and my never-ending quest to cover all things v tuber related i was told about an app called
reality now this isn't new it's been around for a while and it's got a fairly established user base
but i finally got around to checking it out i actually recorded this video about a month
ago but i lost the entire audio portion so here we are here is an overview of reality which is
honestly one of the more fun and useful v tubing apps i've ever encountered before we get started
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hope you enjoy this exploration of reality if i had to describe reality with a single sentence
it's a phone streaming app with hundreds of outfits accessories hairstyles and items that
you can use to create a unique avatar creating an account is pretty easy as you can use either line
facebook google twitter or apple id once you've logged in you'll immediately be shown your default
character with the option to name it from here on out we're going to split this video into two parts
the viewer experience and the streamer experience we're going to start with viewers once logged in
you are shown a few gotcha ads which i will talk about in the later portion of the video
but then you land on the recommended homepage joining a stream is as easy as tapping on it
and there are several tabs to help sort out what type of stream you'd like to join maybe someone
who has over a thousand viewers maybe a newbie or maybe you'd just like to see what's trending when
you join a stream your name appears in chat as you enter and you are almost always greeted by
the streamer you can type and chat spam the like button take a screenshot of them or give them
gifts there are two categories of gifts paid and free and these can do everything from generating
an effect like a rainbow to putting a mustache on the streamer's face this is honestly pretty fun
you get free points by just watching streams and using the app and there's a nice selection of fun
effects to choose from with most events adding at least one or two new free items after the streamer
ends their broadcast they have an option to send a message to everyone who joined at any point so if
you're like me and hop around streams a lot you're going to be sent a ton of messages which lets me
talk about just how many notifications you'll be receiving while using this app you'll also be
receiving some interesting ads i highly highly recommend turning off your push notifications
because this app can and will spam you with everything in my first day of using it i made
the mistake of joining around 20 to 30 streams just to get an idea of how things worked here
and as everyone started to end their streams the flood of messages came in addition to this just
like every other free app out there they are going to advertise their paid services relentlessly so
just be prepared and that's basically the viewing experience everything else that comes with it i'll
be covering in the next section streaming starting a stream is ridiculously easy you push the live
button which takes you to the going live screen from here you can change your outfit take a new
screenshot for your profile gamble with gotcha and of course go live this will use your phone's
camera to animate your model and your phone's microphone for audio you can use your finger to
rotate the model or if you hold for a half second it opens up a quick access emote menu
which you can also customize with your own set of emotes pinching and stretching two fingers lets
you zoom in and out and using two fingers to move lets you reposition your model you can also do any
of these movements during the live broadcast to customize your avatar click on the clothing icon
you can select any aspect of your avatar's outfit to change and in the top left hand corner you can
actually save that outfit this is extremely useful if you have different setups you like to use
and you don't want to redress your avatar after every single broadcast after everything is set
up you can click on live give your broadcast a title decide if you want to allow collaboration
if you want to allow random people to join your broadcast or you could just assign a password to
only let your friends just wanted to mention you can also change those settings while you are live
and finally you can automate a post on twitter if you've linked your account once you're live
you have a few options for what you can do you can join an event which lets you compete against other
people for prizes based on your viewership you can play a game either solo or with other broadcasters
and you can even watch youtube with your viewers or in my case stream my stream using reality and
youtube to watch a stream within a stream it got complicated due to the limitations of your phone
mic and no other streaming setup the majority of content on reality is the just chatting section
from twitch along with some musical performances that's not to say this isn't interesting or
entertaining just recognize that this is what this platform is built for as mentioned earlier
viewers can give you gifts which give you a couple different things if you're participating in an
event your points are directly tied to the total point value of gifts given to you paid gifts are
weighted at 10 times the value so if you have a community willing to toss money gifts at you
you're probably going to do very well now there is a section worth mentioning here though for
everyone outside of the japan region you can't actually use this and we're not sure if it'll be
accepted anywhere else life points are a currency you can earn through streaming which you can use
to trade in for coins the paid currency or if you have 6 000 at the end of the month you could cash
