SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it will launch an “extended reality” (XR) headset jointly developed with Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Qualcomm Inc. in global markets next year. The extended reality headset is part of wearable devices to be powered by the new version of Google’s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Police announced plans to introduce new technology from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, including metaverse platforms, to renovate its education and training curriculum. The National Police Agency (NPA) will invest 24 billion won (US$20.4 million) over the next five years to build an extended reality (XR)-based simulation training program. Police [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will spend more than 400 billion won (US$371 million) next year in the extended reality (XR) industry, such as augmented reality (AR) glasses and virtual reality (VR) content, setting its sights on leading the budding tech sector. The Ministry of Science and ICT said [...]