The Evolution of AI Virtual Idols: How MEET48 Shapes a New Experience in Web3 Entertainment and Social Interaction

With the continuous development of AI technology, the performances of digital singers and virtual idols are becoming increasingly realistic. From appearance to performance and interaction capabilities, these virtual characters are rapidly approaching the level of real people. At the same time, AI-generated artists are also emerging in the entertainment industry, with AI fully participating in various aspects of content creation from music, dance, to image design, driving the virtual idol ecosystem into a new stage.

In this context, MEET48 has emerged as an "entertainment social metaverse" project that integrates AI-generated content, virtual idols, fan economy, and Web3 incentive mechanisms. The project has secured a token round financing with a valuation of over 100 million yuan, supported by several well-known investment institutions. In addition, MEET48 has also been selected for the 8th season of Binance's BSC ecosystem MVB incubation program.

Recently, MEET48 held its Token Generation Event (TGE), marking a critical development phase for the project. This event has attracted industry attention on how MEET48 will leverage AI and Web3 technologies to create the next generation of "fan economy + creation economy" model.

Technological Revolution in the Entertainment Industry

The development of virtual idols can be traced back to the birth of Hatsune Miku in 2007. Hatsune Miku rose to fame using VOCALOID voice synthesis technology, ushering in the user-generated content (UGC) era of virtual idols. Since then, several virtual idol projects in Japan and South Korea have further promoted industry development through motion capture and professional content production (PGC) methods. However, the PGC model has issues such as high costs, limited creativity, and long update cycles.

The innovation of MEET48 lies in leveraging AI-driven content generation while utilizing Web3 technology to achieve value distribution, thus opening up new pathways for the development of virtual idols. The project has a diversified product matrix, including:

1. MEET48.ai: A Web3 entertainment creation platform that integrates virtual idol AI cultivation, social interaction, and music dance AIGC.

2. Mars Protocol: A meme token launch platform centered around AI Agents.

3. MEET48 Metaverse: A virtual entertainment world that provides an immersive social experience.

MEET48.ai supports generating music from text, generating dance from music, AI-driven choreography, and voice cloning, allowing AI idols to create multimedia content and share it instantly on major social platforms. The platform also launched a dedicated AI creation tool AISHOWBOX, which supports deep creation of 3D image generation, AI-driven choreography, idol agents, and more.

Mars Protocol, as the first AI idol platform in the BNB Chain ecosystem, aims to reshape the Web3 idol economy by integrating the "Idol Meme + AI Agent" model. The platform provides one-click token issuance, circulation, and trading tools, deeply integrating AI technology with the assetization path on the blockchain.

MEET48 also has its own self-developed multimodal large model, supporting music and dance training, providing users with AI creation tools and a MaaS editor, significantly lowering the threshold for content creation.

Core Entry of Content Assets

The advantages of MEET48 are not only reflected in its technical strength but also in its mastery of the core entry point of content assets. The project has obtained copyright authorization from SNH48 GROUP, including a library of over 700 songs and dance materials, as well as more than 250 active idols participating in the creation of AI idol agents. This unique resource provides MEET48 with a real fan base and IP stickiness in the field of AI virtual humans.

The community data performance of the project is also impressive. In a recent global voting event, the total number of votes for its voting DApps exceeded 697 million, with a total of 3.39 million registered users. During the event, the number of on-chain transactions reached as high as 32.78 million, and the cumulative number of active wallet addresses surpassed 1.18 million. These figures demonstrate the real market demand and product scalability of MEET48 under the combination of AI virtual idols and Web3 incentive mechanisms.

Token Economy and Future Planning

The native token $IDOL of MEET48 has a total issuance of 4.8 billion pieces, with the allocation scheme covering various aspects including community incentives, investor support, team incentives, liquidity support, and ecosystem development. The project also announced a detailed roadmap, which includes holding the annual idol selection for the WIPA community, optimizing the Mars Protocol launch platform, launching the "AI Dance Troupe" limited test, and launching two Web3 games, among other plans.

In the long run, MEET48 aims to build a global AI-driven Web3 ecosystem based on a Web3 AI social metaverse, integrating community and multiple AI gaming systems. This ecosystem will cover various fields such as entertainment, social interaction, creation, and assetization, providing users with a comprehensive Web3 entertainment and social experience.

With the continuous development and improvement of the project, MEET48 is expected to play an important role in the fields of AI virtual idols and Web3 entertainment social interaction,推动整个行业向前发展.