位于英国萨里郡的 AI 公司 Ailias 推出可对话的 3D 全息影像“盒子”，展示公共人物，且公司特别强调以历史人物为主应用于教育和展览。其角色库超过 70 名，包括 Henry VIII、Beethoven、Julius Caesar 和 Cleopatra 等。虽然听上去覆盖范围很广，负责人 Adrian Broadway 表示之所以偏向已故人物，部分是为了遵守版权与公众形象权限制：在英国，身份用途被视作类似商标权利；在美国，right of publicity 的保护也按州而异。其租赁模式按需求报价，一周起租被称为“几千英镑”，且包含软件订阅、送货和安装。
Ailias 表示每个头像每次回复时间不足 2 秒。我在测试中的 AI Einstein 版本（标称身高 7 英尺，即约 2.13 米）在科学、音乐、甚至 Elon Musk 等话题上都能快速且连贯地回应；当我抛出一个孩子气的问题（“你和 Isaac Newton 打架会赢谁”）时，回答依然表现为典型大语言模型模式。该系统采用开源 AI 结合第三方生成式视频，角色可做花式、深蹲、甚至 breakdance，但投影形象更像预设表演而非真实再现。
Ailias 声称只要满足授权要求，任何人都可定制专属头像，使用少量语音样本和照片，约在一个月内完成。公司也预期其用于商业用途；ABBA Voyage 的案例显示，即使知道是合成内容，观众仍愿意为高保真全息体验付费，观看人数达到“数百万”量级。潜在场景包括品牌营销（如 Cristiano Ronaldo 的 Nike 合作版本）、酒店 AI 礼宾、航空咨询等，但公司发布了伦理指南以应对明显的滥用风险。它还提供更小型 21 英寸（53.34 厘米）版本用于日常空间部署。
Ailias, a Surrey, UK AI company, markets conversational 3D hologram “boxes” featuring public figures, with a deliberate focus on historical characters for education and exhibitions. Its character library exceeds 70 entries, including Henry VIII, Beethoven, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra. Although broad in range, director Adrian Broadway says the emphasis on deceased figures is partly due legal limits around copyright and personality rights: in the UK, use of identity is treated as a trademark-like right, while in the US, right-of-publicity protections vary by state. Pricing is custom, and minimum weekly rental is described as running into several thousand pounds, including software subscription, delivery, and installation.
Ailias claims each avatar responds in under 2 seconds. In testing, the AI Einstein avatar (advertised as 7 feet tall, about 2.13 meters) answered quickly and coherently on topics such as science, music, and Elon Musk; when posed a childish challenge (“Who would win in a fight, you or Isaac Newton?”), it responded with typical large-language-model logic rather than escalation. The system uses open-source AI plus third-party generative video: avatars can juggle, do squats, or breakdance, but the projection appears more like scripted performance than true embodiment.
The company also says it can create a custom avatar for anyone with short voice samples and photos, completing it in about one month if licensing requirements are met. It foresees strong commercial demand, citing ABBA Voyage—reported in the millions—as evidence that audiences still pay for high-fidelity synthetic holograms even when clearly artificial. Potential uses include brand campaigns (for example, a Cristiano Ronaldo Nike use case), hotel concierge services, and airline support, but Ailias publishes ethical-use guidelines due clear misuse risk. It also offers a smaller 21-inch (53.34 cm) screen unit for home-scale deployment.