The rapid development of Web3 brings both opportunities and challenges for the future. Through innovative distributed architecture, approaching seamless user experiences, and robust decentralized features, Web3 offers new possibilities for modern business models. However, the lack of rapidly iterated tools and clear standards has hindered further development in Web3.

Today, the emergence of AI technology provides unprecedented tools for handling complexity and predicting the future. Its capabilities in machine learning and deep learning significantly advantage the extraction of value from big data, solving complex problems, and enabling intelligent decision-making.

In this landscape of opportunities and challenges, Holoworld has emerged and successfully joined the Binance Labs’ seventh phase accelerator program. Holoworld AI aims to address these challenges by deepening the integration of AI and Web3, driving sustained growth in the Web3 market. This article will analyze Holoworld’s technology, industry strategies, and future plans.

Focusing on market pain points

In this current bull market narrative, the enthusiasm for AI continues unabated. The rapid iteration and practical applications of AI technology have furthered the prosperity of the Web3+AI track. However, the integration of AI and Web3 remains at a superficial level and does not fully meet the industry’s development needs.

Deploying AI models in the Web3 environment is complex and resource-intensive, requiring specialized knowledge for maintenance, which is often impractical for many Web3 projects. Additionally, there is a lack of AI models suitable for the Web3 environment in the current market, compounded by various factors that restrain AI’s development in Web3.

From the lack of AI technologies tailored to demand, to difficulties in executing suitable deployment strategies, and the scarcity of skilled AI talent, addressing these challenges requires significant time and resource investment. This discourages many enterprises and organizations from deploying AI.

Holoworld addresses these challenges by significantly lowering the threshold for deploying AI models through providing foundational development kits, user-friendly programming environments, and rich SDKs and development tools. However, technological capabilities alone are insufficient. Capturing user attention and visibility remains a challenge.

As an emerging AI platform, Holoworld has accumulated a substantial user base since its inception, leveraging unique cultural MEME propagation paths and robust collaboration resources to expand its reach and increase traffic. Thus, Holoworld aims to bridge the gap in AI deployment within the Web3 landscape, offering accessible solutions while navigating the complexities of integrating AI and Web3 technologies.

So, what kind of AI platform Holoworld is？

Holoworld: a customized virtual life

Holoworld is a subsidiary brand launched by the virtual character company Hologram. Before the advent of the generative AI boom, Hologram relied on VR+AR technology to create 3D virtual characters used in video and content creation platforms, such as customizing virtual character avatars (Vtubers) for YouTubers.

During that time, Hologram constructed virtual characters primarily using preset interaction scripts and simple rules. The behaviors of these virtual characters relied on manually programmed data backend, lacking high-level intelligent interaction and emotional simulation capabilities.

With the wave of AI technological innovation, Hologram recognized a new development direction in AI+virtual characters. They introduced the AI application layer project Holoworld AI, incorporating technologies like natural language processing, machine learning, and behavior simulation. This enhancement endowed virtual characters with high intelligence and interactivity, providing users with a next-level user experience.

For instance, Holoworld can use historical content linked to a user’s account (X account) as training material to generate personalized AI bots. These AI bots act as virtual characters that users can directly interact and communicate with.

Based on the latest snapshot, the platform boasts over 900,000 registered users, more than 130,000 active wallet addresses, over 60 Holo AI BOT creation records, and more than 1.6 million on-chain transaction records.

Team and financing background

Hologram’s founding team is diverse, comprising members from Meta, AWS, 0x Labs, Bridgewater, Disney, University of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and other renowned companies and institutions.

In July 2022, Hologram raised $6.5 million in seed funding. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Nascent, Inflection, as well as influential investors in the industry such as Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, and Domo, founder of BRC20.

Holoworld AI Store integrates various types of bots

Holoworld has launched the AI Store, where users can generate custom virtual characters for interacting with beloved anime characters, historical figures, modern celebrities, or even personalized assistants to enhance efficiency at work. Unlike other character customization platforms, Holoworld focuses on developing 3D virtual companions enhanced with AI “brains”. Creators have the freedom to set the AI’s personality, ensuring that AI BOTs created reflect the language style and expressions of their prototypes closely. After establishing the basic AI personality, users can further customize the appearance using 3D modules, including clothing and accessories, to bring the BOT’s image to life.

Create a personalized AI BOT directly through Twitter integration

In the Holoworld user interface, users can link their Twitter accounts. Holoworld can then generate their Twitter AI avatars based on the historical content from the linked accounts. Subsequently, users can train their AI avatars through various data upload methods, ensuring a continuous nurturing process that allows these AI embodiments to evolve towards more personalized and unique directions.

Whether it’s for notable project leaders, celebrities in the Web3 industry, or even an assistant providing financial advice, users can train relevant data on the Holoworld platform (such as importing Twitter account data or conducting Q&A training) to create corresponding virtual characters that meet their personalized needs.

Provide exclusive brand IP BOT for B2B direction

Holoworld can provide various projects with foundational AI toolkits for creating unique AI BOTs tailored to their needs. These customized BOTs can serve brand service and promotional requirements effectively. For instance, they can be directly integrated into platforms like Telegram, Discord, and other communities to act as project support, answering queries from customers. Additionally, these BOTs can generate meme stickers and expressions that align with the project’s tone, making brand communication more engaging and enjoyable.

Communicate with different virtual characters

Besides creating their own virtual characters, users can also engage in conversations with virtual characters created by other users on the platform. This allows users to experience and explore the imaginative creations of others.

Similar to living in a metaverse world, users can interact with virtual characters of different personalities and professions at any time, gaining insights into their thoughts. Whether it’s casual chatting or deep discussions, with the support of AI technology, these virtual characters can meet diverse user needs effectively.

