Mike Shinoda Up Startup Using NFT Avatars For Video Calls

SNEAK PEEK

  • Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda has invested in a business that turns video chat user avatars into real people.
  • Despite not logging any user data, the company claims that its real-time algorithm does run within a browser.
  • Because it is unusual for a crypto project to be fairly trouble-free, The Hologram is intriguing in part because of this.

Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park has invested in a company that transforms user avatars into actual persons during video chats.

Mike Shinoda co-founded one of the most well-known rock bands of all time in the 1990s and early 2000s, but TechCrunch learned on Thursday that he also invested in Hologram. With the help of the Chrome extension Hologram, users may sign in using their bitcoin wallets and temporarily switch into animated NFT avatars.

The company claims that although its real-time algorithm runs within a browser and doesn’t log any user data, it makes use of machine learning. Your voice may also change.

Six people joined the call and used animated avatars that monitored their movements and danced in concert with them in a brief video the brand uploaded on Twitter to demonstrate the real-time NFT-animator in Google Meet. In terms of the final product, the idea is comparable to an Instagram or TikTok filter, but it is far more comprehensive.

The idea that people can express themselves whatever they want through any kind of art is quite great. The Hologram is interesting in part because it is unusual for a crypto project to be comparatively trouble-free.

The Hologram is attempting to make its solution more sophisticated by including a hand tracking capability. Additionally, a smartphone application is being created. The business intends to use its technology to produce both short- and long-form videos in addition to animating avatars during video conversations.

Although the startup has all of its strength concentrated in NFTs, its AI model purports to be able to emote any static avatars.