What Makes Digital Content Creators In-Demand in 2025?
It should not come as a surprise that digital content creators will remain in high demand for the upcoming 12 months. As social media and streaming platforms increasingly take more and more influence over consumer behavior, brands are looking to those behind the content we see there to reach and engage with their desired audiences.
As the platforms are at the risk of slowly getting flooded with content made by Artificial Intelligence, the more the value of authenticity and originality of the social media content will go up.
One of the main reasons audiences and employers will look for authentic content creators in 2025 is also the fact many, if not most, virtual influencers are making their content too polished and the way it is curated makes it seem nearly just as artificial and manufactured as would be when created by AI.
As content creators focus more on personal stories and experiences during their everyday lives, the more their current and future audiences will be able to resonate with it. Even more so in the cases when the content touches more specific themes, catering to niche audiences instead of being all over the place.
How Can Voice Actors Build Careers in AI Voice Tech?
While as digital content creators, the focus is to make more authentic and relatable content, there are other jobs within the entertainment industry this year where performers actually go out and help with artificial intelligence’s content.
As artificial intelligence technologies continue to develop, voice actors can find new job opportunities by training them. This essentially means giving artificial intelligence its voice to create a digital replica of it. As performers will do actual voice acting recordings, they will focus on scripts that put emphasis on vocal pitches, tones, cadences, and acting aspects of it.
Artificial intelligence technology then analyses the voice recordings and uses its learning algorithms to create the aforementioned digital version of the respective actor’s voice. Currently, the process takes significant time, and it is likely voice actors will later have to return to the recording booth to help AI replicate their voices more accurately before the final result is complete.
As the respective company starts using the AI-powered voice, voice actors will receive compensation for their contributions despite not actually recording each time it is used commercially. Normally such arrangements mean that voice actors will sign licensing and consent agreements since the voice that the artificial intelligence will use is still essentially theirs.
What Does a Motion Capture Artist Do in 2025?
It has been one of the fastest-growing fields of the entertainment industry in recent years and is projected to reach even bigger heights in 2025. Current projections have the motion capture market to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13.2 percent annually from now to 2030.
The primary reason for the growth has been the rapid advancements of motion capture technologies, including sensor technology, software development, processing power enhancements, and cloud-based solutions. Motion capture technologies also have benefited from the developments in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies, which have enabled easier integration with one another.
This in turn means that the motion caption job market will open up with demand for more professionals, including motion capture artists and performers. In short, being specialized in motion captioning means the artist captures the movements of a performer and then translates them into digital format.
The capture of the movements is accomplished by using special motion capture cameras and sensors while the performers use special costumes, known as digital skeletons, during the convey of movements and emotions. All of the data then goes into the post-production process, which includes data cleaning, data processing, integration with VFX, and more, until the final result is created.
While motion capture is primarily used in film and video game industries, it is important to note that increased reliance on motion capture services now appears in various other markets even beyond show business, including healthcare and sports.
How Are VR and AR Changing Acting Jobs in Entertainment?
Speaking on virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, it is yet another field job that will be in high demand within the entertainment industry going forward. As mentioned above, motion capture performances are one of the gigs that eventually can end up being used for VR or AR experiences but that is not all.
Voice actors can look forward to new opportunities to contribute to VR experiences as these interactive games and stories require narrative-driven characters for a more immersive experience for the users. Similarly, actors with all their likeness can actually take the role of interactive experience facilitators, which includes an acting performance that aims to directly interact with the users, such as responding to their actions within the experience.
A more challenging job for actors who will look into the job opportunities that involve VR and AR technologies is live performances. That means a similar job to act within the interactive experience but instead of being pre-recorded and the same for all users this time around actors are performing in real-time to users using VR or AR in the live streaming format. Think of it as a sort of interactive theater stage performance.
What Is Digital Modeling and Why Is It the Future for Models?
Models can also look to benefit from the rapid rise of virtual reality and augmented reality technologies. Due to these technological advancements, users now have access to digital fashion environments within the respective VR and AR platforms. Those are primarily used in the form of virtual try-ons (VTO) where customers can digitally try on various items available, including clothes, cosmetics, or accessories.
Through motion capture, models also appear in such virtual try-ons but in professional status and for others instead of themselves, serving as digital representations to users of the aforementioned items available.
As models aspire to start working digitally as well, they should start to learn how to navigate the VR and AR technologies, and ways these tools and related platforms work. While the jobs are similar to real-life modeling, these digital environments are more dynamic and meant for enhanced user experience regardless of their location. It is a whole new and exciting (digital) world where being one step ahead of their peers in terms of experience and knowledge can really make a difference to models looking for new job opportunities.
