**Hive invests in a production company that creates video contents with ‘virtual humans’**
*Attracted investment from â??virtual influencerâ?? companies Innerverz, Hive and Blue Pointâ?¦ A total of 2.5 billion won*
Innerverz, a company that produces virtual influencers based on deep learning, has attracted a total investment of 2.5 billion won from Hive, Laguna Investment, and Blue Point. Hive and Laguna Investment participated as new investors, and Blue Point, an existing investment company, participated as a follow-up investor.
Innerverz uses deep learning-based image processing techniques to produce virtual characters’ faces and video content featuring virtual characters. Innerverz’ deep learning-based video compositing technology focuses on allowing virtual people to work smoothly even in videos that require high quality, such as movies and music videos, rather than focusing on replacing people or implementing automation. .
Lim Jeong-hyeok, CEO of Innerverz, said, â??In order not to harm the immersion of content viewers, it is necessary to maintain the concept and composition intended by the producers and producers.â? Innerverz is paying attention to the future where creators who want to create completely new types of content as virtual influencers can fulfill their dreams without restrictions,â? said
Park Young-ho, CEO of Laguna Investment . He explained the background of the investment, saying, “Inner Birds stood out in that it could produce natural expressions and high-quality characters even under various external environments and dynamic movements of characters without relying only on open source.” .
Innerverz is also preparing a plan to respond to ethical issues that are being raised one after another as AI technology develops rapidly. CEO Lim said, â??It is true that there were many difficulties in commercializing deep learning-based video synthesis technology because of the many cases of abuse.â? We are preparing a misuse detection technology that can read .
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