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Utilizing biometric data from real-world people to create high-quality virtual humans that can be provided for diverse services

Hong Kong, March 4, 2025 – Digital Domain Content (Hong Kong) Limited (“Digital Domain”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Digital Domain Holdings Limited (stock code: 547), and TOPPAN Holdings Inc. (“TOPPAN Holdings”, TYO: 7911) have jointly announced the launch of a comprehensive collaboration this month. This follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together in the field of virtual humans, utilizing high-resolution data gathered from biometric scanning of real individuals.

The collaboration aims to create innovative solutions by integrating virtual humans developed from this high-precision biometric data into Digital Domain’s Momentum Cloud™.[1] The biometric data is captured on a Light Stage[2] at TOPPAN Holdings’ VIRTUAL HUMAN LAB™.[3]

Alleviating Labor Shortages and Accelerating Virtual Human Applications Development

Industries worldwide are facing labor shortages. According to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute, labor markets in advanced economies are among the tightest in two decades. Aging workforces have made this challenge a long-term trend, pushing companies and economies to explore new ways to expand labor capacity and boost productivity. Among the promising solutions is the development of AI technologies.
Technologies and applications related to virtual humans are evolving rapidly due to advancements in three-dimensional computer graphics and artificial intelligence. Virtual human technologies unrestricted by time or location, can flexibly meet the needs of global markets and are expected to be utilized in a range of fields, from entertainment to hospitality, retail, education, and healthcare, to enhance service experiences through creating innovative applications. Photorealistic virtual humans featured in corporate advertising and video content have garnered growing attention in recent years, and they are now being deployed for functions such as reception desks and facility guidance.

TOPPAN Holdings has been producing high-quality virtual humans based on biometric data captured on its Light Stage since 2020. The virtual humans created function as user interfaces for various services. Digital Domain, with over 30 years of experience in visual effects, AI virtual humans, and visualization, continues to develop cloud-based virtual human solutions through advanced production and cloud technologies.

By combining TOPPAN Holdings’ Light Stage scanning technologies and Digital Domain’s virtual human technologies, the collaboration aims to offer high-quality virtual human solutions to meet market demand and help alleviate labor shortages.

Mr. Hiroshi Asada, head of TOPPAN Holdings’ Business Innovation Center, stated, “TOPPAN has been promoting business development in the frontier field of virtual humans by using a Light Stage, a piece of cutting-edge human scanning technology. Digital Domain has a long track record of experience in the film industry for light stage production and also has a market-ready solution for the industry called Momentum Cloud™, so we expect significant synergy from this collaboration. We look forward to accelerating the market development of virtual humans and creating various use cases for each industry.”
Creating an Efficient Production Flow to Meet Market Demands

TOPPAN Holdings will conduct face scanning on a Light Stage, evaluate quality, develop business models for customized virtual humans, and provide original virtual human characters, while Digital Domain will import the high-resolution data obtained from the Light Stage into its Momentum Cloud™ platform to create and operate photorealistic virtual humans.

The collaboration will establish a high-quality, efficient production flow for virtual humans based on establishing production methods by utilizing AI and high-resolution data from face scanning on the Light Stage, enabling photorealistic virtual humans created from real-world people to be operated on Momentum Cloud™. This will reduce the lead time and cost for producing virtual humans, enabling a prompt and efficient response to requests for original character production.

Mr. William Wong, CEO of Digital Domain, stated, “Digital Domain is dedicated to developing AI-driven virtual human technologies, implementing applications, and creating sustainable business models for the future. As the significance of virtual humans increases across various industries, the pace of application development will also quicken. The virtual human solutions created in collaboration with TOPPAN Holdings will utilize both companies’ technological strengths to enhance virtual humans’ quality, performance, and effectiveness. These solutions will effectively meet market demands and create diverse application scenarios, opening up new opportunities for innovative business models.”

The collaboration aims to establish a production flow for virtual humans, which will help expand TOPPAN Holdings’ lineup of original virtual character offerings. This initiative will also provide solutions for casting these virtual humans for various services in the global market, utilizing Digital Domain’s Momentum Cloud™. By advancing pilot testing and business development that leverage the strengths of both companies, Digital Domain and TOPPAN Holdings aspire to create a virtual human solution business by the end of fiscal 2025.

