SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has formed an alliance with global telecom operators, content developers and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. to develop 5G-based augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) content to boost the budding industry. The Global XR Content Telco [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier, said Monday it has signed a deal to supply 5G-based augmented reality (AR) content to Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. Under the deal, LG Uplus will supply its educational service of around 220 children’s books in AR format to KDDI. The [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Visitors to Changdeok Palace of the Joseon Dynasty in central Seoul will be able to experience as it was in the past via augmented reality (AR), South Korea’s leading mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Monday. The carrier said it will digitally recreate the Joseon Dynasty’s royal Changdeokgung Palace [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean medical community has adopted virtual reality (VR) technology for the education of medical specialists with expertise on thoracic surgery. This move is line with the ever-growing ‘untact’ trend that has taken hold in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak. The newly-coined term ‘untact’ refers to non-face-to-face [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecommunication firm, said Thursday it has signed a partnership with leading companies in the augmented reality (AR) sector to provide better services with its 5G network. LG Uplus said it has joined hands with AR software startup Spatial Systems Inc., mobile AR [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — LetsRun Park Busan-Gyeongnam, also known as the Busan-Gyeongnam Horse Racing Park and SK Telecom Co. hosted a Zoo Without Animals using augmented reality (AR) technology on Saturday and Sunday. The Zoo Without Animals invites participants both young and old to meet with various animals through AR technology accessible via [...]
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass., Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS:VRTU), a global provider of digital strategy, digital engineering, and IT services and solutions that help clients change and disrupt markets through innovation engineering, today announced new capabilities, including augmented reality (AR) based test and diagnostic capabilities to improve the efficiency of field force workers and help them improve customer service [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom operators are striving to create a wide range of immersive mixed reality content to leverage their 5G network and attract more customers, industry officials said Sunday. Three local carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — rolled out their 5G network in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A local university in Gyeonggi Province has introduced augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology in classrooms, receiving a positive response from the students. Gachon University Medical Campus, located in the city of Incheon, introduced AR and VR technology in exercise physiology course. Students listen to the lecture [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A subway station in Seoul has been transformed into a gallery where visitors can enjoy various artwork through augmented reality (AR) supported by 5G networking. LG Uplus Corp. opened the U+5G Gallery at Gongdeok Station on Seoul Subway Line 6, jointly with Seoul Transportation Corp. on Tuesday. Artwork at [...]