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 [...]
DAEJEON, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers will use augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies to support job training and employment for the those with developmental disabilities. According to the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute on Monday, the research team led by the Creative Contents Research Division has begun developing virtual [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sookmyung Women’s University (SWU) announced on Tuesday that it had conducted a simulated interview program for job seekers using virtual reality. The program, which runs on virtual reality (VR) technology, brings participants to a virtual interview session, where interviewers are present for a real-time interview. All of the answers [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it will launch a virtual reality (VR) racing game for 5G smartphones in the first half of this year. SK Telecom said it has signed a licensing agreement with the nation’s leading game developer, Nexon Co., to use [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Thirty-year-old fund manager Park Jong-il, who works in the financial district of Yeouido in western Seoul, tees off at his favorite golf course located on the southern resort island of Jeju at least once a week after work. Instead of booking the one-hour flight and possibly reserving a hotel [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Everland, the amusement park operating unit of Samsung C&T Corp., is incorporating cutting-edge information technology to amusement facilities and customer service to provide smart access to visitors. Samsung C&T announced on Sunday the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Friends program for Everland in collaboration with Samsung Electronics. The program [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As a flood of theme parks and gaming centers featuring virtual reality (VR) content have been attracting customers, a new survey highlighting the interest in VR content by the mass public was published yesterday. According to the market research firm Embrain, 81.3 percent of 1,000 adult respondents between the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., South Korea’s leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, said Monday its mobile shopping service using augmented reality (AR) technology placed first among dozens of global innovative services rated by a market consulting firm. The company’s AR Market, which allows users to look at AR videos of products [...]