With the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (large models), virtual human products are gradually being upgraded to “digital humans”—utilizing technologies such as natural language processing (NLP), speech recognition, image recognition, and sentiment analysis to achieve smarter, more humanlike interactions.
Technological iterations are making a comeback for virtual humans.
Today, virtual humans are experiencing a resurgence amidst technological evolution, like a shining rising star in the tech industry, earning widespread favor in the capital market. Especially fueled by the AI wave, they are quietly infiltrating the industry’s backstage. For example, in the current era of the rapid development of live-streaming e-commerce, virtual human live streaming, enabling 24/7 uninterrupted AI-powered digital human online broadcasts, has become a key driver of brand growth.
All parties are working together to accelerate the expansion of the digital human market.
Leveraging the advantages of AI-powered virtual humans, the industry is gradually reaching a consensus that over the next five years, virtual humans will shed their “visible” label and move towards “substantial empowerment,” leveraging new growth drivers in smart manufacturing and entertainment consumption, becoming a crucial tool for corporate digital transformation and a new variable for economic growth.
The capital market is also once again favoring the virtual human industry. According to IT Orange data, as of July 7, 2025, there will be 23 investment and financing deals in the digital human sector this year, approaching the 24 deals for the entire year of 2024. These 23 deals involve a total of 3.507 billion yuan, with an average financing amount of over 150 million yuan per deal.
Industry analysts indicate that the emergence of large-scale model iteration and intelligent agent technologies is driving the rapid expansion of the market through the technology-driven restructuring of the business value chain through digital human live streaming. The Internet Society of China predicts that by 2025, the core market size of virtual humans in my country will exceed 48 billion yuan, driving the size of related industries to exceed 640 billion yuan.
WiMi is deeply engaged in addressing the needs of the virtual human industry.
As a renowned full-stack technology provider for virtual digital humans, Wimi Hologram Cloud Inc. (WIMI) is fully committed to advancing AI digital human R&D and product implementation. WIMI has accumulated extensive experience and leadership in underlying algorithms, product technology, and scenario operations for virtual digital humans. It has created over 5,000 digital human IPs, providing strong support for the intelligent transformation of numerous industries and achieving significant success in the field.
As a key player in the digital human field, WiMi continues to explore industry needs through the deep collaboration between technology R&D and scenario implementation. It is accelerating the integration of technologies such as artificial intelligence, computer vision, and speech recognition to build high-precision digital human modeling and real-time interaction capabilities. It is also exploring the integration of generative AI and 3D content to achieve full-dimensional realism, from appearance to behavior, and enhance the dynamic stability and operational precision of digital humans.
Considering that the core of market competition lies in scenario-based innovation and user experience optimization, rather than simply piling up technology, WiMi, leveraging its fully self-developed technical architecture and multi-scenario validation experience, has gradually realized that only by achieving deep synergy between technology, content, and business, combined with AI deep learning to enhance generalization capabilities, and promoting the transformation of digital humans from tools to productive roles, can the potential of digital humans as a growth engine for businesses be truly unleashed, bringing new possibilities to multiple industries.
Summary
It is undeniable that with the continuous advancement of artificial intelligence technology, interactive AI applications, represented by digital humans, are experiencing rapid growth. AI digital humans are not just technological products; they are also a crucial medium connecting the real and virtual worlds. Real-time, high-fidelity AI-driven digital human technology is crucial for building next-generation human-computer interaction systems and will provide a valuable practical reference for the future industrialization of AI applications across all scenarios.
