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VRScout
JANUARY 27, 2022
The metaverse will supposedly play a central role in the South Korean economy. It’s hard to ignore the growing rise of South Korean media and culture in Western countries. Superstars acts like BTS alone have generated billions for the South Korean economy.
Digital Trends
JULY 6, 2020
News Coronavirus COVID-19 drone display Drones Korea South KoreaThe display thanked people for helping to tackle the pandemic.
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Digital Trends
APRIL 19, 2022
Mobile News Galaxy Z Flip 3 Pokemon Samsung South KoreaSamsung has announced a special Pokémon edition Galaxy Z Flip 3, which comes with Pikachu cases, Pokédex phone pouch, and other Pokémon accessories.
VRScout
OCTOBER 30, 2018
Recent advances in existing projection technology have, however, made possible a new kind of immersive movie theater experience, such as Space 360, which opened last year in Guangju, South Korea. The project was financed by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. The post Inside Space 360 – South Korea’s Amazing Fulldome Theater appeared first on VRScout. Fully immersive experiences without the need of a VR headset. Are we there yet?
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APRIL 8, 2017
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Digital Trends
JANUARY 11, 2022
Apple is finally opening up its App Store to third-party payment systems -- in South Korea. Mobile News App Store Apple
Digital Trends
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
In response to new legislation, Google will now let developers in South Korea implement support for third-party payment systems. Android Mobile News developers Google Play Google Play store
GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
North Korea and South Korea both tested ballistic missiles overnight, Eastern time, within just hours of each other.
Digital Trends
AUGUST 31, 2021
South Korea has just forced Apple and Google to open up their in-app purchases to third-party payment processors as antitrust movements intensify globally.
GizModo VR
AUGUST 29, 2020
South Korea, one of the world’s leading examples for novel coronavirus containment, is struggling with a recent surge of thousands of infections of the virus. coronavirus covid 19 health south korea social distancing
ARPost
JANUARY 26, 2021
While there’s no substitute for physically experiencing a new place, XR development company DoubleMe is creating a holographic replica of the historic South Korean city Buyeo. Travel is difficult. It’s expensive and time consuming, not to mention challenges like learning a new language.
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GizModo VR
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Play-to-earn (P2E) games where users trade their playtime for crypto earnings are the latest trend to take the crypto community by storm, and the latest subject of a crackdown over in South Korea.
VRScout
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
Of the 209,654 road accidents that took place in South Korea last year, over 31,000 were caused by elderly drivers. As a result, South Korean police are adopting a different strategy. The post Korea To Begin Using VR-Based Drivers Ed For Elderly In 2025 appeared first on VRScout.
Next Reality AR
APRIL 3, 2019
The partnership between Magic Leap and leading South Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom took on an added importance earlier this week as the company unveiled the world's first nationwide 5G network. During an event at SK Telecom's headquarters in South Korea, Jung-ho Park, the company's CEO, outlined its aggressive dive into 5G, which includes a few new augmented reality initiatives.
Road to VR
AUGUST 28, 2018
The post Dedicated ‘Beat Saber’ Machine to Hit VR Arcades in South Korea & China appeared first on Road to VR. Beat Games, the Czech Republic-based indie developers behind smash hit rhythm game Beat Saber , are aiming to make a big splash in Asia with a newly revealed dedicated arcade machine. The cabinet was created in partnership with SKonec Entertainment , a Seoul-based company that recently opened a VR multiplex called VR SQUARE.
GizModo VR
OCTOBER 19, 2021
North Korea tested what’s believed to be a submarine-launched missile near the country’s east coast around 10:17 a.m. local time on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news outlet, the same day that South Korea kicked off the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition.
Peter Graham
JULY 26, 2019
While America seems to be the hub for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) content – a great deal of news comes from there anyway – one country that’s wholeheartedly embraced these technologies is South Korea. Offering one of the few videogame experiences was South Korean company Around Effect, with AR/VR Interaction Show, an AR shooting title designed for kids.
XR for Business Podcast
MAY 26, 2020
One exception is South Korea, where a 5G network is quickly proliferating. Korea Telecom’s Joonmo Park discusses how his company is using the network to evangelize VR. I was really impressed with some of the work that I've been seeing come out of Korea.
VRGames
JANUARY 3, 2022
A coronary heart-wrenching reunion in between a mother and her deceased daughter aired final 7 days in a documentary by South Korean broadcaster MBC.
Peter Graham
DECEMBER 6, 2019
South Korea has a dedicated virtual reality (VR) community of creators but it’s not often the content makes it out of the country and onto western shores. ” It was noted that one downside was the need to go to South Korea to play it. SKonec Entertainment has featured on VRFocus before thanks to its Mortal Blitz franchise but the company mostly specialises in location-based entertainment (LBE) on its home turf.
