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title: 'What VTuber App Do VTubers use? How do you get started?'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=TzfqkEsILDU'
video_id: 'TzfqkEsILDU'
date: 2026-06-14
duration_sec: 474
---

# What VTuber App Do VTubers use? How do you get started?

> Source: [What VTuber App Do VTubers use? How do you get started?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=TzfqkEsILDU)

## Summary

This video is a beginner's guide to VTubing, focusing on 2D VTubing using VTube Studio. The creator explains how to get started with the app, adjust settings, and connect it to a PC for better facial tracking. It also covers tips for customizing models and using virtual webcam features.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to VTubing** [0:00] — The video aims to answer common questions about becoming a VTuber, focusing on 2D VTubing as the creator's area of expertise.
- **VTube Studio as the main app** [0:42] — VTube Studio is the recommended app, available on phone and PC, with built-in models and tracking.
- **Locking model position** [1:40] — A yellow button locks the VTuber model in place, preventing accidental dragging.
- **Connecting phone to PC** [2:14] — To use phone facial tracking on PC, match the IP and port in VTube Studio settings on both devices, then connect.
- **V Bridger vs VTube Studio tracking** [3:19] — V Bridger is a $10 Steam app for facial mocap; models rigged for V Bridger may not work perfectly with VTube Studio tracking.
- **Adjusting mouth tracking** [4:46] — Adjust mouth parameters to reduce sensitivity and improve smile detection, using the settings bars.
- **Virtual webcam and Spout 2** [6:10] — Activate virtual webcam for use in streaming software; Spout 2 provides transparent capture without chroma key issues.

### Conclusion

Getting started with VTubing is easy with VTube Studio, which offers free models and plugins. The key is to familiarize yourself with the app before investing in custom models.

## Transcript

hi are you interested in becoming a
vtuber or just the V tubing World in
general what apps do they use how do I
get started how the heck do you become a
vtuber what is the vtuber 101 now in the
past when I answer this question a lot
of times I jump into explaining 3D PNG
tuber going into how to get your own
model and whatever else might be best is
to take a couple steps back and uh start
where I started which was just
downloading one app this video is going
to go over 2dv tubing since that's the
one I know the most I do have a video on
how to get started with PNG tubing but I
don't really know anything about 3D V
tubing so if you have any programs
really good for beginners please feel
free to leave them down below I'd love
to see the suggestions let's get started
on to the V tubing when I was really
interested in V tubing the first thing I
did was try and discover what app are
these people using vtube Studio is the
app I use and in it already has some
models so I downloaded it on my phone I
use the dog model first you can click on
here and you can click on some of the
models that are available this was my
favorite one honestly I still want a
model that looks like this so much I
love them if you get it on your phone
it'll automatically start tracking your
face that you can start to see how it
moves get a sense of some of the tools
so as you can see here uh there's some
animations look at what is already built
in so that's number two they are the HCK
keys were already established
backgrounds that you can play around
with that are really really nice here
are some of the items if you want to
explore more you can go onto this cloud
and it's hooked up to steam so you can
download some more free items this
yellow button locks your vtuber in place
so see my model movement is now locked
oh so if I click it now it's locked I
can't drag it anywhere no matter how
much I try I add the vtube studio logo
and I want it to stay on my head right
you see here when you click on the item
it says pin item to model so it is
pinned onto my head and whenever I don't
want the item anymore I just drag it
over to the end and it deletes it as you
get more familiar with the tool there
are some cool things you can do I have a
whole bunch of Tik toks that go over it
but I'm going to go over one important
one right now let's say you want to
connect your vtuber to your phone let's
watch the setup video together after
creating my video on the phone stand I
got a couple of you asking questions on
facial tracking what apps do I use main
app I use is vtube Studio I like to set
it up where my phone is tracking my face
and it's sending the information over to
my PC you can do this in two ways you
can have your facial tracking all within
vtube studio meaning you use the
application and then the PC application
as well to set that up you need to go to
your settings page when you first open
up the vtube studio app on your phone
there will be nothing on the IP section
so what you want to do go to your PC
click on show IP list make them match
make the port match and then click on
connect to your PC make sure the status
bubble is green that means your
connection is working in case it still
doesn't look like it works get out of
the settings click on the very first
circle with the camera it should start
working for me this worked for a lot of
my models but for this one in particular
I rigged it for V Bridger only my teeth
do not move when I'm using vtube Studio
tracking because they are rigged to the
jaw movement captured in V Bridger most
of you you do not need to worry about V
Bridger V Bridger is an application that
costs $10 on Steam $5 for eye facial M
cap so in that video I mentioned a
little bit about V Bridger now I don't
want to get into it but if you are
interested in understanding a little bit
of the differences I'll share with you
one scary scary thing so I rigged my
teeth move with my jaw so when I don't
use V Bridger this is what it looks like
using vtube Studios facial tracking and
your mouth won't do this mine only does
this because I made it specifically like
this only to work with my jaw from my
understanding mimics the way three
models can be very expressive I highly
recommend that before even looking at
vtuber models just get familiar with the
app see if you like it vtu studio is
particularly nice because it comes with
a lot of nice plugins I'm using the V
Bridger plugin as you get more familiar
with your model and your tracking you
can adjust some of these items so here
you can see all the little items um
where my brow is these are all modified
to my face you don't have to stay with
the settings that are on by default you
can play around be very careful not to
adjust too much I personally like to
take screenshots of the settings that I
am changing so that I know what the
default was and I can go back and
restart if I have to let's do one
together for this one it usually shows
up like this this isn't great because
when you are trying to close your mouth
sometimes it stays open a little bit
even though your mouth is closed adjust
it a little bit so it takes a little bit
more effort to open your mouth so
another aspect is look this is me when I
smile or my teeth it's awful it's awful
so I'm looking at this bar that shows my
I don't know exactly what this bar is
but it's indicating where my mouth lands
when I'm smiling so let me smile
again it's like hitting the0
45 so I put
45 and now I can reach a
smile I full smile without having to
hurt my cheeks that's a way to adjust
the mouth to fit your needs and you can
see now my mouth moves a lot nicer with
less restraints if you want to add a new
one you just scroll all the way to the
bottom and you can hit your input this
will be matched up to a face tracking
parameter you can have the ones from
that are common all the way to be
Bridger plugins or I guess this is like
hand tracking never I've never done it
so I wouldn't know and then we have
output and that is a parameter that you
rigged in live 2D it's also a good idea
to go to the camera settings and scroll
down so you see virtual webcam
configuration and activate this virtual
webcam this will be very helpful if you
use like prism live studio or if you use
uh Tik toks live streaming program so
that you can use the vtube studio cam as
your source
and it helps not having to worry about
uh seeing all this extra dialogue like
you won't see this popup you won't see
settings pop up if you have to change
something it'll be your virtual webcam
so it'll just show something like this
right underneath it as well there is
spout 2 configuration I would install
spout 2 if you're using something like
OBS Studios it helps to do everything
that the virtual webcam does except it
has an added thing of not needing to
chroma key out your green screen so
it'll automatically show you when you
have the Color Picker screen on and
transparent in capture so this is how it
works with spout 2 I don't have to worry
about my model changing its color a
little bit one of my blue ears
disappearing cuz this blue is too close
to Green I guess so it disappears when I
try to chroma key it out it looks like a
much nicer capture I just get this very
clean transparent look all over my model
you don't need a model you don't need to
think about like creating art you can
start getting into the world of
youtubing getting familiar with the app
is a great first step that's all for me
in this video thank you so much for
watching and I hope to hear so much more
about your journey and V tubing
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