Deep technical foundation

Behind the smooth and diverse functionality of the platform, Holoworld relies on its rich technical architecture:

Hologram Mocap

Developed internally, this computer vision machine learning model and software development kit enables real-time motion capture using state-of-the-art computer vision technology. It operates at 60 frames per second, providing real-time, ARKit-compatible hybrid forms from camera shots, videos, or images, with performance comparable to ARKit on Apple iOS in accuracy and frame rate.

Holo3D

Utilizes a generative AI algorithm based on stable diffusion and ControlNET, capable of position-aware texture mapping and grid generation. It adapts infinitely to fully dynamic assets, ready for gaming and video production, supporting multimodal inputs such as text or images. Holoworld internally holds proprietary training data, approximately 150,000 assets specialized for the web3/NFT domains in both 2D and 3D.

HoloAnimate

Uses a Thin-Plate Spline Motion Model (TPS) in its foundational AI technology, an end-to-end unsupervised motion transfer framework. It animates any 2D character based on input videos or audio, featuring AI-driven precise lip synchronization and supporting multimodal inputs including text, images, and audio.

HoloGPT

A large-scale language model tailored for hyper-realistic character responses, suitable for various use cases including NSFW and web3 data applications.

HoloAgents

Utilizes language models and prompts as reasoning engines to determine which standardized AI agents need contextual background, facilitating behavior presentation and interaction through simple, readable, and scalable JSON formats.

Marketplace: Not only trade but also issue

On June 25th, Holoworld AI announced the official launch of Marketplace, which serves not only as a trading platform but also as a comprehensive ecosystem providing a unique space for users, brands, and developers.

In this Marketplace, users can buy, sell, and exchange various types of digital assets, including AI-driven NFTs, tokens, and virtual props.

Holoworld’s Marketplace also features a Launchpad module specifically designed to support the issuance of Holoworld AI assets. This module allows all AI BOTs within Holoworld to launch new AI assets on the Marketplace, providing brands, KOLs, and others a direct way to interact with users through asset creation.

AI+programmable IP

Recently, Holoworld announced a collaboration with the on-chain IP infrastructure Story Protocol. This partnership integrates AI with programmable IP, allowing users greater freedom to define virtual characters, equip them with creations from other users, and showcase these characters through Vtubing and other methods, enhancing their personalization.

Through this collaboration, if others create new characters based on these models, the original creators can earn royalties. This mechanism ensures the rights of creators and incentivizes more participation in creative activities.

The programmable IP framework unleashed by Holoworld AI fosters a thriving character-driven economy. This economic model benefits creators and provides remixers with new opportunities for creation and profit, thereby forming a healthy and mutually beneficial ecosystem.

Facing the market, Holoworld’s solution

Establish product ecological benefits and create a complete ecological closed loop

Holoworld has currently partnered with over 20 Web3 and Web2 brands such as Pudgy Penguins, Bitcoin Frogs, Cool Cats, Milady, L’Oréal, and Bilibili. Users holding NFTs from these partner brands can link their wallets to Holoworld AI, allowing them to generate corresponding virtual 3D images for their NFTs. These virtual images can be customized with unique personalities and knowledge systems, injecting distinctive characteristics into the small images within their wallets.

Through these brand partnerships, Holoworld not only leverages the influence and user bases of its partners for marketing purposes but also absorbs their successful experiences and high-quality resources in their respective fields. This collaboration enhances Holoworld’s product quality and value. For instance, partnerships with renowned NFT platforms help Holoworld establish itself as a prominent meme project.

Additionally, Holoworld provides infrastructure such as AIChain to its partners, facilitating their development towards AI applications. The strong influence and user base of these partners further drives the adoption and application of Holoworld AI solutions.

In this way, Holoworld has established its advantages in product offerings, traffic generation, and transactions, forming a complete ecosystem.

AIT assets and unique business model

Holoworld’s AIT assets are virtual assets created and managed on the platform, including virtual characters, virtual items, and other digital content driven by AI technology. These assets represent the core elements of Holoworld, combining AI projects with NFTs to offer users novel and valuable investment and trading options. AIT also serves as a value carrier within each meme community. Holoworld’s innovative approach includes industry-specific protocols aimed at meeting the needs of AI projects from a technical perspective.

Holoworld employs a unique business model focusing on B2B offerings of AI-driven products and applications, helping projects promote their meme culture and attract more users. By propagating meme culture, the community user base continues to grow, increasing demand for related assets. Through the innovative introduction of AIT assets, Holoworld supports and enhances the value of meme communities, forming a comprehensive ecosystem.

Holoworld provides a platform for projects to create and issue AI projects, along with trading solutions where users can complete transactions through AI bots. This integration allows Holoworld to establish a complete ecosystem covering product issuance, traffic distribution, and asset transactions, thereby creating a cohesive ecosystem that drives growth.

Summary

As a platform rich in product ecosystem and unique in AI technology accumulation, Holoworld provides comprehensive professional support for both B and C end users.

For C-end users, they can interact with professional AI bots on Holoworld, and the AI’s sophisticated information sharing system provides them with a personalized and exclusive experience.

For B-end users, Holoworld offers a comprehensive range of development tools, graphic design, and project launch solutions, effectively lowering the barriers for AI+Web3 integration, enabling more B-end users to find their niche on the platform.

Similar to the rise of the metaverse years ago, many Web3 projects are now transitioning towards AI narrative. As part of this transformative wave, Holoworld has made a promising start but also faces various challenges, including optimizing computational resources allocation, enhancing platform interaction, and expanding functionalities.

While going with the flow may seem simple, it is persistence on the path of innovation that truly tests the quality of a project.

We remain attentive to whether Holoworld AI can continue to innovate, continually enhance user experience, and establish a stable foothold in a fiercely competitive market in its future development.

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