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 [...]
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) --KT Corp., South Korea’s leading wireless and fixed-line services provider, will launch a virtual reality service on Internet protocol television by the end of the year, its CEO said Wednesday, in a move to boost its presence in the growing business. Hwang Chang-gyu made the announcement in a meeting [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hundreds of virtual reality companies from both home and abroad gathered in Seoul on Wednesday to showcase the latest VR technologies that can impact ordinary lives now and in the future. The Korea VR Festival 2018, hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, kicked off for a five-day [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Innovation revealed yesterday that it was unveiling five corporate campaign videos that were created with VR art drawing techniques. German artist Tobias Wüstefeld took part in creating the videos that incorporate VR techniques with traditional art drawing methods. In the video, Wüstefeld is seen wearing VR head gear [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. said Monday it has developed a new breakthrough in virtual-reality (VR) technology to prevent dizziness, headaches and other symptoms associated with motion sickness by reducing the delay between users’ movements and the images shown on the screen. Under the joint research conducted with Sogang University, LG [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Department Store announced on May 13 that it will be releasing a new virtual makeup service on its official online store, thehyundai.com. The major department store chain partnered with Meitu, China’s top app developer, to accelerate its efforts to lead a retail tech trend in Korea by making [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies are sparking new trends in South Korea’s gaming market, industry watchers said Tuesday, with local developers utilizing them in new titles. Netmarble Games plan to unveil “Fishing Strike” this month, which is a mobile-based title that provides users with an immersive [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A virtual reality theme park has opened in Seoul’s popular Hongdae neighborhood, and will serve as a hub of VR content production and distribution. VR Square, a multi-purpose cultural venue, was established as part of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency’s joint efforts [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — “Train to Busan,” the Korean zombie thriller that was a commercial and critical success across Asia in 2016, will be remade into virtual reality programs, the movie’s overseas distributor said Tuesday. Contents Panda, the international sales arm of the movie’s investor-distributor Next Entertainment World, said it recently signed a [...]