1 Momentum Cloud™ is a server-based software platform for controlling virtual humans that can be used in the B2B2C space.
2 A Light Stage is a piece of equipment for high-precision face scanning developed by the University of Southern California.
3 The VIRTUAL HUMAN LAB™ was opened in December 2020 as a facility for advancing research and application development related to the use of face scanning and various other human biometric data.

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About Digital Domain
Digital Domain is a pioneer in the virtualization of sensory experiences. After more than 3 decades of evolution, Digital Domain has transformed from a Hollywood company to achieve global expansion in fields such as VFX, AI virtual humans, and visualization. Digital Domain’s pursuit of creativity and advanced technologies has allowed the company to achieve unmatched refinement of its creative process as evidenced in the production of several hundred films and TV series as well as thousands of commercials, game graphics, and both experimental and immersive experiences. Digital Domain’s most outstanding achievements include: academy awards for “Best Visual Effects” in the films Titanic, What Dreams May Come, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, blockbuster classics such as The Avengers series, and the 4th season of the popular word-of-mouth hit show Stranger Things.
As the first VFX studio that has achieved success in Greater China, Digital Domain entered the realm of virtual reality in 2016. By applying techniques such as fully integrating the base technology of AI and virtual reality, Digital Domain has constructed fully real-time photo-realistic digital characters capable of emotional expressivity. The extension of this technology outside of the silver screen provides a new medium for human-machine and human-human interactions in virtual scenarios.
Digital Domain is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock code: 547) and is headquartered in Hong Kong and maintains operations in multiple cities including Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Beijing, Shanghai, Hyderabad, and more.
For more information, visit the official website – www.digitaldomain.com.

About the TOPPAN Group
Established in Tokyo in 1900, the TOPPAN Group is a leading and diversified global provider committed to delivering sustainable, integrated solutions in fields including printing, communications, security, packaging, décor materials, electronics, and digital transformation. The TOPPAN Group’s global team of more than 50,000 employees offers optimal solutions enabled by industry-leading expertise and technologies to address the diverse challenges of every business sector and society and contribute to the achievement of shared sustainability goals.
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NEW YORK – 4th February, 2025– OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities, today announced Digital Domain Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 547; OTCQX: DDHLY), a global leader in visual effects and transformative experiences, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Digital Domain Holdings Limited upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market.

Digital Domain Holdings Limited begins trading today on OTCQX under the symbol “DDHLY.” U.S. investors can find current financial disclosure and Real-Time Level 2 quotes for the company on www.otcmarkets.com.

Upgrading to the OTCQX Market is an important step for companies seeking to provide transparent trading for their U.S. investors. For companies listed on a qualified international exchange, streamlined market standards enable them to utilize their home market reporting to make their information available in the U.S. To qualify for trading on OTCQX, companies must meet high financial standards, follow best practice corporate governance, and demonstrate compliance with applicable securities laws.

“We are pleased with the upgrade to the OTCQX Market, as it underscores our commitment to transparency and strengthens investor confidence,” says William Wong, Executive Director and the CEO of Digital Domain.” This milestone reflects our ongoing strategy to build trust and provide sustainable, long-term value for our shareholders.”

About Digital Domain Holdings Limited
Digital Domain is a pioneer in creating transportive experiences. Over the last 30 years, the company has solidified its position as a leader in the visual effects industry, expanding its expertise in virtual humans and visualization on a global scale. Digital Domain boasts an impressive legacy that includes contributions to hundreds of feature films and television episodes, advertisements, game cinematics, and groundbreaking immersive experiences. Renowned for its creative innovation in cutting-edge technology, Digital Domain has delivered exceptional artistry to Academy Award-winning films such as “Titanic,” “What Dreams May Come,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” The skilled artists at Digital Domain have collectively earned over 100 prestigious awards, including Academy Awards, Clios, BAFTA awards, and Cannes Lions.

Digital Domain is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock code: 547) and is headquartered in Hong Kong. Digital Domain maintains operations in multiple cities, including Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Beijing, Shanghai, Hyderabad, and more.

