NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Metaverse - The virtual social world Decentraland announced today that it is hosting the world’s biggest, entirely digital, fashion week with the launch of Metaverse Fashion Week, to take place March 24 – 27, 2022. As an established hotbed of digital, wearable design, Decentraland will host four days of runway shows, [...]
BERLIN, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — In light of the fundamental changes in the world of work, rent24, one of the leading providers of flexible workspaces, has reached a milestone to change the course of its future business model. With already more than 70 locations in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, rent24 is about to [...]
HONG KONG, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Brand New Vision Ltd, the company behind BNV.ME, the leading platform taking fashion into Web3.0 through 3D Product Creation, NFT sales, and Future Wearability, has successfully completed a US$4 million Series A funding round led by Animoca Brands. Animoca Brands is a global leader in gamification and blockchain with a [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Next Decentrum Technologies Inc (“Next Decentrum”) announced today that it has successfully completed the launch of its generative NFT collection Crypto Pharaohs, a collection of digital collectibles inspired by the ancient Egyptian civilization, with an oversubscribed first drop that exceeded expected revenue for Jan. 2022 by 20%, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Thursday unveiled a long-term road map to foster its metaverse industry, with the aim of becoming the world’s fifth-largest market in the next five years. Under the plan, South Korea will foster at least 220 metaverse companies with sales volumes of more than 5 billion won [...]
SEATTLE, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — DoubleDown Interactive (NASDAQ: DDI) (“DoubleDown” or the “Company”), a leading developer and publisher of digital social casino games, announced today that it has recently completed a $1.5 million investment in Epic Games. Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic Games operates [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 16,000 people joined a year-end bell-ringing festival hosted by the Seoul city government in the metaverse, the digital arm of the city said Thursday. The Seoul Digital Foundation said an accumulated 16,067 people joined the metaverse festival marking the new year during its eight-day run from Dec. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Tuesday that it will host a ‘K-pop Festival Week’ on its virtual meeting platform ifland, where it will be live broadcasting a series of K-pop performances. The festival, which runs until Friday, is comprised of performances by popular K-pop artists from [...]
LONDON, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Today at the Enter the Metaverse conference in London, Together Labs, announced VCORE (www.getvcore.io), an ERC-20 token that rewards active, international players, creators and earners across the metaverse. Together Labs, the parent company launching the token, announced VCORE will be available to users outside of the U.S. and Canada via its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The government opened a metaverse-based online exhibition hall Tuesday to help overseas “hallyu” fans learn more about South Korea and its culture amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. “Korea World” will offer various articles and videos about Korean culture created by foreigners interested in the culture from around the world, [...]