{"id":4324499,"date":"2024-11-07T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/case\/kenna-the-first-ai-powered-virtual-beauty-assistant-by-essence-cosnova\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:54:43","slug":"kenna-the-first-ai-powered-virtual-beauty-assistant-by-essence-cosnova","status":"publish","type":"case","link":"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/en-nl\/case\/kenna-the-first-ai-powered-virtual-beauty-assistant-by-essence-cosnova\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Kenna, the first AI-powered virtual beauty assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-case-intro-title\">\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-128 block-case-intro-title__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >essence<\/p><p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-case-intro-title__text\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Meet Kenna, the first AI-powered virtual beauty assistant<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"full-width-content\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media has-inverted-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"js-block-assets-and-copy-video\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-provider=\"vimeo\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-embed-id=\"1026161133\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-for=\"72c97cbf\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__transcript-button js-block-assets-and-copy-view-transcript text-sans-14\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTranscript\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dialog\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"72c97cbf\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__transcript-dialog js-block-assets-and-copy-transcript-dialog\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"text-sans-16\">Transcript<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"js-block-assets-and-copy-modal-close\">Close<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"block-assets-and-copy__transcript-content\">Hi, I&#8217;m Kenna, the AI powered virtual assistant by International Beauty brand essence. I&#8217;m the first of my kind and super excited to meet you.\n\nessence developed me to shift from a performance focused to an experience focused strategy, aligning with their claim to make beauty fun by launching an AI enabled virtual assistant (AKA me).\n\nessence aims to enhance the customer engagement and spark passion for the brand among Gen Z. My role is being the enabler, connector, and cheerleader for the essence community, offering advice on new products and beauty trends through fun, easy conversations.\n\nI was first brought to life in Spring 2024 and debuted at OMR Festival where visitors interacted with me in their native languages, experiencing a 3D real-time virtual beauty assistant for the first time. essence and Dept brought me to life using advanced technologies. I have a custom built GPT Brain Open AI whisper-powered ears for multilingual understanding, and a custom voice from 11 labs, 30% based on an essence employee&#8217;s voice. My 3D Body is real time ready and reacts to conversations with custom gestures, making interactions lively and engaging.\n\nAs an AI microservice, I can be deployed across various platforms by combining these multiple technologies. I&#8217;m one of the first prototypes that gives AI a space, voice and body. How cool is that? So what&#8217;s next?\n\nAs a new addition to essence, I will soon be integrated across multiple channels, including our website, retail, POS, and social platforms. You might even see me at an event, so keep your eyes peeled. And as technology evolves, essence and Dept will keep me updated on the latest AI features so I can continue to help customers and make beauty fun.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dialog>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-case-intro js-block-case-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-case-intro__category-container\">\n\t\t\t<p\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-case-intro__category-header text-sans-16\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-delay=\"0.25\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t(&nbsp;&nbsp;Services&nbsp;&nbsp;)\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<ul\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-case-intro__category-list text-sans-14 js-block-case-intro-category-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-target=\"inner-items\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-delay=\"0.5\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-animation-stagger=\"0.1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"block-case-intro__category-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAI Transformation\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"block-case-intro__category-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCustomer Experience\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-case-intro__title js-block-case-intro-title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.005\" >With an ambition to become a global leader in the beauty industry, essence is moving away from a performance-focused strategy and opting for an experience-focused strategy.\u00a0<\/p><p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-case-intro__text js-block-case-intro-text\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slideFade\" data-animation-target=\"paragraphs\" data-animation-delay=\"0.1\" >To make a splash, the brand is investing in emerging tech, including an AI-powered virtual assistant named Kenna, which DEPT\u00ae was thrilled to design and build.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"full-width-content\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kenna-selfie-dach.