Here are the AI Avatars that are redefining virtual reality

The way people represent themselves online has been driven by AI through virtual avatars and digital identities. Our virtual identities are no longer limited to just a profile picture or username; they now interact in the virtual world similarly to how people interact in the physical world.

An AI-powered avatar is a digital human that replicates human expressions, movements, and other behavioural patterns in virtual reality. In other words, people can create a fancier version of themselves with a high quality video content, without having to even pick up the camera.

An AI avatar can appear in 2D or 3D images with dynamic features like the ability to speak multiple languages, more nuanced sense of fashion and gestures. AI avatars  are created through the combination of various AI technologies, including machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing. Since AI avatars enable people to personalize their content better than human actors can , it has become highly desirable in places where customization is difficult.
This not only allows people and businesses to interact more closely with their audience but are also cost-effective and time efficient.
In professions like customer service, where each and every customer has diverse requirements, installing an AI avatar based agent can reach out to multiple people at the same time. Several startups have recently emerged with instant avatar creators, offering these solutions at a fraction of the cost.

Genies

Founders: Akash Nigam and Evan Rosenbaum 

It’s a party with Genies. Yes, that’s what they call it. A Party is a customizable, AI avatar-driven mobile platform featuring personalized gameplay and user-generated content (UGC) and built around users’ IP. Their platform allows users to create dynamic and vivid characters that can actively create meaningful and engaging conversations and keep the audience hooked. Not only this but their “Smart Assets” feature enables users to to create an infinite supply fashion, and digital goods.

The platform claims that their robust technology leverages machine learning and computer graphics to enable limitless compatibility and customization from one experience to the next for avatars.

The smart avatars not only showcases distinct personalities but also behave and react based on real-time conversational context including gestures, body language using behavioural AI.

The company has raised a whooping $150 million at a valuation of $1 billion in 2022.

Avaturn

Founders: Sergei Sherman

Avaturn is an avatar system for games, apps, and metaverses that allows developers to focus on the game experience by handling avatar creation and customization.

These AI-powered avatars can get customized body shape, clothes, accessories, hairstyles, shoes and glasses.

They provide two types of product portfolio, one is Avaturn.live and the other is Avaturn.me.

While through Avaturn.live businesses can leverage AI avatars for customer engagement, training, and role-playing by enabling real-time conversations, Avaturn.me allows game and app developers to easily integrate their platform’s technology into their products. This empowers end users to create highly detailed 3D avatars of themselves from a single selfie and play as themselves within the game or app.

They have recently launched a real time AI-assistant that interacts with users through voice and not text.

DeepBrain AI

Founders Eric Seyoung Jang

The founders of Deep Brain AI believed in bridging the gap between human interaction and digital convenience and using AI Avatars, business and people can elevate their projects along with enhancing their scalability, efficiency, and minimizing costs and time, all while maintaining high quality.

Their human-like AI avatars can flawlessly speak any script or text input, making human-AI interactions feel realistic.

DeepBrain’s AI studios leverages technologies like the AI Video Generator and AI Human to revolutionize video content creation and customer interaction. The AI Video Generator automates the production of high-quality videos, saving time and costs, particularly in digital education, marketing, and broadcasting. AI Human creates realistic virtual avatars that engage in real-time conversations, offering personalized support in customer service and enabling interactive communication in broadcasting and education. These technologies streamline processes and enhance user experiences across various industries.

Replika

Founders Eugenia Kuyda

“The AI companion who cares” – that’s what the team of Replika implies

Replika was built with the noble purpose of providing a secure environment where one can freely express their inner world, including their thoughts, feelings, beliefs, experiences, memories, and dreams.

This platform has created a replica of how a human friend should look and sound like. Their AI avatars can not only be customized but also learns and adapts to users through conversation, aiming to foster a sense of connection and understanding.

Keeping in mind the safety and data security of a user, the company has made it a point that its hundred percent built on artificial intelligence combining a refined neural network machine learning model and scripted dialogue content.

Elai.io

Founders: Vitalii Romanchenko

Elai.io is an All-in-One AI video generation platform that uses AI avatars as video presenters, without the need for a camera, studio, or green screen.

The AI solution processes video footage of real actors to create talking avatars. With an easy text from a user, the platform can generate a complete video narrated by their customizable AI-presenters.

These AI avatars were enriched with premium options giving more control over how the presenters look.

Panopto, a prominent video platform used by businesses and universities with a global user base exceeding 10 million, acquired Elai.io in 2024.