SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The telecommuting, online education, and telemedicine sectors have witnessed substantial growth in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside these trends, online ancestral rites are also gaining popularity. Leading up to Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving holiday, memorial parks across the nation saw a surge in visitors paying their respects to [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A “meta fashion” platform, where visitors can utilize augmented reality (AR) technology to photograph virtual clothing, has been established in Seoul. Meta fashion encompasses virtual outfits created using digital technology, presented as images or videos, akin to dressing up an avatar. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to speed up the development of virtual and augmented reality eyewear, as Apple Inc. unveiled its much-anticipated mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, earlier this week. The U.S. tech company, on Monday (local time), introduced what it called its first “spatial computing” headset during the [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An intriguing new filter is generating excitement as it enables users to capture photos of themselves alongside the Dokdo, which holds great significance for both South and North Koreans. Vank (Voluntary Agency Network of Korea), a cyber diplomacy mission, announced on Thursday the launch of the “Dokdo AR (augmented [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom has launched a 3D personal space service called “Ifhome” on its metaverse service Ifland. The service allows users to decorate their space and record their daily lives. Ifhome has a capacity of 31 people, while the existing “land” has been renamed “ifsquare” to provide a communication space [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Digital Foundation, a digital arm of the Seoul city government, on Tuesday launched a new service that allows users to raise pets in Metaverse Seoul, a metaverse ecosystem for administrative services. Users can adopt 10 kinds of virtual pets, such as dogs, cats, and rabbits, in the [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) —The use of the virtual world known as the metaverse has been proposed as a potential tool to alleviate the psychological strain on students subjected to school violence during police investigations, according to a recent publication titled “Police Investigation of School Violence Victims Using Metaverse,” featured in the journal Police [...]
GANGNEUNG, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — On a fine Saturday, the city of Gangneung, nestled in the heart of Gangwon Province, made a noble declaration to champion the cause of stray animals by harnessing the power of cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) technology. The city’s visionary plan involves creating immersive 3D images of the charming interior [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Science and ICT said Tuesday it will invite regional for-profit and non-profit organizations to participate in a project designed to promote the creation of a metaverse work environment. The project, dubbed “Metaverse Nomad,” was introduced last year on a trial basis, and more than 300 employees from [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has launched the trial distribution of its visual aid solution for visually impaired people. The solution, named Relumino, is a device that acts as a visual aid to visually impaired people with residual vision. This device was developed by Samsung’s in-house venture incubator program C-Lab. Relumino [...]