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Philips Introduces ClarifEye Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation to Advance Minimally-invasive Spine Procedures

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today introduced ClarifEye Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation, an industry-first solution to advance minimally-invasive spine procedures in the Hybrid Operating Room, such as Philips’ Hybrid Suite. By combining superb 2D and 3D visualizations at low X-ray dose [3] with [...]

Joseon Dynasty Royal Palace Reborn via AR Tech

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 [...]

AR Glasses to Hit S. Korean Market This Year

SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Ideas for the future once presented by Google Inc. through its various experiments are turning into realities in 2020. Glasses using augmented reality (AR) technology, first introduced by the U.S. tech giant in 2012 with Google Glass, which failed to catch on and was widely seen as ahead of [...]

LG Uplus Partners with Nreal to Launch AR Glasses in Early 2020

SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday it has signed an exclusive deal with mixed reality display developer Nreal to launch augmented reality (AR) glasses in South Korea in early 2020. The Korean telecom operator unveiled Nreal Light AR glasses by the Beijing-based startup to show off its AR applications on [...]

Animal Protection Agency’s Virtual Zoo Showcases AR Technology

SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A virtual zoo that uses augmented reality (AR) technology will be established at an animal protection agency in Seoul. Gangdong District will open up an AR zoo inside a local animal protection agency on Saturday using 5G technology. Visitors will be able to meet with welsh corgis, lesser pandas, [...]

Windshield to Become AR Navigation Display

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 [...]

S. Korea to Develop AR-based Search Engine for Buildings

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 [...]

LG Uplus to Create More 5G-based AR Content

SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s No. 3 carrier, said Friday it will invest 10 billion won (US$8.4 million) to create a wide range of augmented reality (AR) content based on its 5G network to attract more premium service users. As 5G networks can handle heavy data volume with little [...]

Military Seeks to Harness Cutting-edge Technologies for Troop Training

SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will seek to employ virtual reality, artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies for field training, defense operations and troop welfare, Seoul’s defense ministry said Friday. Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo convened a session of his ministry’s “smart defense innovation” panel to discuss how to capitalize on such [...]

Japanese Castle in Ulsan Restored Using AR Technology

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 [...]