LU PING/CHINA DAILY Wider audience One of China's leading streaming platforms, iQiyi, was among the first companies to invest in virtual beings. Two years ago, it launched a virtual idol talent show, Dimension Nova, aimed at introducing such idols to a wider audience. According to iQiyi, the concert was aimed mainly at Generation Z. Lu Bin, head of a virtual …
Visitors interact with an artificial intelligence virtual avatar during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai last July. Meet Tianyu, a virtual maiden on a mission to acquaint the world with Chinese heritage and culture, who has garnered millions of followers since her April debut on short video platforms Douyin and TikTok. Modeled on the flying Apsaras of Mogao Caves' …
