WISeKey and Pauli Team Up
to Launch the First Ever NFT in 3D (without any
glasses!)
Geneva, Switzerland – July 6, 2023 – WISeKey
International Holding Ltd (SIX: WIHN, NASDAQ: WKEY), a Swiss based
cyber security, IoT, AI platform company, today announced that
it has teamed up Philipp-Emmanuel Pauli, a young photographer
and drone operator prodigy who studies at La Garenne School in
Chesières (Vaud) for the first ever NFTs in 3D.
Using the latest light field technology brought recently to market
by the Brooklyn-based start-up Looking Glass
(LookingGlassFactory.com), the buyers of these première NFTs will
have the unique opportunity to enjoy his/her
NFT-in-3D without any glasses or headsets.
The NFTs will be unveiled at the WISeKey
offices in Geneva on July 11, 2023
from 6:00 to 9:00 pm (local time) with interventions by
Carlos Moreira and Philipp-Emmanuel Pauli.
Philipp-Emmanuel presents the world’s first 5
NFTs in 3D under the title “Look Me in The
Eye”. The pictures were selected from an exceptional
collection of photos shot on 4 continents. The NFTs in
3D were photographed in Colombia (bird), Morocco (boy and
lizard), Switzerland (cat), La Garenne School (self-portrait) and
The Maldives (bat). A preview of the NFTs in 2D can be viewed at
<NFT-in-3D.com>
The magic of the pictures lies in the extensive
travel to reach exceptional locations, each photograph required
unmeasurable patience to click at the right moment, and the art of
editing in 3D, a novel technique only a few master today, since the
novelty of the software. Philipp-Emmanuel - then just 9 years old -
first enjoyed the experimental 3D screen technology in 2019
when Looking Glass launched the world's largest 3D holographic
display in Tokyo (Japan). Since then, this 3D technology has
improved and outpaced all competitors. Its commercialization is
opening a completely new experience to the world. Now that 20,000
displays have been sold, a new set of products and services in 3D
will come on the market, hence the timely arrival of the
NFT-in-3D.
The young photographer started operating drones
at the age of 6, turned to photography when he was 10, and
demonstrated his unique eye for beauty and passion. Pedro Sandoval,
the Venezuelan artist and a master of NFTs (Instagram
"PedroSandovalArtist” with 1.5 million followers) hosted
Philipp-Emmanuel twice at his studio in Madrid and inspired him to
study NFTs. When Philipp-Emmanuel toured the laboratories of Shawn
Frayne in Brooklyn, NY, the 3D screens pioneer who co-started
Looking Glass Philipp-Emmanuel immediately challenged himself i.e.:
to transpose his best photography and video into full 3D imager for
the whole family to enjoy. This ends solitary confinement for VR or
AR enthusiasts.
Currently, the PEP NFT collection can be viewed
in 2D only on the WISe.ART platform. However, Phillip-Emmanuel
offers for the launch of the world’s first
NFT-in-3D that the first buyers of the
5 NFTs in 3D will receive a Looking Glass’
portrait with the full 3D screen for free! The NFT
collector(s) can also acquire at a specially discounted price the
32- and/or 65-inch screens for the overwhelming 3D presentation of
his/her NFT under phenomenal conditions. Interested parties can
also witness the NFT in 3D at the WISeKey offices
in Geneva and the Looking Glass Studio in Brooklyn, NY after the
unveiling on July 11.
The buyers of each NFT in 3D
will write history and will always be recognized as the world’s
first. The buyers will get, in addition to the NFT in
3D, a print of the picture, signed by the photographer
including a certificate of authenticity.
The WISE.ART NFT platform is secured by
WISeKey’s various security technologies enabling the authentication
of digital ID and proof of ownership on the blockchain. NFTs secure
valuables physical objects as well as digital assets, in a safe
end-to-end process. A new age has arrived where 3D can be
appreciated by everyone without any gadgets or devices. Because
interest in NFTs accelerates and everyone aspires to 3D, WISeKey is
committed to promoting the advent of this avant-garde
innovation.
