The iFLYTEK AI Virtual Human Interaction Platform received the Metaverse Digital Application Empowerment Award for its contributions toward the application of Metaverse technologies. The acknowledgment was part of The Metaverse OCEAN Award under the larger 2022 Top Digital Economy Awards, organized by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and co-hosted by China News Caijing, China News Shanghai Office, and Shanghai Information Service Association (SISA).

The Metaverse OCEAN Award of the 2022 Top Digital Economy Awards aims to advocate comprehensive innovation in technologies related to the metaverse, such as R&D, products, applications, and more. A thorough evaluation was conducted on standout companies within the digital economy through four unique. There are three categories under the Metaverse OCEAN Award: the Metaverse Digital Technology Innovation Award, the Metaverse Digital Application Empowerment Award, and the Metaverse Digital Cultural Creativity Award. Each category includes five winners, which together make up the winners list.

iFLYTEK won the Metaverse Digital Application Empowerment Award and stood out among its competitors through its AI Virtual Human Interaction Platform. This award-winning service, first released in October 2021, is a new-generation human-computer interaction platform with multi-modal perception, emotion recognition, multidimensional expression, and customization. Based on the advanced technologies and capabilities independently developed by iFLYTEK, this platform provides virtual human image building through its AI face generator, AI driver, API access, multi-scene solutions, and one-stop virtual figure generation service.

iFLYTEK's leading role in the field of AI and the creation of AI bots has brought together partners in virtual human development by launching events such as "Find the Voice" and the "Virtual Human Image Design Contest". In doing so, iFLYTEK has been building an AI virtual human ecosystem that provides full-link virtual human service in terms of "assets, technology, and application".

During the 2022 iFLYTEK 1024 Global Developer Festival, the latest developments on the AI Virtual Human Interaction Platform were announced, including the new ability of the Platform to allow the rapid creation of virtual figures. A virtual image can now be quickly created for specific scenarios through several simple steps, greatly reducing the cost of virtual human generation. Simultaneously, multi-modal interaction improves the technological capability of virtual figures in perception, expression, emotion, and other dimensions, making human-computer interactions more realistic.

The iFLYTEK AI Virtual Human Interaction Platform has now been applied in areas such as media, finance, culture, tourism, education, governments, and enterprises. By further integrating technology with products and real-life scenarios, the iFLYTEK AI Virtual Human Interaction Platform and AI talking bots will bring more convenience to its users and help solve the major societal issues compounding today's world.