To learn more about Digital Domain, visit www.digitaldomain.com.

Hong Kong, November 11, 2024 — Digital Domain Holdings Limited (“Digital Domain” or the “Company”, Stock Code: 547), a global leader in visual effects and transformative experiences, today announced its establishment of a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt (“ADR”) Programme (“Programme”) with The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), which became effective.

An ADR is a negotiable receipt, resembling a stock certificate that is issued by a United States of America (“US”) depositary bank appointed by the Company to evidence one or more American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each of which represents five hundred (500) ordinary shares of the Company.

Under the Programme adopted by the Company, the ADRs will be issued against ordinary shares trading on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited that have been deposited with a custodian bank under the Programme.

Under the Programme, the owners and holders of ADSs have the same rights to dividends and distributions and voting powers as the holders of ordinary shares of the Company subject, however, to enforcement procedures provided in the Deposit Agreement entered into by and among BNY Mellon, as the depositary, the Company and the owners and holders of ADSs.

The number of ADSs registered by the Company under the Programme is 300,000,000 ADSs. The establishment of the Programme by the Company is not a new offering of shares and the ADRs are based on the shares of the Company currently in issue. Therefore, the Company receives no proceeds from the establishment of the Programme.

“We are very excited about this ADR program as it has broad appeal among US institutions and will enable Digital Domain to proceed on its path of gaining high accessibility to the US capital markets,” says Seah Ang, CEO and Chairman of the Board of the Company. “The availability of ADRs in the US is expected to generate significant interest among US investors that can lead to an increase in shareholder value as the Company continues to execute on its strategy of becoming a US-based entity.”

The Company has selected BNY Mellon as the nominated depository bank. The Programme operates in accordance with the Deposit Agreement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under Form F-6, available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1201935/000101915524000280/digitalf6.htm.

Hong Kong, November 1, 2024 — Digital Domain Holdings Limited (“Digital Domain” or the “Company”, stock code: 547), a global leader in visual effects and transformative experiences, recognized for nearly two decades of pioneering work in the virtual human space, today announced the appointment of Mr. Henry HOOI Hing Lee (“Mr. HOOI”) as non-executive director and chief strategic advisor of Digital Domain, effective from November 1, 2024. This appointment reflects Digital Domain’s emphasis on and commitment to the overall operations, development, and long-term growth.

Mr. HOOI has over 31 years of professional experience in the finance industry, having held various roles in business and operational management at major banks and financial institutions across Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. He is also the founder of pH Capital Limited, an impact investment company. Additionally, he is an independent non-executive director of a HKSE listed Frontier Services Group Limited.

With his formal appointment as a non-executive director, he will also advise on the Company’s strategy in leveraging the Company’s proprietary AI enabled technologies to expand beyond entertainment.
Mr. Daniel SEAH, Chairman and CEO of Digital Domain, stated, “Given rapid developments of AI, although challenges exist, the opportunities are even greater. Leveraging our industry leading technological experiences and incessant drive to innovate, we aim to shape the future in order to stay ahead in the industry. With Mr. HOOI’s extensive knowledge and experiences, we look forward to his guidance in driving business developments and long-term growth at Digital Domain.”

Mr. HOOI stated, “In a rapidly changing global environment, I hope to bring my experiences and industry insights to help drive growth for Digital Domain. I am humbled to be a member of the board and look forward to working closely with the board and management team to create value on a sustainable basis.”

Hong Kong, October 4, 2024 — Digital Domain Holdings Limited (“Digital Domain”, stock code: 547), a global leader in visual effects and transformative experiences, recognized for nearly two decades of pioneering work in the virtual human space, today announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to migrate its Autonomous Virtual Human (AVH) technology to the cloud. This collaboration, leveraging AWS’s advanced cloud infrastructure and generative AI and machine learning (ML) services, aims to propel the evolution and global reach of Digital Domain’s AVH technology and expand its use for multiple industries, including entertainment, gaming, healthcare, hospitality, and commercial applications.