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"copy-only\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-assets-and-copy__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Kenna\u2019s role in creating a one-of-a-kind experience<\/p><div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t>Combining essence\u2019s new digital strategy alongside its brand claim to \u201cmake beauty fun,\u201d we knew the path forward was in innovation and emerging technology. Luckily, essence is no stranger to innovating. In the past, they\u2019ve pioneered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/case\/make-beauty-fun-with-a-colorful-roblox-experience-for-gen-z-and-alpha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roblox experiences<\/a> and CGI content production with success.\u00a0<br><br>At the end of 2023, DEPT\u00ae and essence strategised around a new brand touchpoint: a virtual assistant. To be more precise, an AI-enabled virtual assistant.<br><br>This assistant would be the enabler, connector, and cheerleader for the essence community, engaging with customers through conversations. With her ability to give advice, she could help customers learn about and explore new products and beauty trends in a fun, easy way.\u00a0<br><br>As a new conversational layer in essence\u2019s experience strategy, she will become integral to multiple channels, including website, social, events, and POS.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"center-aligned-asset\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kenna-at-OMR-1-3-dach.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"copy-only\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-assets-and-copy__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Kenna\u2019s anatomy\u00a0<\/p><div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t>To bring Kenna to life, we combined multiple technologies, making it one of the first prototypes that gives AI a face, voice, and body \u2013 just like we envision the future of AI assistants: a super smart helper with a human touch.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"full-width-content\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Kenna-Anatomie-dach.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"copy-only\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t<div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t><strong>Brain<\/strong>: The GPT is built off DEPT\u00ae\u2019s proprietary generative AI product development framework. This platform is a custom-built AI system with knowledge bases, product feed integration, and guard rails\u00a0 \u2013 a fully customized brand language model.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Ears:<\/strong> OpenAI Whisper allows her to listen to user voice requests (in any language) and understand them within context.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Voice<\/strong>: A custom voice was created through ElevenLabs and is 30% based on an essence employee\u2019s voice.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Body<\/strong>: We also created a 3D character that is \u201creal-time ready.\u201d This means that she reacts to conversations with a set of custom gestures.\u00a0<br><br>To top it off, Kenna is an AI microservice that allows her to be deployed across various platforms.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"full-width-content\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"center\"\n>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"js-block-assets-and-copy-video\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-provider=\"vimeo\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-plyr-embed-id=\"1027202317\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy js-block-assets-and-copy\"\n\tdata-variant=\"three-up-asset-two\"\n\tdata-content-align=\"end\"\n>\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-48 block-assets-and-copy__title\"\n\tdata-animation=\"slide\" data-animation-target=\"words\" >Meeting Kenna in real life<\/p><div\tdata-animation=\"slide-fade\" data-animation-target=\"inner-items-separate\" data-animation-delay=\"0.15\" data-animation-stagger=\"0.2\" class=\"block-assets-and-copy__content\" >\n\t<p\tclass=\"text text-sans-24 block-assets-and-copy__text\"\n\t>Kenna debuted at OMR Festival in the spring of 2024 and has big plans for the future.\u00a0<br><br>Using an interactive installation, visitors talked to Kenna in their native language, and she understood and responded in a Gen Z savvy way \u2013 accompanied by mimics, gestures, and lip-syncing.<br><br>This launch was the first time most users could conversationally interact with a 3D-realtime virtual beauty assistant.\u00a0<br><br>So what\u2019s next for Kenna? Our ambitious roadmap for her includes going live on the essence website, adding live events (like festivals), and integrating retail POS.\u00a0<br><br>Because technology is moving so fast, optimization will be an ongoing process. We continue to work with essence to innovate and integrate Kenna into the digital ecosystem.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media is-first\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-1.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media is-second\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.deptagency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/image-2.png\"\n\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"block-assets-and-copy__media js-block-assets-and-copy-media is-third\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-animation=\"scale-fade\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block-case-credits js-block-case-credits\">\n\t\t\t<p\n\t\t\tclass=\"block-case-credits__awards-label\"\n\t\t\tdata-animation=\"slide\"\n\t\t\tdata-animation-target=\"words\"\n\t\t\tdata-animation-stagger=\"0.015\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tAwards &amp; 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