The person in the circle of Vtuber is an avatar played by a real person. Vtuber is the abbreviation of Virtual YouTuber, which originally refers to the video owner who is active on YouTube as an avatar. With the popularity of Vtuber, it can now refer to virtual anchors, virtual idols and other virtual images played by real people in the virtual or real world. Uber has a Chinese nickname "Guan Ren". The concept of virtual anchor was initiated in October1kloc-0/65438 10 with Kizuna AI as the virtual Vtuber.

Therefore, Kizuna AI was recognized as the first virtual anchor, and after the success of Kizuna AI, many Japanese companies and individuals aimed at the virtual anchor. Driven by various commercial and personal interests, this market emerged in large numbers after 20 17.

Classification of virtual anchor points:

1. Submission type: According to the main submission types, virtual UP can be divided into "video potential", "live potential" and "song potential". There is no strict distinction between video potential, live broadcast potential and song potential. Video potential and song potential are sometimes live broadcast, and live broadcast potential will also contribute to video.

2. Membership: According to membership, virtual UP owners can be divided into "personal potential", "enterprise potential" and "community potential". There is no strict distinction between personal potential, enterprise potential and company potential. With the signing, termination or other complicated personnel transfer of the virtual UP owner, the affiliation of the virtual UP owner may change.

3. Image source: According to the image source, the imaginary part can be divided into metempsychosis and non-metempsychosis.