A one-stop KOL content generation platform

Overview

It is a one-stop content generation platform for Virtual and real-world KOLs. It generates realistic 3D virtual KOL head models by merging two facial images. Users can upload footage, select a virtual KOL, and use the advanced head-swapping technology to create KOL contents. It simplifies KOL content creation, making it faster, more efficient, and enabling greater scalability for the industry.

  • A one-stop KOL content generation platform 0
  • A one-stop KOL content generation platform 1
Problem addressed

Enhances face fusion by inpainting cropped heads and removing artifacts from existing engines. Its advanced head-swapping technology solves face-swapping limitations, enabling the swapping of face outlines and hair for a seamless and realistic virtual KOL content production workflow.

Innovation
  • The virtual KOL generation engine automatically removes artifacts, refines facial features, enhances texture details, and seamlessly blends elements to create photorealistic, lifelike 3D virtual KOLs.
  • Automatic head-swapping software uses a single source image, aligning facial elements to enable high-quality, realistic head replacement while maintaining proportions and harmonizing visual cues for seamless integration.
Key impact
  • Eliminates the need for expensive equipment or complex setups. Traditional virtual KOL production often requires a certain level of human intervention. Kolsify provides a cost-effective, fully automated solution for creating high-quality virtual KOLs and videos.
  • Supports video production up to 4K resolution, powered by a robust and precise head-swapping engine, ensuring seamless integration and lifelike results.
  • Enables users to generate virtual avatars and videos with just a few clicks, significantly reducing production time and streamlining workflows for various industries.
  • Allows the creation of highly customizable virtual KOLs with refined facial details and natural expressions, generating realistic outputs tailored to specific needs.
Application
  • Allows users to record videos via mobile, upload them, select a virtual KOL for head swapping, and easily share on social media.
  • Empowers brands to create unique virtual ambassadors at low cost, establishing brand identity and enabling marketing on social media platforms.
  • Simplifies creating virtual performers, hosts, or characters for digital media, enabling cost-effective and creative content production.
  • Reduces the cost of creating educational videos with virtual teachers, while meeting the diverse needs of educational institutions.
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI)

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under four Technology Divisions: Trust and AI Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies and Integrated Circuits and Systems. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New-Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

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