**Create a virtual human in 5 minutes… Saltlux unveils Ploonet Studio**
Ploonet, a subsidiary of Saltlux, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced on the 23rd that it has started an open beta test of ‘Ploonet Studio’, which can create content by creating virtual humans. It was planned as a customized service for the ‘virtual YouTuber’ market, which is attracting attention in line with the metaverse trend of convergence of reality and virtuality.
Ploonet Studio has a function that allows you to freely combine everything from a character’s costume to posture and voice tone. The company said, â??It is an innovative platform developed so that you can easily create your own virtual human in just a few minutes.â? Based on the technology, the company received an innovation award at the world’s largest IT fair, ‘CES 2023’.
The platform supports six languages, including Korean and English, and is equipped with a multilingual speech function. The company explains that when text is input, the virtual human naturally uses the shape and motion of the mouth according to the voice output. Users can create high-quality photo and video content by using the decorating and editing functions based on the created virtual human.
Ploonet is currently participating as an official technical support and production support company for the MBC 2022 Qatar World Cup broadcast. Using the technology of Ploonetet Studio, he reproduced the late director Sang-cheol Yoo and produced a video cheering for the national team. Director Yoo’s cheering video can be seen on the November 24th broadcast, when Korea’s first game will be held.
In the first half of next year, a non-fungible token (NFT) trading system is also planned to be introduced in Ploonet Studio. It is a function applied for economic activities such as purchasing and selling contents created by users themselves.
If you sign up for Ploonet Studio, you can create about 20 minutes of video every month for free. The open beta test, which allows users to try some of the features of Ploonetet Studio, will be held through the official website until December 31st. The official service is scheduled to be released in January 2023.
A company official said, “In the era of Web 3 (Web 3.0), where creators are the center, we will lead a new digital economy ecosystem in which virtual humans work on my behalf and generate economic profits.” I will lead the way,â? he said.
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