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Three executives from Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics and Google announce their partnership during Samsung's Unpacked event on Feb.1 in San Francisco. [LEE HEE-KWON]

Samsung, Qualcomm, Google vs. Apple in XR headsets

Samsung Electronics will work with two major U.S. tech companies to develop digital headsets as Apple moves ahead quickly and is promising its own metaverse headset project.

2023.2.6

LG U+ CEO Hwang Hyeon-sik speaks during a press conference at the MWC 2022 in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday. [LG U+]

LG U+ signs deal with Kuwait's Zain Group for K-pop VR, AR

LG U+ is targeting the Middle East to export K-pop-related content based on virtual and augmented reality technologies via an agreement with Zain Group, a Kuwait-based telecommunication company operating throughout the region.

2022.3.3

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″Locked″ (2020) by Turkish artist Beryl Bilici is one of the top five artists chosen by Artscloud in its art submission contest held last year. [ARTSCLOUD]

'Art in Metaverse' gathers digital pieces from 52 countries

Contemporary art explores the future of the digital world, in a way that now has artists create their own metaverses and present them in video art, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). “Art in Metaverse,” on display at Under Stand...

2022.2.2

LG U+ released a new app dubbed U+DIVE that offers 1,500 virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) content on Monday. [LG U+]

LG U+ releasing XR and VR offerings on U+DIVE

LG U+ released a new extended reality (XR) app with 1,500 virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) offerings on Monday, aiming at first for K-pop fans with exclusive content of boy band NCT 127. The new app, dubbed U+DIVE, is meant to ...

2021.11.8

Afreeca TV's augmented reality (AR) app dubbed AR Player allows viewers to watch Afreeca TV's online streams and videos against the backdrop of a virtual world. [AFREECA TV]

AfreecaTV releases augmented reality app

AfreecaTV released an augmented reality (AR) app dubbed AR Player, which allows viewers to watch AfreecaTV's online streams and videos against the backdrop of a virtual world. With the AR Player, viewers can place and size the video in ...

2021.7.27

Children participate in an indoor field day at the Yongsan District Office in Seoul on Tuesday. KT said it is working with four institutions within Yongsan on a metaverse field trip using its KT Real Cube system. Without having to wear special equipment, children can take part in the online field trip, which uses motion sensors so they can play games with other kindergarten children via virtual reality and augmented reality systems. [KT]

Virtually virtual reality

KT's metaverse field trip uses its KT Real Cube system, which uses motion sensors so children can play games with other kindergarten children via virtual reality and augmented reality systems.

2021.6.22

Seoul Tourism Plaza opened in Samil Building in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Thursday. [YONHAP]

One-stop Seoul tourism center hopes to bring boom back

In an effort to boost the tourism industry hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul opened a center in the middle of the city to support tourism start-ups. “The recent news of additional vaccine procurement is really a sign of hope for those...

2021.4.29

Virtual fun

Augmented reality (AR) images appear on a smartphone screen.

2021.4.12

Korean choreographer Lia Kim appears in a video filmed at SK Telecom's Jump Studio that uses virtual and augmented reality technologies. [SK TELECOM]

SK Telecom signs partnership to take AR content to Hong Kong

SK Telecom will export content created from its mixed reality studio to different countries, hoping that the popularity of K-pop and interest in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) will generate a fresh source of revenue.

2020.10.20

This computer-generated mock-up shows an actual screenshot from LG U+'s U+ Real Glass AR glasses superimposed on an image of the reporter using the glasses at the Korea JoongAng Daily office in western Seoul on Oct. 7. [JEON TAE-GYU/YUN YOUNG]

[REVIEW] LG U+ AR glasses really can put 'Blackpink in your area'

The launch of U+ Real Glass, which went on sale in August for 699,000 won ($604), could serve as a critical test for AR glasses as a concept, as it is the world’s first mass-produced AR glasses designed entirely for consumers.

2020.10.11