Cappuverse VTuber Program

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What is Cappuverse SFU?
Cappuverse SFU is SIAT’s official VTuber (Virtual YouTuber) program. Our VTubers highlight the brilliant creations of our students, faculty, and alumni through their regular livestreams and long and short form content. With Cappuverse SFU, we aim to arm our students with in-demand skills such as content creation, motion capture, animation, and game design all the while helping StudioSIAT continue our research and development mission and mature our production pipelines. Featured in the press in CityNews twice, radio interview on CKWX (News 1130), Dexerto, SingTao, and VTuber News Drop.

Why does SFU/SIAT have a VTuber program?
VTuber technology fits perfectly into the intersection of the School of Interactive Arts & Technology. It makes full use of the interdisciplinary skills learned in SIAT as well as StudioSIAT’s motion capture technologies and pipeline. Simultaneously, students involved in the creation of the VTubers and the productions of their debuts are given the opportunity for paid work experience and portfolio credits in artistic fields on a very fun and novel project.

How was this made? How was this funded?
Cappuverse SFU is built from the ground up by Canadian university students working with us to gain hands-on experiential learning, funded through CEWIL (Work Integrated Learning) grants. From character design, illustration, graphic and logo design, to 3D models and environments, animation (2D, 3D, and motion graphics), as well as developing a unique mocap pipeline for livestreaming within Unity, students lived the authentic studio production work experience, with leadership and mentorship by StudioSIAT. This was crystallized into a single 6-credit senior level undergraduate course in Fall 2025, IAT 443: Senior Project In Creative Media, to produce the second class of SFU’s VTubers and their debuts in one semester.

Can I audition?
For current status of auditions and more information, please check the auditions page.

Auditions

Submit your projects for the VTubers to review live!

Are you a student, whether in SIAT, SFU, or any school at all? Did you make a project that you're proud of? Did you create one heck of a funni thing? Did you make something that's so BAD, that it's GOOD? You should submit your project work to be shown on Cappuverse!

Cappuverse SFU’s VTubers are always looking for awesome student project work to showcase live on stream. Of course, in the spirit of an educational institution, they may provide constructive critique!

Submit your Project

Meet Class 1: Project Acorn!

Faye Ayato

操斗フェイ

Meet Faye

Mo Ayato

操斗モォ

Meet Mo

Cappu

Just a cute teaching model :3

Meet Cappu

Meet Class 2: The Bureau!

Wren Akane

茜レン

Meet Wren

Apollo

AP0110 the Peacekeeper

Meet Apollo

Use Cappuverse SFU talents in your projects!

Have a project in mind that requires the characters or models or of our VTubers or Cappu? Only students enrolled in the classes listed below can access the models of the vAmbassadors for their course projects.

IAT 312: Foundations of Game Design
IAT 313: Narrative and New Media
IAT 343: Animation
IAT 410: Advanced Game Design
IAT 443: Senior Project in Creative Media
IAT 445: Immersive Environments
IAT 499: Graduation Project

If you are are currently an SIAT student and would like to create with our vAmbassador models, please contact us at studiosiat@sfu.ca for more information.

Have any Questions for Us?

Contact us for any inquiries including production requests/services, collaboration, and others surrounding our virtual ambassador program.
We will do our best to reply within 7 business days.

studiosiat@sfu.ca

Guidelines

Viewer Guidelines

Ambassadors are students (just like some of you!) DIsrespectful actions or comments are not tolerated and have no place in the educational environment.
Do not politics: please do not express politics in the community chat.
Clip respectfully: please don’t take take our Ambassadors out of context.
Venting and doxxing is not tolerated.
No excessive profanity.
No sexism, racism, or discrimination and SLURS (lead to instant ban)

Fanwork Guidelines

Refrain from creating derivative/fan works that may offend the ambassadors or the School.
Do not create content that would impersonate the ambassadors or staff/faculty of the School.
Official assets are not to be modified or altered in any shape or form. They are not to be used for sale or commercial means. The use of Studio SIAT logos or official assets in projects, websites, advertising materials, or publications is prohibited without consent of the studio/school. Official assets include official art, typography, character model, music, streaming assets, SIAT assets, etc.
Official assets can only be used by the ambassadors and staff/faculty of the School. Registering domain names or social media accounts that utilize Studio SIAT or character names is also not allowed.
Limit your creation of derivative works to a fan / hobby level. Works that are deemed to be created for business purposes will be asked to stop.
Comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including the terms and rules of any relevant platforms.
When sharing projects, creators should clearly state that the project is a fan creation and not officially endorsed or sponsored by Studio SIAT. Including a conspicuous notice to this effect is recommended.
Last edited on 2025-02-18. Subject to changes as necessary, updates will be posted as required.