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Just now! The game circle has exploded another heavy news Former Miha Tour AI head Xing Jun’s startup Halfmap Technology, announced the completion of tens of millions of angel round financing, the investor is the top venture capital organization IDG Capital! This company was founded less than a year ago, what makes capital crazy bet? The answer is hidden in their 3D virtual human generation technology, using AI to make virtual characters live more real than real people, and may even completely rewrite the rules of game social and even emotional companionship!

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Who is Xing Jun? He is the former head of Counter-entropy AI Lab at Miha Tour, and has led the technical development of the virtual idol Deer Song project. Behind this virtual image, which players call their wives, is the ultra-realistic dynamic capture AI expression generation technology created by his team. Duan Jinjiu, the co-founder of Halfmap Technology, is a core member of the virtual idol business of WordPress, and has participated in the creation of a variety of explosive virtual IP. What’s more, the team has also assembled a stack of paper Eagle’s Corner and other veterans of the secondary yuan factory. This group of people get together, the only goal is to use AI to make the virtual person from paper people into a living person! For example, the traditional motion capture technology is costly and time-consuming, while their self-developed 3D animation model can automatically generate a large amount of movement and expression data, the cost is reduced by 90. NPCs encountered by players in the game may be able to say goodbye to mechanical dialog and even improvise according to your emotions!

Who is Xing Jun? He is the former head of Counter-entropy AI Lab of Mihayou, and once led the technical development of the virtual idol Deer Song project. Behind this virtual image, which players call their wives, is the ultra-realistic dynamic capture AI expression generation technology created by his team. Duan Jinjiu, co-founder of Halfmap Technology, is a core member of the virtual idol business of WordPress, and has participated in the creation of a variety of explosive virtual IP.

What’s more, the team has also assembled veterans of secondary yuan factories, such as Folding Paper and Eagle’s Corner. This group of people get together, the only goal is to use AI to make the virtual person from paper people into a living person! For example, the traditional motion capture technology is costly and time-consuming, while their self-developed 3D animation model can automatically generate a large amount of movement and expression data, the cost is reduced by 90. NPCs encountered by players in the game may be able to say goodbye to mechanical dialog and even improvise according to your emotions!

How disruptive is the technology? Even IDG has invested money in virtual humans that are now flesh and blood.

The core weapon of Halfmap Technology is a 3D animation engine with dual dimensions in space and time, which not only accurately reproduces the details of movements in 3D space, but also simulates the dynamic changes in the flow of time. For example, when a game character’s hair is blown by the wind, the swinging amplitude of the hair, the changes in light and shadow, and even the slightest tremor of the expression can be generated by AI real-time calculations. What’s more, this technology can also read people’s hearts! For example, in the emotional interaction scene, the virtual person will adjust its response according to the tone of your voice and micro-expressions When you are angry, it gently comforts you, and when you are excited, it dances with its hands. This kind of living experience has already landed in the test version of some games. Some players feedback Previously, I thought NPCs were tools, but now I actually want to make friends with them!

The core weapon of Halfmap Technology is a 3D animation engine with dual dimensions in space and time, which can not only accurately reproduce the details of movements in three-dimensional space, but also simulate the dynamic changes in the flow of time. For example, when a game character’s hair is blown by the wind, the swinging amplitude of the hair, the changes in light and shadow, and even the slightest tremor of the expression can be generated by AI real-time calculations.

What’s more, this technology can also read people’s hearts! For example, in the emotional interaction scene, the virtual person will adjust its response according to your voice tone and micro-expressions when you are angry, it will comfort you gently, and when you are excited, it will dance with its hands. This kind of living experience has already landed in the test version of some games. Some players feedback Previously, I thought NPCs were tools, but now I actually want to make friends with them!

The game is just the beginning! In the future, your virtual companion may know you better than a real person.

Halfmap Technology’s ambition is far beyond games. Their technology has quietly infiltrated the three major fields of content creation, virtual socialization, and emotional companionship. The game industry, Mihayou, and Harakami may become the standard for character interaction. For example, when a player talks to a character, the other character will improvise lines based on the plot development, and even generate memories based on the player’s choices. Social platform In the future, your WeChat avatar may be a living virtual person, which can replace your live broadcasts, meetings and even help you fall in love. Mental health AI avatars could act as emotional tree holes, alleviating loneliness with realistic empathy Imagine a perfect partner who always listens and always responds. Even IDG Capital said that this is the entrance to the next generation of human-computer interaction.

Halfmap Technology’s ambition goes far beyond gaming. Their technology has quietly penetrated into the three major fields of content creation, virtual socialization, and emotional companionship.

The game industry Miha Tour Original God level of character interaction experience may become standard. For example, when a player talks to a character, the other character will improvise lines based on the plot development, and even generate memories based on the player’s choices.

MiHYU’s Hara-Kami level of character interaction may become standard. For example, when a player talks to a character, the character will improvise lines based on the plot, and even create memories of the player’s choices.

Social platforms In the future, your WeChat avatar may be a living avatar that can live broadcasts, hold meetings, and even help you fall in love.

In the future, your WeChat avatar may be a live avatar that can replace you in live broadcasts, meetings and even help you fall in love.

Mental Health AI avatars can be used as emotional tree holes to alleviate loneliness with realistic empathy Imagine a perfect companion who always listens patiently and always responds gently.

AI avatars could act as emotional tree holes, easing loneliness with realistic empathy Imagine a perfect companion who always listens and always responds.

Even IDG Capital has said that this is the entrance to the next generation of human-computer interaction.

The countdown is on! But privacy and ethical issues are the biggest challenges

Despite the attractive technological prospects, Halfmap Technology is also facing two major dark mines 1 Data security Virtual humans require a large amount of user behavioral data to train models, which may lead to a privacy disaster if leaked. 2 Ethical controversy If AI avatars are too realistic, will humans become emotionally dependent on them? Or even impact on real social relationships? In this regard, Xing Jun’s response is very pragmatic We first start from the game scene, use the entertainment attribute to lower the psychological threshold of the user, and then gradually expand to more complex areas. According to internal news, Halfmap Technology has reached cooperation with a number of game manufacturers, and the first product equipped with its technology may come out at the end of 2025. When AI lets the virtual person live over, the game is no longer just a game, social is no longer just social It may become a new carrier of human emotions. This round of financing for Halfmap Technology may be a sign of a virtual and real border explosion. If in the future there is an AI virtual person who understands you completely, do you want TA to be your gaming teammate, social stand-in, or exclusive emotional partner? Let’s talk about your brainchild in the comments section!

Despite the technology’s promising future, Halfmap Technology is also facing two dark mines.

1 Data security Virtual humans require a large amount of user behavioral data to train models, which could lead to a privacy disaster if leaked.

2 Ethical controversy If AI avatars are too realistic, will humans become emotionally dependent? Or even impact on real social relationships?

In this regard, Xing Jun’s response is very pragmatic We first start from the game scene, use the entertainment attribute to lower the psychological threshold of the user, and then gradually expand to more complex areas. According to internal news, Halfmap Technology has reached cooperation with a number of game manufacturers, and the first product equipped with its technology may come out at the end of 2025.

When AI lets the virtual person live over, the game is no longer just a game, social is no longer just social It may become a new carrier of human emotions. This round of financing for Halfmap Technology may be a sign of a virtual and real border explosion.

If in the future there is an AI virtual person who understands you completely, do you want TA to be your gaming teammate, social stand-in, or exclusive emotional partner? Let’s talk about your brainchild in the comments section!