At first look, MAVE: looks like any other K-pop band.

乍一看，MAVE：看起来和其他韩国流行乐队没什么两样。

Virtual groups like MAVE: are making news for being new and different.

之类的虚拟组合因其新颖和与众不同而成为新闻。

Yet, MAVE: 's creators and entertainment industry officials are hopeful.

然而，MAVE：的创作者和娱乐业高管对此抱有希望。

He is the head producer of a weekly music show that showed MAVE: 's performance twice.

他是一个周播音乐类节目的首席制作人，该节目播放了两次MAVE：的表演。

" When I first saw MAVE, it was a little confusing to tell whether they were humans or virtual characters, " said Han Su-min, a 19-year-old in Seoul.

首尔19岁的韩素敏（音译）说：“当我第一次看到MAVE时，我有点分不清她们是真人还是虚拟人物。”

Kakao has said earlier that it has invested more than $9 million in Metaverse Entertainment, a group it formed with gaming group Netmarble, to create MAVE: .

Kakao此前曾表示，它已经向元宇宙娱乐有限公司投资了900多万美元，为创建MAVE：，Kakao与游戏集团Netmarble成立了元宇宙娱乐有限公司。