A bit more info on this Variance Project. Apparently, the CEO had an interview with Acapella, a VTuber fan magazine:
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Seems like a typical corpo-speak interview except for the Trash Taste mention as a first exposure to VTubing, which I consider a possible red flag, though by itself it isn't damning, since spending any amount of time in this space will definitely cause you to diverge from the Trash Taste view of VTubing. Other bits just flesh out what was known previously, like how Digilive was never fully operational, mostly serving as a kind of pet project they were toying around with before deciding to go serious now.
That said, being next to Utano Pandora in the magazine is quite auspicious. I swear, years from now, we will still be hearing about CyberLive.
More importantly, we now have some faces to Variance Project + their LinkedIn profiles:
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I don't really know enough here to draw definitive conclusions about them through their LinkedIn. From my surface reading of this info, they seem to me to be techbros who may be a bit in over their head with this project, though I'm still interested to see how far they get with this story-driven concept with factions and such.
Haven't kept track since the last posting, but there is some kind of major announcement in 5 days (possibly audition opening?):
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Don't know where else to put it, but they recently released more info and art on one of the "factions":
My 2 cents:
I'm still somewhat inclined to give the benefit of the doubt, considering the peak bandwagon years for VTubing are pretty much over. Attempting to enter this saturated market after a previous project does indicate some genuine degree of interest in the space. This is not an easy money venture and I don't see any EU startup incubators or well-known VC in their profiles (though I am interested to know where their money comes from). They may be a bit optimistic with their concept, though at least the interview doesn't reek of "revolutionize the industry" talk which techbros gravitate toward.
