A communications method, a client, and a terminal. The method includes receiving, by a first client, information from a second client; obtaining, by the first client, first driving data from the information, where the first driving data is used for controlling an action of a virtual image of a user of the second client, and the virtual image of the user of the second client is presented on a terminal in which the first client is located; and controlling, by the first client, the action of the virtual image of the user of the second client according to the first driving data. In the embodiments of the present invention, a receiving end obtains driving data from information sent by a sending end, and controls an action of a virtual image of a user of the sending end using the driving data.