FlaVR

FlaVR (pronounced "flavor") is an English-language indie VTuber circle founded in 2022, whose members are themed after various foods.

The group originated as a parody of shady VTuber corporations, using AI art; as such, it retains a loose faux-corporate structure and most of its "talents" began life as PNGTubers using AI-generated assets.

2022
The original FlaVR ("FlaVR Fresh" below) was conceived by Pipkin Pippa of Phase-Connect as a fictional VTuber agency of which she was the (corrupt) CEO. In a stream on 2022-11-12 she generated character designs using NovelAI, then assigned them backgrounds and personalities. The popularity of this stream led to a number of her viewers creating fake social media accounts for the talents and the agency itself, prompting another stream four days later to react to its unexpected takeoff.

After an initial period with a large number of FlaVR-related accounts (including many duplicates, original characters, and existing Twitter users adding the label to their names) a "real" FlaVR began to form from among participants with a genuine interest in streaming, with some of the early adopters retiring to become "staff" and technical support. This group would eventually become self-sustaining, producing Gens 3+ with talents drawn from outside of Pippa's audience.

On 2022-11-25, Pippa collaborated with fellow Phase-Connect member Komachi Panko to design a second branch of FlaVR, named "FlaVR TXC".

On 2022-12-29, Pippa invited Sena Bonbon of FlaVR Fresh to a collab stream on her channel as her "daughter".

On 2023-04-01, Sawa-sama/SourGrape joined FlaVR under her existing persona, becoming the first member of FlaVR Infusions (a pastiche of Phase Invaders).