XR for Business Podcast
MAY 26, 2020
One exception is South Korea, where a 5G network is quickly proliferating. Korea Telecom’s Joonmo Park discusses how his company is using the network to evangelize VR. Today, we're speaking with Joonmo Park, new media business development manager at Korea Telecom, the largest telecommunications company in South Korea. I was really impressed with some of the work that I've been seeing come out of Korea. You're like the Netflix of VR in South Korea.
GizModo VR
MAY 11, 2022
There’s no doubt that Netflix’s megahit Squid Game changed the way people around the world viewed South Korean shows—it may have even introduced you to the term “K-Drama.”
VRScout
OCTOBER 22, 2019
Earlier this week, LG telecom subsidiary LG Uplus and startup Eyecandylab launched a new shopping app exclusively in South Korea that allows TV viewers to interact with two popular live shopping channels in AR using their smartphones. . Unfortunately, these AR features are currently only available to South Korean LG TV owners. The post LG TV Launches AR Home Shopping For South Korean Viewers appeared first on VRScout. Korean home-shopping enters the 21st-century.
GizModo VR
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
Typhoon Maysak slammed South Korea early on Thursday and then made a second landfall in North Korea, killing at least two people, decimating homes, causing a power outage for a quarter million people and knocking over trees and telephone poles.
VRScout
MARCH 13, 2018
Santa Monica-based film and TV studio, Lionsgate, is opening theme parks in South Korea and China. In 2020, Lionsgate will followup their Chinese indoor theme park with an outdoor park in South Korea in the tourism hub of Jeju Island. A rendering of Lionsgate Movie World, Lionsgate’s first full-scale outdoor theme park set to launch in 2020 in South Korea. News China Hunger Games Insurgent Lionsgate South Korea Theme Parks
GizModo VR
AUGUST 9, 2021
It was a huge deal when South Korea decided to convict Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong—also known as Jay Y. Lee in the west—for bribery in one of the most bizarre scandals in the country’s history.
Road to VR
OCTOBER 4, 2017
Announced during the main press briefing at Microsoft’s event held in San Francisco, Intel will be bringing a ‘Windows Mixed Reality experience’ for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. 360 Video News Bits Windows Mixed Reality 2018 winter olympics intel ioc partnership intel true vr microsoft event olymipics 360 video olympics livestream 360 Olympics vr olympics vr livestream south korea windows mixed reality experience
GizModo VR
APRIL 5, 2021
LG, the South Korea-based electronics manufacturer, will soon stop producing new mobile phones worldwide, according to a press release from the company early Monday. lg economy of south korea lg thinq lg corporation companies chaebol business finance technology internet lg electronics technology smartphonesRead more.
Tech Trends VR
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Yet advances in existing projection technology have made it possible for new kinds of immersive movie theaters to be built, such as Space 360 in South Korea, opened last year. The project was financed by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Inside Space 360 – South Korea’s Amazing Fulldome Theater via @alicebonasio [link] pic.twitter.com/0FkDf3kS2e. Is this the closest we have to the Holodeck? It very well might be.
GizModo VR
JANUARY 27, 2021
business_finance labor law_crime companies economy of south korea economy lee jae yong chaebol samsung electronics lee kun hee samsung briberyEveryone’s had a boss who sent a tone-deaf email but imprisoned Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong has one-upped them all.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 29, 2021
This round of funding was led by Hanwha Hotel & Resort, which is a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Corporation. million in 2017 and its first Series B round in April 2020, from backers that included South Korea-based Shinsegae Information & Communication, Woomi Construction, SL Investment, KDB Capital, Shinhan Capital, Enlight Ventures, CKD Venture Capital, and Breeze Investment, Ha said.
Digital Trends
JULY 22, 2020
So far, only models sold in South Korea are vulnerable to the problem. Home Theater News LG TVs OLED tvs overheating safety
TechCrunch VR
JUNE 5, 2019
The acceleration clearly demonstrates Beijing’s ambition to race ahead in the global 5G industry where the United States and South Korea already had a head start in commercial deployment. Asia 5g Beijing China China Mobile china telecom china unicom huawei Information technology Ministry of Industry and Information Technology smartphone south korea telecommunications Virtual realityIt’s official.
Digital Trends
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Samsung has started trials for the Android 12-based One UI beta for the Galaxy S10 series in South Korea. Mobile Galaxy S10 Galaxy S10 5G galaxy s10 e Galaxy S10 Plus One UI 4 One UI 4.0 Samsung
GizModo VR
MAY 13, 2022
Do Kwon, the founder of the cryptocurrency Luna and the stablecoin TerraUSD, has reportedly been in contact with police after a possible investor in the coin “trespassed” at his home, according to a new report from South Korea’s largest newspaper, The Chosun Ilbo.
VRScout
AUGUST 17, 2021
There are few modern nations more perplexing than the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. ” In addition to numerous other atrocities, North Korea has become infamous for its state-run media and tight control over its civilian population.
Digital Trends
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Samsung is aiming to double its shipments of Exynos processors next year in a ramp-up to the S22 launch, according to a new report from South Korea.
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