Emova, a Deep Tech startup from Rennes, announces a research agreement with Silo AI, one of Europe’s largest private AI labs, in order to optimize the rendering of its avatars.
The Emova solution makes it possible to create a hyper-realistic 3D digital twin from a simple panoramic selfie, thus offering a next-generation virtual fitting experience for e-commerce.
Focused on the face and hands as a first step, the Emova solution is particularly designed for jewelry, cosmetics, optics and fashion accessories. For example, it allows for fine tuning of lighting, imitating the shine of a jewel and to examine oneself in profile. The key for e-merchants: better transformation of visits into sales, and fewer product returns.
The realism of the 3D avatar is a key point for its adoption by the customer. To go even further in the quality of restitution, Silo AI and Emova are initiating a long-term partnership, starting off with a collaboration on hair rendering.
“We are very happy with this collaboration, which will allow us to get ahead of the virtual fitting market, with a full 3D experience, more precise and more emotional,” says Gaël Seydoux, CEO of Emova. “As a private AI lab, we are proud to partner up with our computer vision and deep learning teams on an important issue: the construction of a faithful personal identity in virtual worlds”, comments Peter Sarlin, CEO of Silo AI.
Commerce and visual effects are converging, in the service of an unprecedented experience.
About Silo AI
Silo AI is one of Europe’s largest private AI labs – a trusted AI partner that brings competitive advantage to product R&D. We build AI-driven solutions and products to enable smart devices, autonomous vehicles, industry 4.0, and smart cities. Silo AI provides its customers a unique access to world-class AI expertise, as well as the Silo OS infrastructure to speed up AI development and deployment. Established in 2017, Silo AI is on a mission to build a European flagship AI company, with offices currently in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland and Canada.
Read more: www.silo.ai
About Emova
Founded in Rennes in 2022 by Gaël Seydoux (Ubisoft, Technicolor), Emova platform enables to create your personal hyperrealistic avatar. This 3D digital twin offers an incredible virtual try on experience for e-commerce and the metaverse. Based on gaming and special effects technologies, Emova integrates the best achievements and exclusive patents in image processing, deep learning (capture, iris color extraction, photogrammetry) and blockchain for an extraordinary experience of virtual fitting. Labeled Deep Tech by BPI France, Emova is incubated by the Poool and Cosmetic Hub (Cosmetic Valley). The start-up has received support from French Tech Rennes, Emergys Bretagne, CIC, Banque Populaire Grand Ouest, and a first round of funding from private investors.
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