SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean IT firm ESTsoft Corp. said Monday it will develop a bilingual artificial intelligence (AI) lecturer that can speak in both Korean and English in collaboration with YBM, a local language education company. The AI lecturer is a virtual human version of YBM’s English lecturer Park Hye-won. ESTsoft [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s No. 1 wireless carrier, on Monday introduced a virtual human model to promote its artificial intelligence (AI)-based assistance platform. The female virtual model, named Sua, developed by 3D graphics development company Onmind Inc., will make its debut as an SK Telecom model in commercials [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean game companies are increasingly setting their eyes on projects centered on virtual human character development, aimed at carving out new endeavors in non-gaming areas such as music and marketing sponsorships. Netmarble Corp. announced its plan to introduce its virtual character Rina, developed by its subsidiary Metaverse Entertainment [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Rozy, the first virtual social media influencer in South Korea, said Tuesday she will debut as a singer with her first single “Who Am I” a week later. She unveiled the plan on social media with a related image and video. Rozy was created by Sidus Studio X with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it will feature a virtual human as a speaker at the world’s largest tech expo next week as the South Korean tech powerhouse aims to show off its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. LG said an artificial human, named Reah Keem, will deliver a three-minute [...]