London Design Gold

2024

Digitopia: Where Generative Souls Meet Creative Minds

Entrant Company

Fafu Creative Ltd.

Category

Service Design - Service Design / Other__

Client's Name

Country / Region

Taiwan

Building an AI Virtual Character Platform with Interactive Souls



Drawing from decades of film and television production experience, we have developed an innovative AI virtual character driving system. This system integrates text generation, voice synthesis, and facial animation simultaneously, enabling virtual characters to express emotions naturally and fluently. Through sophisticated emotional matrix design, our virtual characters can interact with users in real-time, displaying various emotional states from joy and anger to sadness, with each expression transition appearing as natural as a real actor's nuanced performance.



In character design, our virtual characters are not merely generative AI conversation interfaces, but digital beings with complete backstories and unique personalities. Through advanced voice and expression synchronization systems, we have successfully transformed professional actors' performance essence into vivid virtual character expressions. The system can accurately recreate subtle facial expressions, from raised eyebrows to slight smiles, delivering an amazingly realistic experience.



In multimedia integration, we've developed real-time feedback mechanisms allowing virtual characters to automatically adjust their expression styles based on interactive contexts. Across various scenarios, whether showing warm care in healthcare settings or delivering professional explanations in cultural exhibitions, virtual characters can precisely grasp contextual needs and display the most appropriate emotional expressions. Particularly in interactive design, we've developed animation synchronization and storyline settings, making virtual characters' storytelling more engaging, creating memorable participatory interactive experiences.

Credits

Chief Creative Director
Yi Tang
Generative AI Technical Director
Brenda Yu
Visual Pipeline Director
Johnny Yang
Generative AI System Integration Engineer
Yan Lin Chen
Technical Artist
Eilir Ho
Website Designer
Hubert Xie
Generative AI Voice Engineer
Cheng Ming Yen
3D Character Artist
Yen Rong Zheng
2D Character Conceptual Designer
Kirin Chan
Project Manager
Jaye Lin
Soul Screenwriter
Jhuang HuaiSyuan
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