Perfectly timed to coincide with the Bumblebee film’s stateside wide release, top Chinese-language internet search provider Baidu, Inc. and Paramount Pictures announced a joint effort to enhance immersive messaging features far and wide via themed offerings within Baidu’s keyboard apps:
Bumblebee AR Emoji: Built on Baidu’s sophisticated face-tracking AI, the hyper-realistic AR rendering of everyone’s favorite Autobot mirrors the user’s expression and enables them to take selfies or create one-of-a-kind GIFs.
Two Bumblebee-themed Sticker Packs: Expressive stickers featuring Bumblebee and Charlie give conversations some extra gas with sayings like “Bee right there” “#TBeeT,” “High Five!” and others.
See the artwork attached to this post, read up on the entire press release here, then jump into the discussion on the 2005 boards!
Black Convoy
I hope to see this on Android.
f90happy
The message comes from Baidu and Paramount Pictures unveil AR-featured Transformers' Bumblebee emoji in mobile phone apps
China's top Internet search engine firm Baidu Inc. and Paramount Pictures said Friday that they are rolling out new emoji features in Baidu's IME keyboard apps centered on Bumblebee, the latest film in the "Transformers" series.
The Bumblebee Augmented Reality (AR) Emoji is modeled on Baidu's sophisticated face-tracking AI, the hyper-realistic AR rendering of everyone's favorite Autobot, mirroring the user's expressions and enabling them to take selfies or create one-of-a-kind GIFs.
These Bumblebee-themed offerings for mobile phone apps are the latest additions to Baidu's extensive libraries of emoji, customizable themes and skins for Baidu IME keyboards, according to the tech giant.
The offerings also include two Bumblebee-themed Sticker Packs that bring immersive messaging features to the fans of "Transformers" movie series.
The new yellow Bumblebee-themed features are now made available for about 400 million Baidu IME users, who can download them via their mobile phone apps.
"This is the first partnership of its kind between Baidu's global business unit and a major Hollywood studio, and it couldn't be more fitting," said Jiang Feng, director of Baidu's global business unit.
"The Transformers films have nurtured a thriving community of fans, and Baidu prides itself on fostering a similar environment for its keyboard app users, where technology can be as fun as it is sophisticated," Feng said.
The two companies said users can interact with other Transformers fans within the app by downloading their favorite sticker combinations.
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Hotconvoy
Ok thanks, I was just wondering…
Nickster563
That head of that bumblebee sticker really makes me want to grab a slingshot and shoot a bird at em.
PoweredConvoy
They're different.
Hotconvoy
Is that sticker app the same as this?
Bumblebee sticker app now on googleplay!
PoweredConvoy
Simeji is also doing something like this, but they have a lot more animated gifs including transforming ones of Dropkick & Shatter.
AzT
Baidu and Paramount Pictures: Transformers Bumblebee Messaging Features – Transformers News – TFW2005