They give students an allowance, but it's smaller than what you would get if you were working. Not so small that you couldn't live on it, though!

[He's just the One-Man Energetic Blonde Parade here, apparently, rattling off explanations like he's had to give them hundreds of times. He hasn't, of course - he's just good at hopping headfirst into conversations...]

And yes, that's ViViD! Some people use it as a training simulator but some people join competitions or complete tasks for points.