SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it has launched a virtual reality (VR) zone in partnership with major IT companies at home and abroad to provide various content available on its 5G network. South Korea’s leading mobile carrier said users can create their own avatars in its VR space, Virtual [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are expecting that a world of virtual reality (VR), similar to what was seen in the 2018 Hollywood blockbuster “Ready Player One” where people meet in a virtual world to play games and go on shopping, will soon become a reality. The Center of Human-Centered Interaction for Coexistence [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The distribution of virtual reality (VR) textbooks for elementary school students, an initiative developed by the Ministry of Education, is being hindered by restrictions that ban children from using VR headsets. According to the guidelines set by the government, VR is defined as recreational content for school curricula that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a rehabilitation program using virtual reality (VR) to help stroke patients. Researchers from Seoul National University Hospital and biotech venture TechVillage Co. announced on Thursday that they had developed a program that can assist in the rehabilitation of stroke patients. As part of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp. said Monday it has launched a high-resolution wireless virtual reality (VR) media service to offer a wide range of immersive content for its premium users. The telecom operator said its Super VR service will be available on Pico’s G2 4K VR headset, the upgraded version of its [...]
DAEJEON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With virtual reality (VR) sports like screen golf becoming popular, related patent applications have surged. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Wednesday, there have been 357 domestic patent applications in the field of VR sports over the past three years from 2016 to 2018, up 69 percent [...]
BUSAN, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A startup company in Busan has developed a service that allows users to view a building after completion with ultra-high-resolution images that are close to reality. The Busan Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (BCCEI) reported on Thursday that AD, selected for the project to support innovative start-ups, has [...]
JEONGSEON, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Bugs Land in Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province, a new concept amusement facility equipped with a virtual reality (VR) technology, is gaining popularity. Bugs Land is a monorail amusement facility offering rides on a sky bike to experience the world of insects. The monorail is 7 meters high and 540 [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — If you think virtual reality (VR) games are only for tech geeks who like cool gadgets and are attracted to giving free rein to their imaginations inside head-mounted displays (HMD), that’s not the case anymore. VR games have been in the spotlight as one of the hottest entertainment trends [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will seek to employ virtual reality, artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies for field training, defense operations and troop welfare, Seoul’s defense ministry said Friday. Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo convened a session of his ministry’s “smart defense innovation” panel to discuss how to capitalize on such [...]