Metaverse to Meet Artificial Intelligence and Target for Second Innovation

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it seemed that the trend of the 'metaverse' that breaks down the boundaries between virtual and reality would come as we transition to an untact and on-tact society.

But still, the 'metaverse' seems far from our daily lives.

Reporter Lim Neulsol visited an event to meet the present and future potential of the metaverse, which is at a second innovation crossroads in combination with artificial intelligence.

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When I wear glasses, an idol singer moves in front of me.

It is a concert hall implemented in the metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual space.

If you leave the concert hall and go to the shopping mall, you can also see a variety of products.

[Kim Dong-gyu / CEO of Calibus: Calibus is a big discriminating factor in that all experiences in virtual space can be felt with very high quality visual graphics, unlike the existing metaverse.]

In particular, the fact that you can enter a virtual space as a real person is a big differentiator.

In a virtual space, you can learn languages as well as cultural life.

By applying ChatGPT to the metaverse platform, you can learn English by traveling to five cities around the world, including New York and Sydney, and you can naturally increase your English skills while experiencing more than 70 different jobs.

As such, various experiences are possible in the metaverse space, but as non-face-to-face services have decreased since the daily recovery, the metaverse has also moved away from interest.

[Lee Seung-hwan / Researcher of the National Assembly Future Research Institute: In order for the metaverse to reach out to the public, it must be a service that actually helps the public, and the government's support system will be very important]

There is also an atmosphere that the metaverse boom is over, but domestic and foreign companies believe that they are at a second innovation crossroads.

Rapidly developing artificial intelligence and metaverse are combining to create new synergy.

As the world's first metaverse promotion law was implemented in August, the government also decided to foster the metaverse ecosystem through policy support such as technology development, talent training, and basic system establishment.

[Sang-Im Yoo / Minister of Science and ICT: The Virtual Convergence Industry Promotion Act was enacted earlier this year and is now in effect. We will actively support the development of the metaverse in various ways.][158 companies including Microsoft and Google Cloud will participate in this year's event, which was held under the theme of

{Metaverse, Wings of Convergence'} to discuss future directions and strategies.

At the 'National Experience Center', where you can experience the latest metaverse technology, you can experience cultural and educational contents for free using augmented reality glasses.

I'm YTN Science Lim Neul-sol.


Video coverage: Kim Young-hwan