{"id":2225,"date":"2021-01-12T05:22:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T05:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1333719"},"modified":"2021-01-12T05:22:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T05:22:33","slug":"who-needs-humans-lg-had-a-virtual-influencer-unveil-devices-at-its-ces-keynote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=2225","title":{"rendered":"Who needs humans? LG had a \u2018virtual influencer\u2019 unveil devices at its CES keynote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-cdn.tnwcdn.com\/image\/neural?filter_last=1&amp;fit=1280%2C640&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn0.tnwcdn.com%2Fwp-content%2Fblogs.dir%2F1%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F01%2FScreenshot-2021-01-12-at-10.04.11-AM-e1610426988458.png&amp;signature=297a9b53f86bd20fbd1594d8182424b0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all companies are hosting their events virtually. So, why not use a virtual human to announce the product too? LG did just that in its CES keynote last night.<\/p>\n<p>The Korean tech company used a virtual influencer called&nbsp;<span>Reah Keem, a DJ and a travel junkie, to announce LG\u2018s new CLOi robot for disinfecting surfaces. She also announced the 2021 line of the company\u2019s lightweight Gram laptop and Ultrafind OLED Pro 4K monitor for creative folks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>While she talked about these products, Keem also said that just like us, she missed traveling for gigs. The presentation<span>&nbsp;was smooth and glitch-free, but you could tell that it\u2019s a virtual avatar speaking to us, and not a human<\/span>. Check out this video below to see LG\u2019s virtual avatar present its products.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j1-MOE_oSXs?start=1333&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To make her influencer persona more plausible, Keem has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reahkeem\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">an Instagram account<\/a> and  as well. What we don\u2019t know at the moment is that if LG created this AI or used a third-party service.<\/p>\n<p><span>AI-powered<\/span> avatars are being more common at events lately. China uses these virtual humans in <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2019\/05\/10\/ai-avatars-could-be-the-next-generations-favorite-entertainers\/\">their news broadcasts and TV festivals<\/a>. Korea and Japan also have a thriving culture of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/8ca2f72a-1b4d-11ea-9186-7348c2f183af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">artificially created celebrities<\/a>. However, this is the first time we\u2019ve seen a major tech company use one of them for keynote presentations, and it could suggest we might see more of these.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-post-pubDate\"> Published January 12, 2021 \u2014 05:22 UTC <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/neural\/2021\/01\/12\/who-needs-humans-lg-had-a-virtual-influencer-unveil-devices-at-its-ces-keynote\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to the coronavirus pandemic, all companies are hosting their events virtually. So, why not use a virtual human to announce the product too? 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