Face pincher: a hot meta universe stylist

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Preface

Xiao Chen, who has been engaged in the service industry in Shenzhen for many years , In recent years, another identity has been added —— Signing face pinchers on social platforms , Virtual avatar Creator , Can be like “ Pinch clay figurines ” Same for players “ pinch ” Desired character modeling .

After work , Xiao Chen uses the open content creation system of the platform to design personalized avatars for users , Finished products are sold on shelves , Every avatar 30—80 element .“ Some users will put forward customization requirements , Such a limited avatar price 200 Yuan started , The highest selling price can reach 2000 element .” Xiao Chen said , Sell and receive private orders through the platform , own “ Pinch your face ” The income of even exceeds the income of the main business .

In recent days, , The topic of part-time game face kneaders earning tens of thousands of dollars a month rushed to the microblog hot search , This makes Xiao Chen consult and learn online “ Pinch your face ” The number of people suddenly increased .

With more and more social platforms and Games open “ Pinch your face ” function , Players are more and more dissatisfied with the built-in face shape of the system 、 Facial features 、 A simple combination of hair and clothing , But more hope to elaborate a unique character image that can show style , In this context, professional face pinchers come in handy .

Players are willing to “ Pay for your face ”

Xiao Chen said , Oneself is 3 Years ago, people started to play by mistake “ Pinch your face ” Of , At that time, there was no such thing as a face pincher . Is defined as “ Social metauniverse ” Of Soul platform , Users cannot upload photo avatars , Use only the ones that come with you “ Super cute pinch face ” Tool design role image . Xiao Chen, who has certain painting skills, can always easily create beautiful shapes ,“ I am often praised for my good-looking portrait , Later, someone offered to pay me to help them ‘ Pinch your face ’, With the growth of platform users, there are more and more such people .”

2021 year 6 month , The platform goes online “ Personality mall ” plate , Open content creation system , Currently signed 80 Many face pinchers can create virtual images by themselves , And gain revenue by uploading to the mall for sales . There is media coverage , The monthly income of the head pincher of the platform is even close to forty or fifty thousand yuan .

Why can design avatars have such a high income ？ Reporters found , For ordinary people , want “ pinch ” It's not easy to make a perfect face . The face pinching function of the social platform is highly customized , Hair style alone offers hundreds of choices , Not including hair color 、 Headdress, etc , There are dozens of face shapes 、 eyes 、 Eyebrows, etc , You need to manually adjust the size and position .

“ People with artistic skills will be more natural in color matching and face details .” Xiao Chen said , Creating a avatar requires a lot of imagination and creativity , It will be revised in the middle , Until the user is satisfied . Previously, a player gave “ Crab ” Two words , Ask him to create a head portrait that meets his expectations , Other users will provide their own photos , The virtual image is required to show its own characteristics .

The reporter searched on a shopping platform “ Pinch your face ” Find out , There are a lot of social platforms 、 Popular game design personalized character image stores and commodities , among “ Pinch your face ” The unit price is 5—500 element , Some popular stores pay more than 1000 people .

“ Face pinching technology defines the appearance freely 、 hairstyle 、 Wear and other features to create a virtual image with personal characteristics for players , So as to enhance the participants' sense of immersion experience . From many sales ‘ Pinch your face ’ Judging from the product's business evaluation , Willing to work for a beautiful ‘ face ’ Quite a few customers are paying the bill .” Xiangxin Technology Co., Ltd., which has been engaged in virtual image modeling for many years （ Hereinafter referred to as phase core technology ） Wang Yang, art director, said .

The first of the metauniverse “ A diver ”

The Xiangxin technology team where Wang Yang belongs 2016 In, he began to invest in virtual avatar technology , On its intelligent virtual human platform , Accumulated hair style 、 dress 、 Massive standardization of accessories and action resources 、 Platform based cloud materials , Up to now , They have provided face pinching for multiple platforms . He said , It is based on virtual avatar technology , A group of high-quality face pinchers came into being .

According to chengzhuo, marketing director of Xiangxin Technology , The vigorous development of virtual human avatar technology and face pinchers not only creates unique character images for players , Its greater value is to set up a “ Digital separation ”.“ The corresponding content of the meta universe is the digital form of the physical world , People need a second identity to integrate into this digital space , The ultimate goal of virtual human avatar technology is to perfectly depict people's voice and face , Provide vivid and natural virtual interaction .”

“ The face pinching technique will be a necessary action for participants before entering the metauniverse , By creating identity certificates based on blockchain Technology , Every being ‘ pinch ’ The virtual image will be tagged with identity .” Wang Yang thinks , In the process, people “ Digital separation ” Image design is very important .“ Pinch your face ” The process of putting people's rich imagination , People use the most appropriate form to express their own aesthetics and views . some time , Customized “ Pinch your face ” There is a large market demand .

Since becoming a face pincher , Learn from Xiao Chen “ Pinch your face ” There are many fans of , He often starts live teaching , Rough calculation has been taught 100 Multiple “ Student ”. He said ：“ Compared with the huge market demand , I think the number of face pinchers is far from enough .”