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SOUTH KOREA 2022 CHAT WITH MARK BAXTER: METAVERSE, EMERGING TECH AND B2B VS. B2C TECH

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SOUTH KOREA 2022 CHAT WITH MARK BAXTER: METAVERSE & EMERGING TECH. TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR DIGITALNAUTS TO GO TO SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA THIS YEAR CAME ABOUT. So, this was the first time they managed to get a cohort over to South Korea since the pandemic. It’s South Korea!

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Nreal Launches $600 ‘Light’ AR Glasses in United States via Verizon

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According to Tom’s Hardware , online sales via Verizon will kick off on December 2nd and those physical stores will act as places to demo Nreal Light before consumers buy it. Nreal Light boasts a fairly wide compatibility list, with the following phones offering support: Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G. Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G.

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LG-Made Quest Pro 2 Will Reportedly Ship In The First Half Of 2025

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The Korea Economic Daily cites "industry sources" as saying that Mark Zuckerberg will meet with the CEO of LG Electronics on Wednesday to finalize the details of the partnership. This will be Zuckerberg's publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalise the Gear VR smartphone headset partnership.

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Meta & LG Officially Confirm Partnership, Including "Next-Gen XR Device Development"

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This is Zuckerberg's first publicly-known trip to South Korea since 2014, when he visited Samsung to finalize the Gear VR smartphone-holder headset partnership. Samsung handled the hardware for Gear VR, Oculus Go was manufactured by Xiaomi, and Oculus Rift S was co-designed and manufactured by Lenovo. Quest Pro 2?

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The Latest on South Korea’s Hyperconnectivity Plans

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Since January, the South Korean government has been moving forward with a hyperconnectivity roadmap that includes extended reality (XR), 5G, and metaverse solutions. The 5G network supports the widespread use of digital twins, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence (AI), and augmented reality (AR) hardware.

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SK hynix to Build $3.87 Billion Memory Packaging Fab in the U.S. for HBM4 and Beyond

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However, the plant will not make DRAM dies themselves, and will likely source them from SK hynix's fabs in South Korea. billion higher than advanced packaging CapEx budgets of Intel, TSMC and Samsung in 2023, based on estimates from Yole Intelligence. The plant will require SK hynix to invest $3.87 In fact, $3.87

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NOLO VR Completes $10 Million Series A Financing Led by BlueRun Ventures

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With the funding, Nolo VR says they will “continue to optimize the software, hardware, and content platforms,” and will also soon release their own 6DOF mobile VR app platform, dubbed Nolo Home. The Series A was led by the Menlo Park-based BlueRun Ventures , and included Nigeria-based Lotus Capital. Image courtesy Nolo VR.