Korea's Leading-edge VR Application Honored in Asia's Prestigious App Contest

SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A virtual reality application called “Fusion VR,” which was developed by Korean app developer ARC Interactive, received acclaim for its innovative feature in “Asia Smartphone Application Contest Awards 2014″ by winning the “Merit Award” in the creative lifestyle category.

The annual event was hosted by the Korea Association for ICT Promotion, the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association (WTIA), the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) and the Hong Kong Wireless Development Center (HKWDC) to recognize the excellence of innovations and efforts in developing best-of-breed smartphone apps.

The awards are given in three categories — Advertising and Marketing, Game and Education, and Creative Lifestyle, each with gold, silver and bronze award. The contestants were from Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, and Japan, whose products went through two rounds of assessment before final winners were chosen on June 12.

A total of six applications from Korea won the awards in the contest, in the Game and Education and Creative Lifestyle categories.

“Fusion VR” is a forefront virtual reality application to appreciate a space or a virtual model house using ARC Interactive patented “freedom of movement and improved implementation of converged virtual reality” technology. The technology provides advanced virtual reality service of undisturbed 360-omnidirectiocnal view of any space like real.

The solution can be applied for anywhere in the building and allow for users to configure optimal moving path throughout the space. For example, as if visiting the actual model house, the user can experience opening of doors, turning on and off of lights and also can change the colors of furniture and walls, as he moves through the virtual space provided by the application.

The state-of-the-art application is developed to operate in the same manners for desktop computer, web, Android and iOS.