As the innovator behind Zoey, the groundbreaking virtual human introduced in 2022, this collaboration marks a significant milestone for Digital Domain. AWS’s cloud services, particularly Amazon Bedrock, provide the necessary adaptability to drive AVH’s growth. With its high-performing foundation models, Amazon Bedrock significantly enhances virtual humans’ capabilities in real-time interactions. Additionally, Digital Domain is using Amazon Polly to help enhance voice outputs, and is considering using Amazon Rekognition for facial recognition and video-based services. AWS’s robust security and compliance features will safeguard Digital Domain’s data, reinforcing the integrity and scalability of the AVH platform. Through a successful partnership with Slalom, a leading technology consulting firm, Digital Domain has efficiently transitioned all AVH workloads to AWS in just nine months, enabling the company to scale AVH technology to meet the burgeoning global demand for real-time, AI-powered customer interactions.

By leveraging AWS’s cloud infrastructure, Digital Domain will unlock the flexibility, efficiency, and performance necessary to expand AVH capabilities. This scalability not only ensures a promising future for AVH technology but also opens up a world of exciting possibilities for its growth. By moving to the cloud, Digital Domain can offer AVH technology with greater speed, reliability, and cost efficiency, allowing clients in hospitality, entertainment, healthcare, and other business sectors to integrate these advanced digital humans into their operations seamlessly. This global accessibility means businesses worldwide can harness AVH technology to deliver personalized, real-time interactions at scale, enhancing customer service, boosting engagement, and elevating brand experiences. Whether it’s offering virtual concierge services, interactive customer support, or immersive storytelling, businesses can now more easily tap into this potent technology, adapting it to their unique needs and enhancing their operations.

“This collaboration with AWS marks a significant milestone for Digital Domain and our ambitions in virtualhuman technology,” said Daniel Seah, CEO of Digital Domain. “By migrating our Autonomous Virtual Human technology to the cloud, we are not only enhancing its scalability and performance but also expanding its accessibility to a global audience. AWS’s involvement is instrumental in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, enabling us to create even more immersive and interactive experiences for our clients and their audiences. This collaboration will also allow us to establish new industry standards in the hospitality and travel sectors worldwide with our partnership with Plaza Premium Group, one of the largest independently run pay-in lounge operations in airports globally.”

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Digital Domain in this transformative journey to the cloud,” said Samira Bakhtiar, General Manager of Media & Entertainment, Games, and Sports at AWS. “As virtual humans play a larger role across industries to engage directly with customers, Digital Domain is ensuring that everyone has access to its visionary AVH technology by combining it with the most secure, extensive, and reliable global cloud infrastructure, as well as AWS’s generative AI and ML services. We look forward to working with Digital Domain to further expand AVH’s capabilities and bring virtual humans to more AWS customers.”

Digital Domain’s AVH technology represents a leap forward in creating lifelike virtual humans capable of real-time interaction. Through this collaboration with AWS and the use of advanced AI and ML tools, Digital Domain is set to redefine the standards of virtual human experiences, unlocking new possibilities in storytelling, customer engagement, and interactive entertainment.

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ABOUT DIGITAL DOMAIN

Digital Domain is a pioneer in creating transportive experiences. Over the past 30 years, Digital Domain has grown to lead the visual effects industry, expanding the arm of virtual humans and visualization globally. Digital Domain’s rich legacy comprises hundreds of feature films and episodes, thousands of advertisements, game cinematics, and experimental immersive experiences. A creative force in cutting-edge technologies, Digital Domain has brought exceptional artistry to Academy Award-winning blockbusters of Titanic, What Dreams May Come, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Marvel Cinematic Universe titles crushed all-time worldwide box office, such as the Avengers franchise, and Stranger Things made a splash with Season IV.

Digital Domain stands as a trailblazer, achieving the remarkable distinction of being the first independent visual effects studio. Since 2016, the company has charted a pioneering course into the realms of virtual reality technology and artificial intelligence, revolutionizing the creation of emotionally expressive and photorealistic virtual humans in real-time.

Digital Domain is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock code: 547) and is headquartered in Hong Kong. Digital Domain maintains operations in multiple cities including Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Beijing, Shanghai, Hyderabad, and more. For more information, visit the official website – www.digitaldomain.com.

For more information about Digital Domain’s AVH technology and its collaboration with AWS, please visit www.digitaldomain.com.

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