VIVERSE, the HTC metaverse platform, announced that it has partnered with pixiv Inc., which operates pixiv, a leading Japan creator platform. The alliance will bring fresh Japanese anime-style avatars to VIVERSE by integrating pixiv's 3D character modeling software, VRoid Studio. This partnership will offer users more options to express themselves creatively and bring their imagination to life in the metaverse.

Operating by pixiv Inc., pixiv aims to "create a place where creation becomes more interesting." pixiv is one of Japan's most prominent social media platforms, offering a place for all kinds of creators to share their illustrations, manga, and novels and interact with each other. In response to the growing demands for virtual content, pixiv launched VRoid in 2018. With VRoid Studio, a 3D virtual character modeling software, users can customize their virtual characters' hairstyles, faces, bodies, clothes, etc.

More than 10,000 avatars are created through VRoid every day worldwide.