iphone instead of any webcam at all for that stupid good facetracking tech. I hate it but it's necessary if you don't want your character to snap to default with sudden motions.

>>8055437
thanks a lot, I'll check the 2nd hand markets then

>>8055451
Make sure it's at least an iphone X, I think. There should be a more specific guide in the OP.