SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government and Facebook Inc. joined hands on Tuesday to assist promising local startups in the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) industries to gain access to the global market. Under an agreement signed between Facebook and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, 10 [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy said Sunday that it will be rolling out a Virtual Reality Shopping Mall during this year’s Korea Sale Festa – Korean Black Friday – that consumers will be able to use to shop and place orders and have the goods delivered to [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – You can now enjoy breathtaking scenery from national parks in South Korea, such as Cheonwangbong Peak in Jirisan National Park, from home without the hassle of hours of travelling and hiking, thanks to a new virtual reality (VR) service. The Korea National Park Service (KNPS) has recently added 16 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is introducing four of its VR and AR C-Lab projects at the upcoming Mobile World Congress. Relúmĭno is a VR headset for the visually impaired, which, via image processing, converts images and text in such a way that those with disabilities can see more clearly. Monitorless, on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A new PC bang, an internet café for playing computer games, has opened in Hongdae, a trendy business district in Seoul popular with young people. But this new establishment has a unique hi-tech way of separating itself from its competitors – it features virtual reality games. VRIZ is the name [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. emerged as the leader in the global virtual reality (VR) market in 2016, accounting for more than 70 percent of 6.3 million VR devices shipped worldwide, a report showed Thursday. The South Korean tech giant sold about 4.51 million units last year, or 71.6 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp. opened Monday GiGA VR Experience Zones at KT Square in Gwanghwamun and the Hologram Performance Hall at Lotte FitIn Dongdaemun. Each of the zones offer three types of VR experiences. The first is VR Rolling Sky, a moving ride that explores tourist attractions in Seoul and Pyeongchang [...]
DAEJEON, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials has developed a VR simulator that provides preventive training sessions for employees at industrial complexes. The system is a combination of VR content, a treadmill, and the virtual operation of equipment, where trainees can walk around on the treadmill and use their [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The biggest videogame fair Korea has to offer, the G-Star Global Game Exhibition, kicked off in Busan Thursday, attended by 653 developers and distributors from 35 countries. Highlighting this year’s exhibition, themed “Play to the Next Step”, was virtual reality technology, which is expected to become the “next big [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Local telecommunications giant KT launched Tuesday a 360-degree GiGA VR Service for its Olleh TV IPTV service, allowing customers to enjoy VR content on a television without using a VR device. According KT, the service is offered for select VOD programs in full HD, for which viewers can use [...]