SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The official launch date of the sensational augmented-reality (AR) smartphone game ‘Pokemon Go’ in South Korea will be determined early next month as the Korean government will decide whether Google Maps – the core of Nintendo’s popular game – will be permitted to make use of detailed map data in Korea. [...]
SOKCHO, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Koreans are flocking to Sokcho, a coastal city in Gangwon Province, to play a wildly popular new smartphone game. Pokémon Go is a GPS-based augmented reality mobile game that allows players to capture, battle, and train virtual Pokémon that appear in real-world locations. It was launched in the United States, [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Pokémon Go hype is unrelenting. Nintendo shares have soared, and people are out in the streets, roaming through parks and other public spaces, all on the hunt for the imaginary animals. Pokémon Go is an augmented reality (AR) mobile game that allows players to capture, battle, and train virtual Pokémon [...]
GOYANG, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A next generation video games exhibition titled PlayX4 is taking place at Kintex in Ilsan from May 19 to May 22. The exhibition is hosting a variety of next generation VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) games, which visitors can experience. “The gaming industry is one of the [...]
HWASUNG, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Teams from Hyundai Motor Group have suggested various ideas about the future of motor vehicles. From automobile advancements to augmented reality (AR), Hyundai researchers are dreaming big as they envision future transportation. On October 13, the ’2015 R&D Idea Festival’ was held at Hyundai’s Namyang research center. Teams of [...]
Seoul, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – A conference gauging the progress of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies, which are receiving attention as the multimedia services of the future, was held on July 22. SK Telecom hosted a forum to discuss the present and future of immersive multimedia services such as augmented reality and virtual reality. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Thinkware, better known as its brand name “iNavi,” has introduced a new navigator model embedded with the augmented reality technology. The new model allows the driver to view the actual image of the road on which she is driving and see a variety of traffic information on it. The [...]