“It will be up to the new generation symbolized
by Philipp-Emmanuel to pave the road to NFTs in 3D
in the future,” said Carlos Moreira, Founder and CEO of
WISekey.
About NFT-in-3D (website) and NFT_in_3D
(Instagram)
This unique NFT-in-3D is an
initiative of Philipp-Emmanuel Pauli. He was born in Mill Valley
(California, USA), he lived his first year in Manizales (Colombia)
on a coffee farm, then grew up in Cape Town (South Africa) where he
lived for eight years close to Nature under the shadow of the Table
Mountain. He logged half a dozen stays in Japan where he lived on
tatami. During the COVID years he resided in Bogota whilst having
the opportunity to go on regular photographic expeditions. Since
2022, Philipp-Emmanuel has been studying in Switzerland where he
matured his ideas on the digital arts discovering the Metaverse,
cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Philipp-Emmanuel announces that his
first series will soon be complemented with many more NFTs in 3D.
He is a firm believer in the light field technology of Shawn and
his team at Looking Glass Factory.
@Instagram
NFT_in_3Dimensionswww.nft-in-3D.com
About WISeKey
WISeKey (NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN)
is a leading global cybersecurity company currently deploying large
scale digital identity ecosystems for people and objects using
Blockchain, AI and IoT respecting the Human as the Fulcrum of the
Internet. WISeKey microprocessors secure the pervasive computing
shaping today’s Internet of Everything. WISeKey IoT has an
installation base of over 1.6 billion microchips in all IoT sectors
(connected cars, smart cities, drones, agricultural sensors,
anti-counterfeiting, smart lighting, servers, computers, mobile
phones, crypto tokens etc.). WISeKey is uniquely positioned to
be at the edge of IoT as our semiconductors produce a huge amount
of Big Data that, when analyzed with Artificial Intelligence (AI),
can help industrial applications to predict the failure of their
equipment before it happens.
Our technology is trusted by the OISTE/WISeKey’s
Swiss based cryptographic Root of Trust (“RoT”) provides secure
authentication and identification, in both physical and virtual
environments, for the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Artificial
Intelligence. The WISeKey RoT serves as a common trust anchor to
ensure the integrity of online transactions among objects and
between objects and people. For more information,
visit www.wisekey.com.
WISe.ART is working on
cross-blockchain support, enabling a truly open data economy with
the support of Ethereum, Polygon and CasperLabs and gradually add
new chains so to ensure interoperability and scalability as part of
WISeKey’s overall strategy to act as a leading platform of the
Web3.0 revolution. It provides both a secure marketplace and
platform where NFT buyers and sellers can easily connect their
crypto wallets to instantly purchase or list their NFTs for sale.
WISeKey has added the support of Polygon and CastperLabs
blockchains, drastically reducing and even eliminating gas fees for
creators, buyers and sellers on the WISe.ART marketplace. WISe.ART
is working on cross-blockchain support, enabling a truly open data
economy with the support of Ethereum, Polygon and CasperLabs and
gradually add new chains so to ensure interoperability and
scalability as part of WISeKey’s overall strategy to act as a
leading platform of the Web3.0 revolution. The NFT design of
the WISe.Art platform ensures that besides an authenticated and
signed version of the actual digital asset, an irreversible link to
a physical object is set up, in addition to proof of ownership,
provenance and a set of contracts describing future use and
monetization streams, if relevant.
Press and investor contacts:
WISeKey International Holding LtdCompany
Contact: Carlos MoreiraChairman & CEOTel: +41 22 594
3000info@wisekey.com |
WISeKey Investor Relations (US)Contact: Lena
CatiThe Equity Group Inc.Tel: +1 212
836-9611lcati@equityny.com |
NFT-in3DPhilipp-Emmanuel PAULIpep@nft-in-3D.comPress Relations
Contact: Alex Rihs |
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