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Digital Humans

Digital Humans are virtual characters created using AI, computer graphics, speech synthesis and related technologies. They feature realistic appearance, voice, and interactive capabilities, and are widely used in virtual streaming, intelligent customer service, education, entertainment, and digital avatars. Core technologies include avatar modeling and animation, voice synthesis and cloning, intelligent dialogue, and multimodal interaction.

Famous Digital Humans Worldwide

A showcase of representative digital humans, virtual idols, and IPs from around the world, spanning entertainment, social, and brand domains.

Liu Yexi

Liu Yexi

A cyber-fantasy-style virtual influencer known for AR-enhanced storytelling short films.

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Luo Tianyi

Luo Tianyi

China's first virtual singer, Vocaloid Chinese library icon, active in concerts and media.

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AYAYI

AYAYI

A hyper-realistic digital human focused on luxury and fashion brand collaborations, active on Xiaohongshu.

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Imma

Imma

A Japanese virtual fashion influencer known for her pink hair and trendy outfits, featured in major fashion magazines.

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Lil Miquela

Lil Miquela

A leading virtual influencer from the US, active on Instagram, collaborating with brands like Prada and Calvin Klein.

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Apoki

Apoki

A K-pop style virtual idol from South Korea, known for releasing music videos and energetic performances.

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Ling

Ling

A hyper-realistic digital human by Tencent NEXT Studios, showcasing the fusion of technology and culture.

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Du Xiaoxiao

Du Xiaoxiao

An AI digital human developed by Baidu, capable of knowledge Q&A, voice interaction, and intelligent assistance, widely used in livestreams and educational content.

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Xingtong

Xingtong

A virtual idol from Tencent's QQ Dancer (QQ炫舞) series, known as a sweet next-gen girl active in games, variety shows, and social media — one of China's earlier virtual idols.

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Tools & Platforms for Digital Human Creation

The following are mainstream tools, platforms, and solutions for digital human creation, suitable for developers, creators, and enterprises.

General Digital Human Platforms

Meta Avatars

A social avatar system by Meta that lets users create and use personalized virtual characters across Facebook, Instagram, and Horizon Worlds.

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NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine

NVIDIA's Avatar Cloud Engine enables the creation of photorealistic digital humans with conversational AI and facial animation, designed for games and enterprise services.

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Unity Digital Human Solutions

Unity supports integration with digital human systems like MetaHuman and Ready Player Me for real-time rendering and interaction.

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Ready Player Me

A cross-platform avatar creator for games and the metaverse, integrated with platforms like Unity and VRChat.

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Tencent Cloud Intelligent Virtual Human

An enterprise-grade virtual human solution powered by multimodal AI, supporting 3D/2D avatars and customizable scenarios.

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Microsoft Mesh Avatars

Microsoft's avatar system for Teams and Mesh, enabling 3D digital representation in virtual meetings.

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Alibaba Cloud Digital Avatar

A digital human platform powered by Alibaba's foundation models, supporting avatar generation, voice interaction, and business scenarios like e-commerce and customer service.

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Baidu Xiling

Baidu's AIGC digital human platform supporting realistic and anime-style avatars, widely used in livestreaming, news, and education.

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HeyGen

HeyGen is a world-leading AI-driven digital human video generation platform. Users can quickly create high-quality, multilingual virtual human videos by inputting text or audio. The platform offers a wide range of avatar templates, including realistic and cartoon styles, and is widely used in business marketing, education, and content creation. of use, fast gene high realism.

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Huawei MetaStudio

A one-stop digital content production platform from Huawei Cloud, featuring high-precision virtual humans, voice driving, and motion capture.

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Volcengine Virtual Avatar

A virtual avatar platform by ByteDance, integrating voice synthesis, facial animation, and content narration for efficient creation and deployment.

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Kuaishou StreamLake Digital Human

Kuaishou's digital human platform enabling virtual hosts and employees, widely applied in media, government, and finance sectors.

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AI Video & Virtual Presenter Platforms

Synthesia

UK-based leading AI video generation platform with high-quality digital humans, widely used for training, marketing, and internal communications.

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Hour One

An Israeli platform offering AI-driven digital presenters, focused on realistic avatars and multilingual video generation.

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DeepBrain AI

Leading South Korean AI avatar company offering hyper-realistic AI anchors and virtual agents for finance, education, and media.

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Didimo

A Portugal-based platform that generates personalized 3D avatars from photos, used in games, metaverse, and fashion.

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Digital Domain

A leading Hollywood VFX studio known for creating hyper-realistic digital humans, including posthumous celebrity recreations.

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3D Modeling & Rendering Engines

NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine

NVIDIA's Avatar Cloud Engine enables the creation of photorealistic digital humans with conversational AI and facial animation, designed for games and enterprise services.

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Unity Digital Human Solutions

Unity supports integration with digital human systems like MetaHuman and Ready Player Me for real-time rendering and interaction.

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Didimo

A Portugal-based platform that generates personalized 3D avatars from photos, used in games, metaverse, and fashion.

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Digital Domain

A leading Hollywood VFX studio known for creating hyper-realistic digital humans, including posthumous celebrity recreations.

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Pinscreen

Founded by USC researchers, Pinscreen offers real-time 3D avatar generation and facial animation technologies.

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Open Source Digital Human Tools

MuseTalk

Open-source multimodal digital human video generation toolkit by Tencent Music. Generates high-quality lip-sync, facial expressions, and head movement from a single image and audio. Used in virtual streaming, AI dubbing, and short videos. Features end-to-end inference, real-time driving, and cross-language adaptation.

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Sadtalker

Deep learning-based tool for generating digital human videos from a single face photo and audio. Produces natural lip-sync, facial expressions, and head movement. Suitable for avatars, shorts, and AI dubbing. Open-source and easy to integrate.

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AI-Vtuber

Open-source AI virtual streamer

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Fay

Open-source full-stack digital human project

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GPT-SoVITS

Advanced open-source voice cloning and TTS toolkit combining large language models (GPT) with SoVITS vocoder. Supports multi-speaker, cross-lingual, high-fidelity synthesis for digital humans and AI assistants.

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so-vits-svc

Open-source singing voice synthesis and voice conversion toolkit based on deep learning. Converts any audio to target speaker/singer, used in virtual singers, AI dubbing, and supports real-time inference.

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ChatTTS

High-quality, natively Chinese-supported open-source text-to-speech (TTS) toolkit. Features natural, fluent synthesis, emotional expression, and multi-speaker support for digital humans and AI assistants.

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