More Kawaii than a Real-Person Live Streamer: Understanding How the Otaku Community Engages with and Perceives Virtual YouTubers

Lu, Zhicong; Shen, Chenxinran; Li, Jiannan; Shen, Hong; Wigdor, Daniel

doi:10.1145/3411764.3445660

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“…This raises an interesting question of how to help BLV streamers better manage images without compromising viewers' experiences? A possible solution could be to explore the use of virtual idols on short-video platforms that support live-streaming [9,28,52,77]. A virtual idol is a 2D or 3D animated virtual avatar with the voice of a human, which could be operated by individuals or agencies.…”

Section: Design For Inclusive Virtual Identity Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A virtual idol is a 2D or 3D animated virtual avatar with the voice of a human, which could be operated by individuals or agencies. An increasing number of streamers already started to use virtual avatars in their live-streams, such as voice actors, amateur and professional musicians, and artists [52]. One streamer named CodeMico on Twitch used virtual avatars to achieve visual effects, such as blowing herself up and flying into space in the live-streaming, that would otherwise be impossible to perform by humans [84].…”

Section: Design For Inclusive Virtual Identity Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…One streamer named CodeMico on Twitch used virtual avatars to achieve visual effects, such as blowing herself up and flying into space in the live-streaming, that would otherwise be impossible to perform by humans [84]. Moreover, live-streams with virtual avatars had a broad audience in China [52,83]. By June 2021, over 30,000 active streamers conducted live-streams with virtual avatars on Bilibili and gained over 560 million Danmu (i.e., scrolling comments) [83].…”

Section: Design For Inclusive Virtual Identity Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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"It Feels Like Being Locked in A Cage": Understanding Blind or Low Vision Streamers' Perceptions of Content Curation Algorithms

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Blind or low vision (BLV) people were recently reported to be live streamers on the online platforms that employed content curation algorithms. Recent research uncovered algorithm biases suppressing the content created by marginalized populations. However, little is known about the effects of the algorithms adopted by live streaming platforms on BLV streamers and how they, as a marginalized population, perceive the effects of the algorithms. We interviewed BLV streamers (N=19) of Douyin -a popular live stream platform in China -to understand their perceptions of algorithms, perceived challenges, and mitigation strategies. Our findings show the perceived factors contributing to disadvantages under algorithmic evaluation of BLV streamers' content (e.g., issues with filming and timely interaction with viewers) and perceived algorithmic suppression (e.g., content not amplified to sighted users but suppressed within the BLV community). Their mitigation strategies (e.g., not watching other BLV streamers' shows) tended to be passive. We discuss design considerations to design a more inclusive and fair live streaming platform.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Human computer interaction (HCI); Empirical studies in HCI .

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Section: Design For Inclusive Virtual Identity Managementmentioning

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Section: Design For Inclusive Virtual Identity Managementmentioning

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Section: Design For Inclusive Virtual Identity Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

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"It Feels Like Being Locked in A Cage": Understanding Blind or Low Vision Streamers' Perceptions of Content Curation Algorithms

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Zhou²,

Lu³

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“…However, the implication remains that the only real barrier that needs to be dropped in this context is the metaphorical "breaks" that are frequently built into these systems to provide some measure of human control. The quickest way that this barrier would be breached is if virtual idols such as Hatsune Miku (and other VOCALOID characters) [136,137] or Kizuna AI [138,139] were granted free rein over their programming and merged with sophisticated text generation software such as GPT-3. This may not normally sound like a true threat to our ability to distinguish between non-expressive AIS and humans, but these idols necessarily come equipped with copyrighted voices [140][141][142].…”

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The Question of Algorithmic Personhood and Being (Or: On the Tenuous Nature of Human Status and Humanity Tests in Virtual Spaces—Why All Souls Are ‘Necessarily’ Equal When Considered as Energy)

Jaynes

2021

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What separates the unique nature of human consciousness and that of an entity that can only perceive the world via strict logic-based structures? Rather than assume that there is some potential way in which logic-only existence is non-feasible, our species would be better served by assuming that such sentient existence is feasible. Under this assumption, artificial intelligence systems (AIS), which are creations that run solely upon logic to process data, even with self-learning architectures, should therefore not face the opposition they have to gaining some legal duties and protections insofar as they are sophisticated enough to display consciousness akin to humans. Should our species enable AIS to gain a digital body to inhabit (if we have not already done so), it is more pressing than ever that solid arguments be made as to how humanity can accept AIS as being cognizant of the same degree as we ourselves claim to be. By accepting the notion that AIS can and will be able to fool our senses into believing in their claim to possessing a will or ego, we may yet have a chance to address them as equals before some unforgivable travesty occurs betwixt ourselves and these super-computing beings.

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“…Face-rigged avatars are primarily used by Virtual YouTubers(Zhao et al, 2019;Lu et al, 2021), such as Kizuna AI, although newer social media platforms such as ItsMe (https://www.itsme.video/) connect face-rigging avatars with social media functionality. 10 www.mixamo.com…”

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Protean Kinematics: A Blended Model of VR Physics

Jeong

Kim

et al. 2021

Front. Psychol.

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Avatar research largely focuses on the effects of the appearance and external characteristics of avatars, but may also warrant further consideration of the effects of avatar movement characteristics. With Protean kinematics, we offer an expansion the avatar-user appearances-based effects of the Proteus Effect to a systematic exploration into the role of movement in affecting social perceptions (about others) and idealized perceptions (about self). This work presents both a theoretical (typology) and methodological (physics-based measurement) approach to understanding the complex blend of physical inputs and virtual outputs that occur in the perceptual experience of VR, particularly in consideration of the collection of hippocampal (e.g., place cells, grid cells) and entorhinal neurons (e.g., speed cells) that fire topologically relative to physical movement in physical space. Offered is a novel method that distills the blend of physical and virtual kinematics to contribute to modern understandings of human-agent interaction and cognitive psychology.

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More Kawaii than a Real-Person Live Streamer: Understanding How the Otaku Community Engages with and Perceives Virtual YouTubers

Cited by 69 publications

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"It Feels Like Being Locked in A Cage": Understanding Blind or Low Vision Streamers' Perceptions of Content Curation Algorithms

"It Feels Like Being Locked in A Cage": Understanding Blind or Low Vision Streamers' Perceptions of Content Curation Algorithms

The Question of Algorithmic Personhood and Being (Or: On the Tenuous Nature of Human Status and Humanity Tests in Virtual Spaces—Why All Souls Are ‘Necessarily’ Equal When Considered as Energy)

Protean Kinematics: A Blended Model of VR Physics

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