It turns out that KDDI pixel cloud Announced partnership to enhance Pixelynx’s AI music platform by integrating their generative AI, cloud and XR technologies into each other’s products chorus (powered by Korea Agreement)KDDI Cloud αUand palan’s AR creation platform Paran AR. KDDI has approximately 75 million registered mobile users (mainly under the “au” brand). The combined advantages of the three companies will create a new immersive music XR experience for users.
This collaboration aims to allow users to quickly generate high-quality music AI and XR experiences without coding knowledge, while lowering the threshold for creating AR content and allowing creators to create content based on proven AI through the entertainment IP infrastructure KOR protocol. High quality content.
What is Pixelynx’s KORUS?
Pixelynx was co-founded in 2020 by industry executives, DJs and producers including deadmau5, Richie Hawtin, Inder Phull, Ben Turner and Dean Wilson and was later acquired by Global Web3 Company Animoka brand December 2022.
The KORUS platform is now connected to KDDI’s cloud-based αU and palanAR, allowing creators to easily incorporate authenticated artificial intelligence and copyright-licensed music into mixed reality and AR experiences, potentially enabling new content distribution in the future. Form opens doors.
What is KDDI’s cloud αU?
KDDI’s cloud API service αU can be integrated into Web3 products and services to enhance their functionality (such as generative AI linked to Google’s “Gemini Model”). For example, cloud-based αU can enhance the shopping experience by generating try-on images from a single garment image.
Through KORUS’s music generation AI technology, αU cloud users can also generate live music and videos in real time, further enhancing the user experience.
What is Paran AR?
Founded in 2016, palan is a new startup company focusing on AR. Its palanAR allows users to create WebAR without any necessary coding. palan also has many other products, such as the AR camera “TOBIRA”, the 3D management and editing service “palan3D”; and “WebXR Commerce”, a service that allows users to virtually experience a store in a browser.
This cooperation will help integrate Pixelynx’s Korus into palanAR through KDDI’s αU cloud service, introducing AI music functions to palanAR users.
Management Comments
Inder Phull, co-founder and CEO of Pixelynx, said: “We are a company for artists, by artists, focused on protecting creators and unlocking new forms of expression. We are developing KORUS and the underlying KOR protocol as artists and intellectual property rights holders develop their intellectual property rights in new ways tools while providing them with the protection and transparency they need to monetize effectively. Reaching millions of users through the KDDI ecosystem is just the beginning, and we will have more integrations this year that will help leverage AI and differentiation. Blockchain unlocks new business models for the entertainment industry.
Nozomi Shimogiri, Business Development Manager at KDDI Corporation said: “Producing XR content is inherently difficult because creators have to prepare many materials themselves. While the preparation of 3D characters and models is relatively easy, preparing background images and various other materials is a challenge, especially when it comes to music, because finding And customizing the right materials is key. Through this collaboration, we can easily overcome these obstacles.
Palan CEO Eiji Saito said: “We are working hard to create an environment where people all over the world can express themselves using AR and that content can be viewed around the world. We want to enhance this. As a use case, we want to expand the use of AR in the travel industry Purpose. To that end, it’s important to lower the barriers for local governments and creators in general to create AR content. We hope this partnership will further lower this barrier by making it easy for our users to use generative AI technology.
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About KDDI
KDDI Corporation is a leading Japanese telecommunications company founded in 2000 and best known for its “au” mobile brand. It offers a wide range of services including fixed line, Internet and data communications solutions. KDDI is committed to innovation, leveraging technologies such as 5G and IoT to enhance connectivity and improve quality of life. KDDI focuses on customer satisfaction and corporate responsibility and is committed to meeting the changing needs of a diverse customer base in Japan and around the world.
About Palan
Founded in 2017, Palan Company is a Japanese technology company specializing in blockchain solutions and software development. We are committed to bridging the gap between advanced technologies and practical applications and enhancing business operations across industries. Focused on innovation and collaboration, Palan leverages its expertise to deliver high-quality products and services that drive digital transformation and meet the evolving needs of its customers.
About Pixelynx
PIXELYNX was launched in 2020 by iconic musicians and technologists Joel Zimmerman (aka deadmau5), Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman), and music industry visionary Ben Turner (Graphite; IMS: International Music Summit; AFEM: Association for Electronic Music) , Dean Wilson (Founded by Seven20 Entertainment; mau5trap) and Inder Phull, a musical metaverse futurist. Headquartered in London and Los Angeles, the company is focused on building a music metaverse ecosystem that will transform the way artists connect and engage with fans through gaming experiences. For more information, please visit https://pixelynx.io.
KDDI Corporation business development manager Nozomi Shimogiri (left); Palan CEO Eiji Saito (center); and Pixelynx co-founder and CEO Inder Phull (right)
