SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is accelerating its research and development of metaverse-related technologies in a bid to nurture its new growth engines, joining the growing list of global tech firms that are betting big on the new field. Samsung Vice Chairman Han Jong-hee has recently discussed the topic with a [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s unification ministry said Thursday it has launched a metaverse service designed to help people experience the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), bisecting the peninsula, in online space. The metaverse platform — the first of its kind by the government — enables users to make a virtual tour of the [...]
DUBAI, Arab Emirates, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — FitnessVR, the first health and fitness metaverse powered by patent-pending Scorpio Metaverse Engine, has successfully opened in Dubai. FitnessVR.io is the first metaverse of its kind dedicated to advanced wellness and human connections. It focuses on being a fully on, 24×7 immersive metaverse, featuring health and fitness-related activities, [...]
TORONTO, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Scorpio Metaverse Corporation (SMC), a technology company developing a suite of interoperable metaverses and play-to-earn games, today announced that it has been awarded patent-pending status by the United States Patent Office (USPTO). SMC completed development of the beta engine this month and is on track for a Q2 launch [...]
DAEJEON, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Forest Service said Monday it will hold a series of online tree planting events on a metaverse platform in celebration of the upcoming Arbor Day on April 5. Anyone can access 2ndblock, a metaverse platform developed by cryptocurrency operator Dunamu, and enter the Second Forest to plant a [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Z Corp.’s mobile-based metaverse platform Zepeto is under fire for selling Japanese costumes worn during the early stages of Japan’s colonization of the Korean peninsula. The costumes, released Tuesday, were soon reported by users as sensitive items that could incite discrimination as well as political and social disputes. [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. — demonstrated high interest in metaverse technology at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022 held last week, based on different motives. SK Telecom, the most fervent supporter of metaverse platforms, plans to take [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In commemoration of the 103rd anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement, historical sites have been rebuilt on metaverse platforms to commemorate the 1919 nationwide uprising against Japan’s colonial rule. Seodaemun Prison History Hall, a former colonial prison in central Seoul, released a virtual map on metaverse platform Zepeto [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily active users (DAU) for U.S.-based Roblox, a platform of user-created games and a metaverse leader, shot up to a one-year high this month in South Korea. According to the data by mobile big data platform IGAWorks, Roblox saw its DAU reach 422,378 in the February [...]
London, UK, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The TronNinja arcade built on the Tron Blockchain is set to bring back the local Arcade with a twist. A mini metaverse dubbed the Ninjaverse will allow users to meet, socialize, and compete in a Roblox style open world. Each user can play as their TronNinja NFT and even [...]