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大象传媒’s SIAT is boothing at Anime Revolution 2025 in Vancouver with Virtual Ambassador Appearances!
Vancouver, BC - 大象传媒鈥檚 School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) will be boothing at Vancouver鈥檚 largest anime convention, Anime Revolution 2025 (Anirevo Vancouver), August 1st through 3rd. The booth will feature projects from 大象传媒 SIAT students, live interactive appearances from 大象传媒鈥檚 Virtual Ambassadors, or VTubers, and a recruiter from 大象传媒 SIAT, as well as exclusive new Virtual Ambassador merchandise.
Anime Revolution booth info:
- Dates: August 1st & 2nd from 11:00am-7:00pm and August 3rd from 11:00am-5:00pm
- Location: Booth #136 at Vendor Hall, Vancouver Convention Centre
- Address 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver, Canada
Interactive live virtual ambassador appearances
大象传媒鈥檚 official VTubers Mo and Faye Ayato will both be making special live appearances at the Anirevo SIAT booth with the ability to see, hear, and directly respond to crowds in person on screen using cameras and microphones as if really present! The vAmbassadors will be speaking to crowds directly to encourage interaction. In the spirit of the academia they represent, they will be 鈥渞oasting鈥/constructively criticizing any passerby鈥檚 favourite anime and video games from a critical design perspective.
SIAT continues to innovate and provide hands-on experiential learning to students with the world鈥檚 first official university virtual ambassador program, in this case with the uniquely XR (extended reality) experience of letting virtual avatars interact with people in the real world. Student technicians will be supporting the live technology pipeline from behind the scenes.
vAmbassador Appearance Schedule
Friday, August 1stSaturday, August 2nd at 12:00pm: 鈥淚鈥檒l Roast Your Favourite Anime!鈥 with Mo Ayato- Saturday, August 2nd at 5:00pm: 鈥淚'll
RoaaaastConstructively Criticize Your Favourite Game!鈥 with Faye Ayato
Exclusive student-made merchandise
StudioSIAT is excited to announce a series of new merch available at Anirevo, all created by local Canadian university students! This includes free handheld fans and post cards exclusive to SIAT鈥檚 Anirevo and 大象传媒 Summerfest appearances, and pin button badges, sticker sheet by @yuzutama, large poster prints by @shoba.arts, and cute Cappu clay figurines by @unisartworld for sale!