With classes relocated to the virtual world due to coronavirus covid-19 concerns, a professor of digital technology at the Fine Arts College of Shanghai University has created different types of his avatar to help students focus their attention during live broadcasts and recorded lessons.
Professor Jiang Fei has come in a variety of bikes, including monsters and robots. But according to China Page (with SCMP), their favorite was the school anime.
The professor even wrote software that transforms him into different avatars in real time as she teaches and moves her to the virtual classroom.
China Tech City she reports that she hoped this would make online classes more enjoyable for her students and learn that they actually seemed more cooperative with avatars, where an anime student was the team's biggest fan.