The Realistic Evolution of AI Virtual Idols: How MEET48 Shapes a New Web3 Entertainment and Social Experience with AIGC and on-chain Mechanisms

With the continuous development of AI technology, AI-driven digital singers and virtual idols are presenting increasingly realistic visual effects. These virtual characters not only closely resemble real people in appearance, but their performance and interaction capabilities are also continuously improving. At the same time, the entertainment industry is witnessing a surge of AI-generated artists, covering music, dance, and image design. AI is intervening in all aspects of content creation at an unprecedented speed, pushing the virtual idol ecosystem into a new stage.

MEET48, as an "entertainment social metaverse" platform that integrates AI-generated content, virtual idols, fan economy, and Web3 incentive mechanisms, is emerging in this wave. The project boasts impressive resources and financing background, having received support from several well-known institutions for a billion RMB valuation token round financing, and has been selected for the incubation program of a renowned blockchain ecosystem.

MEET48 has recently conducted a Token Generation Event (TGE), marking a critical "evolution" phase for the project. With the arrival of the TGE, MEET48 is leveraging AI + Web3 dual engines to create a new model of "fan economy + creation economy" for the next generation.

From Hatsune Miku to AIUGC: The Technological Transformation of the Entertainment Industry

As early as 2007, Hatsune Miku became popular with VOCALOID voice synthesis technology, ushering in the era of user-generated content (UGC) for virtual idols. Around 2012, virtual idol projects in Japan and South Korea further developed virtual idols through motion capture + PGC methods. However, the PGC model faced issues such as high costs, significant creative bottlenecks, and long update cycles. Today, MEET48 is redefining the development path of virtual idols by utilizing AI-driven content generation and Web3-driven value distribution.

MEET48 has a rich and diverse product matrix, including the Web3+AI entertainment creation platform MEET48.ai, the token launch platform Mars Protocol centered around AI Agent, and the virtual entertainment world MEET48 Metaverse, among others.

MEET48.ai is a Web3 entertainment creation platform that integrates virtual idol AI development, social interaction, and music and dance AIGC. It supports functions such as generating music from text, generating dance from music, AI-driven choreography, and voice cloning, allowing AI idols to create multimedia content that can be instantly shared on major social platforms. The platform also launched a dedicated AI creation tool AISHOWBOX, supporting in-depth creations such as 3D image generation, AI-driven choreography, and idol agents.

Mars Protocol is the innovative token launch platform of MEET48, dedicated to reshaping the Web3 idol economy by integrating the "Idol Meme + AI Agent" model, providing users with one-click token issuance, circulation, and trading tools. The platform deeply integrates AI technology with the assetization path on-chain, supporting the tokenization of virtual idols and decentralized community interaction.

MEET48 Metaverse is a virtual entertainment world designed to provide users with an immersive social experience that transcends reality and time. MEET48 also has its own multi-modal large model, supporting music and dance training, providing users with AI creation tools and a MaaS editor, significantly lowering the barriers to content creation.

Head resources support, MEET48 masters the core entrance of content assets

MEET48 recently completed its token round financing, with an FDV valuation of 100 million USD, receiving support from several well-known investment institutions. The investment institutions value not only the ability to implement technology but also that MEET48 has mastered the core entry point of content assets. The copyright authorization of a well-known girl idol group allows it to have real fans and IP stickiness in the AI virtual human field, combined with complete technology, forming a unique moat for MEET48.

The community data also shows impressive performance: as of a recent global voting event, the total number of votes for 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 active wallet addresses exceeded 1.18 million. This data directly verifies that MEET48, under the combination of AI virtual idols and Web3 incentive mechanisms, has real market demand and product scalability.

Token Economics Driving AI Idol Co-Creation

The total issuance of MEET48's native token is 4.8 billion, with allocations covering various aspects such as community incentives, supporters, team and advisors, liquidity support, ecosystem support, marketing, and IDO. To ensure the smooth launch of new products and services within the community and to promote the healthy development and growth of the MEET48 community, some tokens belonging to the "community incentives" and "ecosystem" categories may be unlocked in advance, but only for user incentives and marketing purposes related to new community products and services, and must be approved by a community DAO vote.

Roadmap Preview: From Idol Selection to AIGC Game Matrix

In the upcoming period, MEET48 will hold the annual community idol selection, optimize the token launch platform, introduce the "AI Dance Troupe" limited test, and launch two Web3 games.

According to the plan, MEET48 will hold the annual community idol selection and release ceremony soon, gathering idol artists from multiple countries and regions along with their overseas AI-Agent virtual groups.

On the product side, the token launch platform will continue to optimize the AI Agent and token launch features, while promoting "AI Idol Training Room", a virtual idol voice intelligent interaction and nurturing system. Users, as producers, can control real music scenes, lighting effects, manipulate 3D virtual idols, and lead experiences such as dance choreography and live streaming.

"AI Dance Party" will also be further developed. It is based on an online game with over 1 billion users globally and a total revenue of 10 billion USD. AI Dance Party creates a large-scale community game with a full ecosystem through native tokens and virtual human music dance LLM and AI Agent technology.

In the future, MEET48 plans to launch more Web3 entertainment games and enter the full public testing and commercialization phase of the AI Dance Group.

In the end, MEET48 will be built on the Web3 AI social metaverse, integrating the MEET48 community with multiple AI game systems to create a global AI-driven Web3 ecosystem that covers entertainment, social interaction, creation, and assetization. The subsequent progress of the project is worth the industry's continued attention.