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blueSGL OP t1_j2nnos9 wrote

>Brands in China are looking for alternative spokespeople after many celebrities recently ran into negative press about tax evasion or personal scandals, said Sirius Wang, chief product officer and head of marketplace Greater China at Kantar.

>At least 36% of consumers had watched a virtual influencer or digital celebrity perform in the last year, according to a survey published by Kantar this fall. Twenty-one percent had watched a virtual person host an event or broadcast the news, the report said.

Kinda hard to get my head around the fact that it's so main stream there a 1/3rd of people are already exposed to it.

I'm aware that V-tubers over here are a thing but I always saw it as a far more niche.

How long till a main stream US or UK news program is presented by a virtual presenter?

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AvgAIbot t1_j2nqet0 wrote

Probably this year I would say. There’s software that does this ok-ish right now: https://www.synthesia.io/

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blueSGL OP t1_j2nqkxr wrote

oh I'm not talking about implementation. I mean general public acceptance of the use case.

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AvgAIbot t1_j2nr6g2 wrote

Well I think most young people wouldn’t mind, like millennials and younger.

I’m sure boomers would come around quickly, as long as it’s saying what they want to hear.

It depends on if it’s realistic avatars or anime like avatars too. I don’t see many people accepting anime like avatars but definitely human realistic avatars.

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Artanthos t1_j2pueos wrote

The oldest millennials have already hit middle age.

They started turning 40 two years ago.

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sticky_symbols t1_j2qohoi wrote

They're not accepting it, they just clicked a link once in the last year.

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