DAEJEON, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Technological developments are on their way to use augmented reality (AR) in the driver’s seat to display navigation information on the windshield, increasing driving safety. The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) reported on Wednesday that patents related to navigation systems using AR technology have increased in number. While there [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. has opened a ‘JUMP Augmented Reality (AR) Zoo’ in Seoul’s Olympic Park and Yeouido Park. Visitors can open the ‘JUMP AR’ app on their smartphone and view the grass field in the park to see ‘giant dragons’ and other cute miniature-sized animals [...]
SAMCHEOK, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A trick art zone that uses augmented reality (AR) has been installed in a cable car that travels over Janghohang Port located in Samcheok, Gangwon Province. Visitors can use a smartphone application to take 3D photos of Janghohang Port, also known as Korea’s Naples. The app also allows users [...]
SEJONG, Jun. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to organize the Construction Information System Innovation Task Force on Wednesday to introduce a new service that uses augmented reality (AR) technology to provide information on various buildings to the public. The task force will be headed by Kim Sang-mun, a [...]
DAEJEON, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers will use augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies to support job training and employment for the those with developmental disabilities. According to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute on Monday, the research team led by the Creative Contents Research Division has begun developing virtual [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — On Sunday, when the opening game of the Korean professional baseball league was held between SK Wyverns and KT Wiz at SK Happy Dream Park in Incheon, a flying dragon, which symbolizes the Wyverns, appeared on the world largest electronic scoreboard, ‘Big Board’. The imaginary creature, a flying dragon, [...]
ULSAN, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Ulsan is creating tourism content that uses augmented reality (AR) to showcase the city’s old fortress walls. Ulsan’s Jung District announced on Sunday that it is developing an application that uses AR technology to show a restored version of the old Ulsan Japanese Castle. Also known [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, said Monday its mobile shopping service using augmented reality (AR) technology placed first among dozens of global innovative services rated by a market consulting firm. The company’s AR Market, which allows users to look at AR videos of products [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Global fashion brand Zara unveiled its augmented reality (AR) technology-based mobile application on Thursday to provide a better shopping experience for consumers amid a growing popularity of online malls. The app, Zara AR, shows models wearing selected clothing items when users hold their mobile phones towards a censor inside [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are sparking new trends in South Korea’s gaming market, industry watchers said Tuesday, with local developers utilizing them in new titles. Netmarble Games plan to unveil “Fishing Strike” this month, which is a mobile-based title that provides users with an immersive [...]