https://www.scmp.com/rss/522989/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Alice Li Alice Li China is elevating its digital competitiveness on the world’s stage, according to the latest rankings from a Swiss academic institute, while those behind the findings caution that trade fragmentation is weighing on economies’ digital prowess globally. The world’s second-largest economy has reached an all-time high of 12th place among 69 economies in terms of overall performance, improving by two places from 2024, according to this year’s edition of the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3331478/chinas-digital-competitiveness-hits-all-time-high-amid-trade-splintering-worries-survey?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3331478/chinas-digital-competitiveness-hits-all-time-high-amid-trade-splintering-worries-survey?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2025 09:30:10 +0000 Mark Gong Mark Gong Digital Domain Holdings, the Hong Kong-listed firm behind the Oscar-winning visual effects studio involved in Marvel Studios’ blockbuster films, plans to set up a research and development (R&D) centre at Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin. The company plans to invest HK$204 million (US$26 million) in this facility by the end of 2029 to expand its professional team, according to Daniel Seah, acting chairman and chief executive at Digital Domain, during Wednesday’s launch ceremony at the park run... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3271738/hollywood-visual-effects-firm-digital-domain-set-rd-base-hong-kong-science-park?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3271738/hollywood-visual-effects-firm-digital-domain-set-rd-base-hong-kong-science-park?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:07:12 +0000 Xinmei Shen,Holly Chik Xinmei Shen,Holly Chik Visual effects giant Digital Domain, a Hong Kong-listed company behind the hologram version of late singer Teresa Teng, is betting that its ability to produce “virtual humans” will give it a foothold in a metaverse future. The company, which has worked on visual effects for multiple blockbuster Marvel Studios films, is hoping that as people’s lives become increasingly digital, they will “eventually need to have someone represent them in the virtual world”, CEO Daniel Seah said in an interview... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3166277/avengers-vfx-maker-digital-domain-wants-its-virtual-humans-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3166277/avengers-vfx-maker-digital-domain-wants-its-virtual-humans-be?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Feb 2022 03:00:28 +0000 Chad Bray Chad Bray It has destroyed the world nine times on film and brought Thanos to life in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. But now Digital Domain Holdings, the Hong Kong-based parent company of visual effects studio Digital Domain 3.0, is making a big bet on its future growth away from the silver screen, according to its boss. The company is exploring the use of innovations to create so-called virtual humans on stage and on screen, alongside virtual reality and 5G technology, for wider consumer... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3020499/digital-domain-hong-kong-based-visual-effects-studio-behind?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3020499/digital-domain-hong-kong-based-visual-effects-studio-behind?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jul 2019 00:00:17 +0000 Bien Perez Bien Perez Digital Domain Holdings, which runs the world’s largest independent visual effects company, is ramping up its international expansion with the opening of a new studio in India, a market that produces an average of 1,900 films a year. The Hong Kong-listed firm’s facility in Hyderabad, capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana, marks the 10th studio location for its Digital Domain 3.0 unit – the 24-year-old, Oscar-winning visual effects house originally founded by Hollywood film director... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2118655/hong-kong-bollywood-digital-domain-opens-india-studio-expand-visual?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2118655/hong-kong-bollywood-digital-domain-opens-india-studio-expand-visual?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:32:41 +0000 Bien Perez Bien Perez Digital Domain Holdings, which runs the world’s largest independent visual effects studio, is aiming to ramp up its push into virtual reality through a partnership with mobile chip giant Qualcomm. It marks the company’s latest international collaboration after it teamed up last month with German telecommunications services provider Deutsche Telekom on a virtual reality mobile application. “We are creating a new ecosystem for virtual reality,” Digital Domain chairman Peter Chou told the South... https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2115956/digital-domain-qualcomm-partner-virtual-reality-push?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/enterprises/article/2115956/digital-domain-qualcomm-partner-virtual-reality-push?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:30:45 +0000