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Beijing Huarui Shidian (北京华锐视点数字科技有限公司), founded in 2008 and headquartered in Beijing, has evolved from a VR/AR content specialist into a full-stack AI digital human solutions provider, positioning itself as one of China's established players in the enterprise virtual avatar space. The company offers end-to-end digital human development — from custom character design covering appearance, facial expressions, movement, and voice, to deployment across web, app, VR, and mini-program platforms — with its proprietary face-modelling system supporting up to 200 dimensions of avatar customisation. Its AI digital humans are marketed across a growing range of use cases, including 24/7 unmanned livestreaming, personalised education, interactive customer service, cultural tourism, and corporate training, with the pitch being that a digital human can replace or augment human presenters at scale and without downtime. Backed by over 50 software copyrights and nearly two decades of immersive technology experience, Huarui Shidian targets government bodies and enterprises undergoing digital transformation, bundling its digital human offering with broader metaverse infrastructure — including its own platform, Huarui Cloud Space — to present itself as a one-stop partner rather than a point solution vendor.