A new technological innovation in collaboration with the entertainment industry such as virtual human has started. One of the actors who will be releasing this digital human version is Kim Soo Hyun.
New innovations along with the times continue to improve performance sophistication. It was not only developed to facilitate human activities, but also to innovate entertainment content as Kim Soo Hyun's agency intends to do.
On Tuesday (21/12), Gold Medalist Entertainment, which is the actor's agency, announced that they would promote Kim Soo Hyun's virtual human (digital human) business. This is one of the new breakthroughs that will add one of the newest content from this one actor.
According to the agency's statement, this virtual human will be co-produced with EVR Studio (CEO Yoon Yong Gi and Kim Jae Hwan) which is a professional digital content development company. Digital humans are virtual humans that are realized in 3D that look like real humans and can use facial expressions. Kim Soo Hyun's version of virtual human is planned to be used in various industries including entertainment, metaverse, film, and advertising in the future.
"Along with the rapid growth of the digital human market, digital portrait rights together with digital content IP will become an important buzzword in various industries where digital humans can be utilized. This will provide pleasure to the public with a different charm," said Gold Medalist to media crew.
Besides, various virtual humans have been produced in South Korea, but this is the first time that a Hallyu star like Kim Soo Hyun who has great influence at home and abroad has become a digital human. Digital human Kim Soo Hyun will be able to work without the limitations of space and time.
Gold Medalist's new business is very important as it creates new added value by 3D scanning its artists as digital content source IPs. In addition, unlike existing digital humans who don't change appearance, Kim Soo Hyun's version of virtual humans is planned to be produced based on age. Based on EVR Studio's hyper-realistic digital expression technology, it reflects the physical changes of real people, such as skin color, body changes to voice.
As is known, the big entertainment industry like Hollywood has produced actors as virtual humans and then used them in VFX (special effects) for various industries. In the upcoming film "The Matrix: Resurrection", Keanu Reeves is digitized to reproduce more beautiful visual effects and youthful appearance. In Marvel movies, virtual humans also feature scenes that are difficult to record in real life.
Meanwhile, Kim Soo Hyun has wowed viewers when he finished his new drama "One Ordinary Day". The drama continues to earn high rating ratings throughout its episode which was released as an original streaming Coupang TV series. (wk/taki)
