The metaverse has become a prominent focus in the digital realm, serving as a new carrier for technological innovation and cultural dissemination. It significantly expands digital living spaces, facilitates deep integration of technology and culture, and delivers unprecedented interactive experiences with infinite possibilities. With the release of the "Virtual Reality and Industry Application Integration Development Action Plan (2022-2026)", the deep integration of virtual reality technology with various industries has become an integral part of national strategy.

Amidst this technological wave, MarsX Digital Platform emerges as a pioneer in empowering cultural development through technology. Aligning with national policies and adhering to the philosophy of "utilizing and exploring cutting-edge technologies to materialize a comprehensive metaverse digital ecosystem," MarsX actively engages in innovative practices that integrate virtual reality technology with cultural industries, having achieved multiple digital scene innovations.

Since the release of DeepSeek-V3 and R1-Preview-Lite, which attracted the attention of the entire network, DeepSeek has released another blockbuster achievement.

On January 20, DeepSeek released a new open-source reasoning model DeepSeek-R1, which achieved a performance level comparable to OpenAI o1 in multiple tasks such as mathematics, programming and reasoning, while reducing the cost of calling the application programming interface (API) by 90-95%.

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According to our survey, the surge in AI-related topics and application demands in 2024 has significantly benefited relevant industries. Taiwan's major tech companies commenced their year-end celebrations in late December last year, inviting top-tier singers and bands to perform at employee appreciation events. While these performances generated substantial revenue, scheduling conflicts remained challenging. Through the integration of AI technology with musical culture, Inventec's self-developed virtual artist platform enables simultaneous multi-venue performances using robust computing capabilities.

After a successful performance at Taipei Arena, the 18-year-old virtual artist Mila Mii, created by Inventec VRSTATE and gold medal producer Chen Zihong, will land on the VRSTATE platform again on March 1 ~ March 2, 2025, bringing a unique online concert to fans around the world.

This concert is not only the latest attempt to integrate music with Metaverse technology, but also an important milestone for the music industry to explore new ways out.

The future belongs to AI, and also to manufacturers and users who are more capable of using AI

The penetration of AI into the field of consumer electronics is still accelerating.

At this year's CES 2025, AI is still the core topic and main indicator of this international technology feast. In the exhibition areas of major brands, we can see all kinds of novel and fun AI+ consumer electronics products and solutions everywhere.

Of course, the discussion on AI this year seems to be more profound and comprehensive than in previous years. In addition to discussing what kind of products and applications AI can enable consumer electronics to land, more manufacturers are also paying attention to how to better use AI to empower the field of consumer electronics. The former focuses on "output" and the latter focuses on "input".

For example, in the exhibition areas of Tuya Smart, NVIDIA, AMD, and Amazon Web Services, we see that these well-known manufacturers are either consolidating the construction of underlying infrastructure, or taking the lead in building a more open large-scale model ecosystem, or directly opening up a one-stop AI development link, etc.

In December 2024, the domestic artificial intelligence sector market performed well, and the industry index rose 8.66% in the past month. This month, the AI ​​sector continued to rise sharply. On the one hand, Shanji released AI glasses, catalyzing the theme of AI glasses, and the sector performed well. From the industry perspective, next year will be the year for AI glasses to go from 0 to 1, and many manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Baidu and Samsung will release new products. On the other hand, ByteDance AI assistant Doubao became popular, driving Doubao AI-related concept stocks to rise sharply. At present, computing power is no longer a constraint on the AI ​​industry, and AI applications will usher in a great era of development in the future.

On December 20, OpenAI announced the launch of its next-generation model o3 and its streamlined version o3-mini on the last day of its 12-working day online new product launch event. o3 significantly surpasses its predecessor o1 in many aspects, excelling in software engineering, competitive mathematics, and the ability to master human PhD-level natural science knowledge. Especially in the ARC-AGI assessment, o3 achieved a score of 75.7% to 87.5%, exceeding the 85% threshold of human level.

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IT Home December 13 news, Meta announced on Thursday the launch of an artificial intelligence model called Meta Motivo, which is designed to control the actions of humanoid digital intelligent bodies to enhance the metaverse experience.

Meta also released AI tools such as the large concept model LCM and the video watermarking tool Video Seal, and reiterated its determination to continue investing in AI, AR and metaverse technologies.

[AI Era Introduction] Li Feifei’s World Labs’ first “spatial intelligence” model has just been born! A picture generates a 3D world. Netizens exclaimed: It’s crazy. We have entered the next round of revolution. This is the future of video games and movies.

On November 28, the "2024 Sohu Finance Annual Forum" was held in Beijing.

The Sohu Finance Annual Forum has grown into Sohu's annual brand event. Over the years, the forum has always adhered to a forward-looking vision, gathered wisdom and strength, and recorded and promoted every leap of China's economy.

This forum brought together more than 20 business elites and academic leaders. They sincerely took the pulse of the economic situation and discussed the world order; analyzed the real estate market structure and looked forward to investment opportunities in the capital market; focused on industrial innovation and market expansion under a global perspective, and offered suggestions for the sustainable development of enterprises.

With the rise of the concept of the metaverse, digital human technology has become the key to promoting the high-quality development of the digital economy. At the forum on the morning of November 28, Jiang Yahong, a national leading talent and founder and CEO of UStyle Times, gave a keynote speech - real 3D digital human are the "pass" to enter the metaverse.

The State Administration of Radio and Television issued a notice today that the State Administration of Radio and Television has organized a review of the "Technical Requirements for Digital Virtual Humans", and now approves it as a recommended industry standard for radio, television and online audio-visual of the People's Republic of China and publishes it. The standard number is GY/T411-2024, and the standard will be implemented from the date of publication.