that out to a bank account again this is only for people in the japan region i just thought it was
worth mentioning in case they ever bring this to the rest of the world that'd be awesome after a
stream is finished you get to see a dashboard of all your results you can send a message to
everyone who joined your stream this is commonly where i've seen it used to promote twitch streams
youtube or any other content sites where you can actually get paid but it's a good way to connect
with your community here on reality now i'm going to talk about what i consider this app's strongest
selling point collaborations up to four streamers can join a single broadcast with their avatars and
talk to the same chat room this is honestly really cool because every streamer is seeing the same
screen and can interact with the chat as a group only downside is the one hosting the collab is the
only person who gets the follow button at the top of the screen i will say that this is the first
app i've encountered outside of kaleidoface that allows this level of collaboration
and i really hope that this is going to become more commonplace in v tubing apps going forward
you host a collaboration you can use the settings from going live we mentioned earlier or you can
join someone else's broadcast in the accepting collabs tab on the home screen this is a great way
to meet new people and because it's such an easy feature to use it gets used a lot finding a fellow
streamer to hang out with on stream can really help up your game and make your content that much
more interesting now we finally have to talk about the gotcha system gotcha is something found in
every aspect of this app in fact it's the primary reason why it exists getting new outfits requires
rolling those gotcha dice for those unfamiliar with the term it's loot boxes for clothing and
boy howdy is it expensive now before we dive into just how much it costs i do want to talk
about what is available for free there are a total of 15 separate clothing styles which include hair
earrings hats tails and others and most of them have at least a dozen different options with some
like hair having up to 30. you can also change it to any color you want in addition to being able to
swap from male to female and vice versa whenever you like this level of free customization means
that taking just a few minutes to decide what you want your starting character to look like
makes it highly unlikely any two models will ever look the same in addition to this you can choose a
background and floor image that will help set you apart further and you can take pictures with your
phone to upload as well i really just wanted to emphasize how much free stuff is available before
we start talking about how much money it costs to buy well anything at any given point in time there
are several events running which offer stylized clothing to reach these simply click on the gotcha
button and select the event you are interested in looking at here you can try on any of the clothing
items and change the color to see what everything looks like honestly this is a really nice feature
if there's a specific item you're looking for now let's talk about the elephant in the room
how much does this cost well nearly all polls are 500 coins which at the best possible rate
is a little over four dollars usd four dollars or a chance to pull the item and color you want
what is that chance well guess what the app tells you let's say i want the four star
hair item from the specters of the demon parade gotcha the chance to get the color i want is 0.32
i don't think i really need to spell out just how expensive this app can get but guess what
i'm going to you could spend 100 for 60 poles and never get the item you want you could sell any
duplicates for avatar points and give them away as free gotcha pulls to someone else which feels
terrible unless you're just trading with a friend some events do every beast
after you do 20 or 60 polls but they also seem to give out free pulls for any events
somewhat regularly in the month i've been using it i've got three this is really my primary complaint
with the app as to get any consistent level of clothing you have to either be a top streamer to
get everything gifted to you through paid gifts and winning events or spend a ridiculous amount
of money to its credit there are several events to compete in and even different groups within those
events so you can still be earning small victories as you grow your following but it's still just so
expensive i do want to say that even with the high cost of gotcha this is still a very fun and useful
app and i do recommend it this in fact overtakes my previous recommendation of using a program like
v-magic mirror as a method of getting started for v-tubing reality is free it's highly customizable
and in fact it could be used as supplementary content because it's built for a phone this is the
first phone streaming app that's felt really good to use and it's one that i enjoy as a streamer
and a viewer the limitations placed on it by using a phone make it feel much more like a call with
a friend rather than a big stream production and this works very much in its favor it also
has the side bonus of being able to be used for regular streaming if you get creative with it
but i'll have a video coming out about that next what are your thoughts try it out and let me
know down in the comments i'm really curious to see what everyone else feels about this app and
whether or not you think this could be the future of phone based v-tubing i'll see you all next time
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