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South Korea Is Building Its Own K-Pop Metaverse

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This blend of culture and technology is leading the country down interesting new avenues; the most important of which being the metaverse. In September 2021, the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT announced plans to invest a whopping $7.5 billion into digital technologies by the year 2025; 9% ($2.2

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DoubleMe to Make City-Scale Digital Twin of Buyeo, South Korea

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Their next initiative, creating “the world’s first hologram city,” combines elements of both of these technologies to map a digital version of Buyeo, South Korea. In an era of contactless technology, this is a great opportunity to spread the culture of Buyeo to the world.”. Coming to a Hologram City Near You?

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South Korea to Host Global Metaverse Conference

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South Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, is set to host the Global Metaverse Conference and ASEAN-ROK Forum from 18-19 August, it was announced on Wednesday. million USD to build its enterprise-grade Metaverse ecosystem complete with immersive technologies and research and development (R&D) support.

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Korea To Begin Using VR-Based Drivers Ed For Elderly In 2025

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The program will use immersive technology to test the driving, cognitive, and memory skills of those aged 65 years and up. Of the 209,654 road accidents that took place in South Korea last year, over 31,000 were caused by elderly drivers. ” A UPS driver in-training immersed in a VR training program. Image Credit: UPS.

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South Korea Asks App Stores to Abolish 'Play-To-Earn' Crypto Games

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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. Regional newswire Naver was first to report that South Korean authorities have asked Apple and Google to block these games’… Read more.

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Samsung Seeks to Make South Korea No. 1 Chipmaker with $230B Investment Over 20 Years

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Samsung on Wednesday unveiled their plan to invest $230 billion over the next 20 years in a new semiconductor production mega cluster in South Korea. "The mega cluster will be the key base of our semiconductor ecosystem," a statement by the South Korean government published by Nikkei reads. . "The

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Seoul Metropolitan Government Launches Public Metaverse

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This Monday, South Korea’s Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that its Metaverse platform for public service relationships is now open to the capital’s population. In September, South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Information Communications Technology dedicated roughly 2.6 trillion won ($2.2