The fashion industry is amid a profound digital transformation, marked by the emergence of virtual models redefining how brands and labels market themselves online. One noteworthy example is the global fashion giant Balmain, which drew significant attention when it launched a campaign featuring virtual models during the 2019 fall season. Additionally, luxury Italian brand Fendi […]

The beauty market is increasingly adopting simulation technology, providing personalized style suggestions. Through an app, users receive recommendations for makeup products like lipstick and foundation that match their skin tone, providing valuable guidance for purchases. However, hair design is a different game. Compared to cosmetics, it’s pricier and less reversible. An unsatisfactory haircut, perm, or […]

Sony Network Communications, a subsidiary of the renowned Japanese tech and entertainment giant, has invested $3.5 million in Startale Labs, a promising web3 startup. This investment, facilitated through a private placement of new shares, is expected to be utilized to develop crucial infrastructure for the global adoption of web3. As part of this collaboration, Jun […]

Ficus Capital has announced that it invested $400,000 in Assemblr, a Bandung-based start-up that is focused on helping users to create AR content via its web-based platform. Assemblr is Ficus Capital’s first investment outside of Malaysia. Ficus Capital, the world’s first shariah-compliant venture capitalist, has also announced its flagship RM60 million fund, Ficus SEA, that […]

Virtual Humans are  increasing in demand as more and more businesses and sectors choose the metaverse universe to market their products and services, from entertainment and corporations to retail. According to  Emergene Research, a global market research firm,  the virtual human market will grow to $527.58 billion (about 688,491.9 billion won) by 2030. Korean AI […]

DeepBrain AI, a Korean startup company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI), today announced that it has been named a CES® 2023 Innovation Awards Honoree for Re;memory in the Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR) category. The announcement was made ahead of CES 2023, the world’s most influential technology event, happening Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas, US. This year’s CES Innovation […]

Looxid Labs Inc. a Virtual Reality(VR) based proactive mental healthcare startup, announced that its product LUCY – VR cognitive health coach combined with biosignal interpretation – has earned a CES 2022 Innovation award in health and wellness category. In particular, it is meaningful for the company to receive this award four years after winning the […]

BuzzAR, a Singapore deeptech firm that offers augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to Fortune 500 companies in Singapore and China, has raised $630,000 from revenue-based financing and growth platform Choco Up. The funding will provide a significant boost to BuzzAR during this pivotal time as the firm shifts focus from B2B to […]

Korean start-up Looxid Labs Inc will unveil ‘LUCY’ – a cognitive care solution founded in biotechnology, at the forthcoming Facebook Accelerator Seoul Demo Day on December 2, 2020. Developed for an aging population, LUCY is a powerful virtual reality (VR) ‘brain training’ tool for people aged 50 and older, specifically the 65+ market. It focuses […]

In times of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work has become essential. But for industrial sites, the ‘work from home’ scenario can be tough to maintain. VIRNECT, a Korean company, applies AR technologies on industrial sites that make remote working possible and efficient. The company with extensive industrial AR and digital twin technology expertise officially launched AR […]