K-Pop And AI: Will The Virtual World Take Over K-Pop?

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K-Pop keeps growing as a genre, each year more groups are being released, and they keep improving the quality of their work. New trends and technologies are adopted to develop the K-Pop industry and keep up with the rest of the world. Those days, people are hooked on the trends of AI technologies and the existence of the Metaverse. Two virtual assets that are slowly, yet surely, making their way into the K-Pop world.

You probably already faced some very developed virtual content about K-Pop and K-Pop singers, without even realizing it. The virtual world is now playing a big role in the K-Pop industry, with virtual merchandising and computer-generated groups, but how far can that technology develop in the K-Pop world?

Let's dive into those codes and systems to see all the benefits and flaws of AI-related content in the K-Pop industry.

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1. Virtual merchandising meeting divided opinions from fans

K-Pop And AI: Will The Virtual World Take Over K-Pop?

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For a long time, K-Pop photocards have been one of the fans' most treasured pieces of merchandise. That was also one of the main reasons that pushed them to buy physical albums instead of simply downloading the tracks on streaming platforms. However, those days, it is not rare to come across 'AR cards' or even 'virtual photocards'. AR cards are usually found in specific physical versions of an album and only contain a QR code, but some do remain with a regular picture on it. However, AR cards are not regular photocards. May it be a picture or a QR code, fans will be able to scan them with a designated app, and new content will be unlocked. For cards with a QR code, it c