Dr. Deepak Chopra to Bring Life-Size HumaGram™ Technology to Jiyo in Partnership with ARHT Media and NetDragon
Cutting-Edge Technology Brings Wellbeing to the Masses as Online and
Offline Worlds Collide
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, renowned physician, wellbeing expert, and New York Times
best-selling author Dr. Deepak Chopra announces a partnership between
Jiyo, his brand-new wellness platform, and ARHT Media Inc. in
collaboration with NetDragon. Together, the brands will be introducing
HumaGrams™ to the health and wellness space.
HumaGrams are life-size photo-realistic digital representations of
people, projected using ARHT’s patent-pending Augmented Reality
Holographic Technology, capable of eliminating time and geography by
allowing a speaker to appear in front of an audience as a hologram in
real-time for a two-way interaction, without having the need to
physically be there.
Dr. Chopra will launch the partnership live on September 9th
2016, via his own HumaGram at his Sages & Scientists
symposium at The Beverly Wilshire hotel in Los Angeles, California,
which takes place through September 11th, 2016.
With the advent of HumaGrams in the health and wellness space,
individuals can now be beamed into virtually any location around the
world using the public Internet, and can interact with multiple
audiences in multiple locations in real-time opening up endless
boundaries for greater engagement and collaboration. The use of this
technology will bring the insights of key thought leaders to the masses
while fusing the online with the offline. Jiyo users will be able to
access a schedule of lectures, meditations, and workshops around the
world where a HumaGram of these experts will be available to interact
with them.
“HumaGrams brings us one step closer to our goal of impacting 1 billion
lives around the world, said Dr. Chopra. “We will be able to touch
multiple communities at once with these immersive experiences and create
a synergy that leads to a greater societal transformation. This is the
future of wellness and technology.”
Recently launched this past June, Jiyo is a wellbeing platform intended
to be a personal companion to enable personal transformation. Jiyo
focuses on five pillars of wellness including personal growth, exercise,
nutrition, sleep, and relationships. The platform aims to take a
360-degree approach to wellbeing, offering curated video content and
insights from leading global experts including Dr. Mark Hyman, Dr.
Rudolph Tanzi, Kimberly Snyder, Eddie Stern and Tara Stiles. Wellbeing
communities are a key feature of the platform, as support groups enable
users to achieve their goals, and with the addition of HumaGram, users
will have endless opportunities to gain knowledge from wellness leaders
worldwide.
“We are pleased introduce our technology into the health and wellness
space, especially in partnership with such a great and dynamic
individual as Dr. Chopra. HumaGrams can play a very important role in
facilitating connections between communities who were in the past
restricted by physical limitations such as distance and time. With our
technology we can truly move towards brining multiple communities
together from all over the globe,” said Paul Duffy CEO of ARHT Media Inc.
ARHT Media’s HumaGram technology has previously been used with
well-known public figures such as best-selling author Tony Robbins and
television host Larry King.
Dr. Simon Leung of NetDragon said, “With our investment in ARHT Media’s
technology and our collective collaboration with Jiyo and Dr. Chopra, we
again move a great leap forward in helping build even larger communities
focused on knowledge sharing, and continue to bring world-class subject
matter experts to people who in the past may not have been able to
easily access them.”
NetDragon is a major shareholder in ARHT and together they have a joint
venture in Asia that includes a multi-year exclusive license of ARHT’s
technology as well as a license of NetDragon’s mobile-focused community,
instant messaging and app store technologies. NetDragon continues to
unlock a network of opportunities for the use of HumaGrams™, and its
supporting technologies to millions of people globally.
About JIYO
Jiyo is a comprehensive digital platform that allows users to engage,
learn, and interact with a diverse range of information, articles,
videos and reminders that help them to be their best selves. Jiyo’s
intuitive technology tracks users’ behavior and then offers insights and
suggestions based on their habits. This kind of 360-degree wellness
covers exercise, meditation, relationships, finances, and finding
purpose in the everyday. Besides useful content and encouraging
reminders, Jiyo is also committed to fostering community, connecting
users to world leaders and experts on wellbeing and allowing them to
create bonds with like-minded people who use the platform. Jiyo’s aim is
to make users more aware, identify their unique sets of strengths, and
create a pathway to making every moment of life count.
About Dr. Deepak Chopra
The author of more than 80 books translated in over 43 languages,
including 22 New York Times bestsellers, Dr. Chopra holds a
professorship at the University of California, San Diego’s medical
school and co-founded The Chopra Center, the premier provider of
experiences, education, teacher trainings and products that improve the
health and wellbeing of body, mind and spirit. The Chopra Center
provides an integrative approach to total wellbeing through
self-awareness and the practice of yoga, meditation and Ayurveda and
collaboration with visionaries, scientists, pioneers, physicians and
industry experts to educate and inspire seekers from around the globe to
better their lives and the lives of those around them. The World Post
and The Huffington Post global internet survey ranked Dr. Chopra #17 in
Influential Thinkers in the world and #1 in Medicine.
About ARHT Media
ARHT Media Inc. creates HumaGrams™, the most believable and interactive
human holograms. HumaGrams™ are generated using patent-pending Augmented
Reality Holographic Technology (ARHT™), which is a scalable, repeatable
and transportable form of 3D without the use of special glasses. This
unique platform makes it possible for people to engage with HumaGrams™,
opening up a wide range of applications from interactive retail
displays, tradeshow booths, presentations, live shows and concerts. The
various can be integrated into multiple forms of proximity and mobile
marketing tactics to connect with an audience, drive sales efforts and
create memorable experiences.
ARHT Media Inc. was co-founded in 2012, by Rene Bharti (Chairman), and
entertainer Paul Anka (Chairman, Board of Advisors). The company is
supported by a diverse and seasoned Management team spearheaded by its
CEO Paul Duffy, a global entrepreneur and creator of the Digital Human
Experience in online, mobile and holographic communications. ARHT team
brings decades of experience from fields including entertainment,
technology, marketing and finance. Advisors to the company include the
likes of Larry King, Jason Bateman, Richard “Skip” Bronson, Michael
Bublé, Carlos Slim, Irving Azoff, Dr. Simon Leung and Kevin O’Leary.
ARHT Media trades under the symbol ART on the Toronto Venture Stock
Exchange and the OTCQB Exchange under the symbol ARHTF.
For more information, please visit www.arhtmedia.com
or contact the investor relations group at info@arhtmedia.com.
About NetDragon
NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0777) is a global leader in
building Internet communities. Established in 1999, NetDragon is a
vertically integrated, cutting-edge R&D powerhouse with a highly
successful track record which includes the development of flagship
MMORPGs such as Eudemons Online and Conquer Online, China’s number one
online gaming portal, 17173.com, and China’s most influential smartphone
app store platform, 91 Wireless, which was sold to Baidu in 2013 in what
was at the time the largest Internet M&A transaction in China. Being
China’s pioneer in overseas expansion, NetDragon also directly operates
a number of game titles in over 10 languages internationally since 2003.
In recent years, NetDragon has emerged as a major player in the global
online and mobile learning space as it works to leverage its mobile
Internet technologies and operational know-how to develop a
game-changing learning ecosystem. For more information, please visit www.netdragon.com.
Contacts
Press:
JIYO & Dr. Deepak Chopra
Callie
Stanton, 646-654-3438
cstanton@nikecomm.com
or
ARHT
Media
Will Frank, 212-966-5000
will@grubmanpr.com
or
NetDragon
Joseph
Chi Lo
jlo@brunswickgroup.com
