TOKYO, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) – A memorial honoring Korean workers during Japan’s colonial occupation, which was dismantled by authorities in Gunma Prefecture in January, has been digitally resurrected through an augmented reality (AR) application, according to a report by the Asahi Shimbun on April 30. The “AR Korean Workers’ Memorial” app allows users to virtually [...]
DAEJEON, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) said Tuesday that its researchers had developed a practical near-surface augmented reality (AR) device dubbed WonderScope. After being mounted on a smartphone and linked through Bluetooth, the WonderScope can see through the inside of the exhibits just like a magic [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it had opened up a new AR Museum comprised of various artifacts and artworks owned by popular museums and galleries virtually rendered through augmented reality (AR) technology. Some nine private museums and galleries in Seoul are participating in the project to produce [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has announced plans to launch an automotive augmented reality (AR) software business after years of striving to grow its automotive electronics business into a future cash cow. The South Korean tech giant said Thursday that it will kick-start operations to provide AR software solutions to automakers. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An exhibition will be held to provide the chance for visitors to enjoy Korean cultural assets held overseas in augmented reality (AR) format. The Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation will host the ‘exhibition without artworks’ at the National Intangible Heritage Training Center in Seoul from Aug. 20-31. This exhibition will [...]
BUSAN, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Footwear Industrial Promotion Center of the Busan Economic Promotion Agency, together with local startup K-Nets & ENG Co., has jointly released a new augmented reality (AR)-based application that enables users to virtually try on a variety of shoes. With the new SHOEDOG app, consumers can try on shoes [...]
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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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 [...]