>>12353266>This lets them actually move around a fully-realized digital space instead of standing in place.Which is just Alt Minecraft, then.
>You're describing it as "just playing with pre-created assets", but that's the same thing JPs are doing, except they actually have to be physically present for it.Not having the actual physical objects and chuuba there to interact make it less life-like and immersive. Imagine if all those 3d collabs are just on VRC then we wouldn't have moments like Mio actually vomiting stuff, Marine actually physically exhausted dancing or actually slapping Aqua around. Having actually interacted with each other is just plain better than having them awkwardly wearing a VR headset pretend to do that within the virtual space, with SD form to put.
>The problem is not that Cover can't do what Ame did. The problem is that Cover should be doing this, and things even better than this. They should be providing high-poly models with state-of-the-art rigging, complex assets, and everything else. But they're not doing anything, so watching Ame do such impressive things by herself obviously makes people point at Cover and ask reasonable questions, such as "Where is the money going?". These are the biggest vtubers in the world, they deserve better.All of that went into JP, hence big concerts, big sponsors, actual TV appearances. None of the EN are as big as JP's superchat/live viewers number nor worth the effort of providing them with high quality rigs when the return barely matter. Business-wise, JP just plain bringing more money when their images can be plastered on supermarkets, trains, sports leagues and card games while EN, while reaching a wider audience compared to JP due to the language barrier, isn't reaching deep enough compared to JP.
Basically, when it comes to fame, JP is the equivalent of actual anime characters, mid-tier seiyuu/celebrities, and thus, investing in them would bring more revenue from actual big payers like corps and businesses wanting to use their images while EN is still streamers and thus, existed on a singular niche where the income only coming from their paypigs.
