Avatar Music Festival 'Avatar Singer',' everything imagined to reality, to be released on August 26

SEOUL, August 25 (Yonhap) -- The first episode of the new survival program where singers hide their identity and perform as virtual avatars will be broadcast through MBN at 10:20 p.m. (KST) on August 26. 
 
"Avatar Singer" is a survival program that combines augmented reality (AR) and metaverse to recreate 10 top Korean musicians as 3D avatars and present them on stage. Root M&C, a metaverse content production company, participated in the production.
 
The avatars who couldn't get chosen by the judges, the followers, will be dropped, and at the same time, their identity will be disclosed. At last, only a single team will survive till the end. 

At the production presentation held on Thursday, Kim Don-woo, the Chief Producer who planned the program, said, "Everything imagined becomes a reality. Your eyes are going to be surprised in 10 seconds after the intro starts, and after another 10 seconds, your ears are going to be surprised. "And added, it was impossible to use both laser and special effects at the same time, but it is possible here."
 
"Avatar Singer combines complex technologies such as augmented reality and real-time animation," said Kim Yoon-sung, executive producer. "We prepared for about a year and poured out the most production costs in Korean entertainment history."
 
Kim Don-woo chief producer, said "Yes," regarding a question asking if the production cost for every episode exceeded ten billion won.
 
The star followers, judges will be DINDIN, Baek Ji-young, Kim Ho-young, Hwang Chi-yeul, Lip J, Jonathan, Park Mi-sun, Choi Won-young and Hwang Je-sung. 
 
Beak Ji-young said, "At first I was worried and excited at the same time." and added, "I could not understand despite several times of explanation, but I felt catharsis when I actually saw the performance and it was beyond my expectations."
 
Hwang Chi-yeol also said, "The stage of 'Avatar Singer' was beyond imagination," adding, "I was so surprised that I could even smell the performance on one stage."
 
Lip J said in surprise, "I never thought it was possible for the performance to be this cool," "For example, there was one part where I could be several avatars and dance in sync."

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)

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