SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s top wireless carrier, said Wednesday that it has introduced one-on-one interview sessions on a metaverse platform to hire new recruits. The metaverse refers to a 3-D virtual shared world, in which all activities can take place with the help of augmented- and virtual-reality services. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is reaching out to young baseball fans with metaverse platforms and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The KBO, jointly with the league’s title sponsor Shinhan Bank, plans to introduce collaboration events by setting up metaverse platforms through which baseball fans can enjoy various services online. The [...]
The Luxury today announced that the development of its new venture, Luxandia is currently at 40%, with a full launch scheduled for late Spring 2022. Luxandia will be a global virtual reality space dedicated to the online luxury industry, presenting some of the world’s biggest luxury brands in retail areas, from automotive to watches. LONDON, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s standard agency said Thursday it will spare no efforts to lead the global standardization of technologies related to the metaverse as the industry is expected to further expand down the road amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Online meetings and lectures, along with remote working, have emerged as a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Asset Management Co., South Korea’s top money manager, said Monday that its Samsung Global Metaverse Fund surpassed the 50 billion won mark in assets under management just two months after being released as the ‘metaverse’ emerging as a central theme for investors in the fund market. The fund, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Six presidential hopefuls from the ruling Democratic Party (DP) have embarked on a collective online campaign following the opening ceremony of their metaverse camp last week. Metaverse, a combination of meta (meaning beyond) and verse (from universe), refers to a three-dimensional virtual shared world in which all activities can [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Woori Bank, a major lender in South Korea, announced on Thursday that it had joined the metaverse alliance and would roll out metaverse-based future financing products and services. The metaverse refers to a shared virtual space, in which users interact with each other through digital avatars and experience a [...]
GOYANG, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver Z Corp.’s metaverse platform Zepeto became the stage for a meeting between school violence prevention officers and teenagers. Ilsan Seobu Police Station’s Honorary Police Scouts, joining the metaverse with their uniquely decorated avatars, met with police officers virtually. The teenagers shared their ideas and complaints about preventing school [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Home Shopping Inc., a shopping unit of retail conglomerate Lotte, is expanding a shopping service based on a metaverse platform that combines reality and a three-dimensional virtual world. Customers can use a mobile app to look through a ‘virtual camp site’ for a virtual camping experience and check [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. and Korea University have announced a new partnership to build a smart, connected, integrated campus using virtual technology. SK Telecom will set up a metaverse campus at the university. Students will be able to access ifland, the company’s metaverse platform, to hold conferences, engage in student [...]