Adding Avatars
Last week we noted that the use of realistic avatars or ‘virtual personalities’ was becoming more widespread, citing China’s Baidu (BIDU) push into the category with their Xiling platform and services offering, expanding past basic avatar creation and into the realm of virtual hosts, virtual idols, and brand spokespersons. It seems that the trend is continuing as Taiwan’s HTC (2498.TT subsidiary Vive Studios (pvt), a well-known headset and content provider (Viveport), is launching a ‘virtual human’ business and has been recruiting AI experts, along with a former Chief Technology Officer from Boeing (BA), a company with considerable simulator experience. Vive will base the development on their existing “Bit” platform that was developed in-house, but will extend it to included “Volt”, proprietary VR animation IP that will allow for the development of realistic ‘virtual humans’.
Vive is targeting 10 to 15 characters, while keeping the development process relatively short and uncomplicated, and an investment in Vive from South Korea’s SK Telecom (SKM) last year is targeting such Metaverse related development, and the support of the company’s Vive Sync, a virtual meeting and collaboration space, an NFT art gallery, and a series of VR ‘experiences’, including VR based medical training, conservation, and other Metaverse worlds that highlight the company’s creation projects, hardware, or ability to operate with other hardware platforms. With Vive VR headsets among the top rated headsets, usually in competition with Oculus (Facebook (FB)), the company’s virtual human project will be closely watched, although we expect it will be a bit more oriented toward virtual media than some that are being developed or used for more standard TV content, as noted in last week’s note.
Vive is targeting 10 to 15 characters, while keeping the development process relatively short and uncomplicated, and an investment in Vive from South Korea’s SK Telecom (SKM) last year is targeting such Metaverse related development, and the support of the company’s Vive Sync, a virtual meeting and collaboration space, an NFT art gallery, and a series of VR ‘experiences’, including VR based medical training, conservation, and other Metaverse worlds that highlight the company’s creation projects, hardware, or ability to operate with other hardware platforms. With Vive VR headsets among the top rated headsets, usually in competition with Oculus (Facebook (FB)), the company’s virtual human project will be closely watched, although we expect it will be a bit more oriented toward virtual media than some that are being developed or used for more standard TV content, as noted in last week’s note.
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