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MAY 29, 2024

Sony said earlier this year it was bringing PC VR support to PSVR 2 , and while we still don’t know when that’s set to arrive, it appears the company is nearing the final steps thanks to a certification with the competent certifying authority in South Korea.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

bHaptics, the South Korea-based VR haptics creator, announced it’s launching a refreshed lineup of its most popular haptics hardware, which are said to support over 270 titles across Quest, PSVR 2, and PC VR headsets. The company today announced pre-orders for three new accessories: TactSuit Pro, TactSuit Air and TactSleeve.

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AUGUST 10, 2022

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. Mun-Seob Jeong said in a statement, “Metaverse has expanded into VR, AR, and XR businesses, and is expected to grow by 40% year-on-year over the next decade.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

The post Dedicated ‘Beat Saber’ Machine to Hit VR Arcades in South Korea & China appeared first on Road to VR. As for the West, Beat Games has already penned a deal with Springboard VR to bring Beat Saber to VR arcades across North America and Europe.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Reuters cites a report by The China Academy of Information and Communications which states that China’s VR action plan could be the result of the United States and South Korea’s continued investment in their respective immersive technology industries. For more information check out the full action plan here.

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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. Some in the country are calling for a version of a tried-and-true solution practiced all around the world: restrictive social distancing measures. Read more.

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JULY 23, 2021

Similar technology was also employed during the 2018 winter games in South Korea. VR was used extensively as part of the 2016 summer games in Rio, allowing those on GearVR headsets the chance to enjoy VR coverage of events such as track & field, basketball, and diving. For more information on this year’s events visit here.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Meta is reportedly teaming up with South Korean tech giant LG Electronics to offer up competition to the Apple’s forthcoming Vision Pro mixed reality headset, which is slated to arrive sometime in 2024.

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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. 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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MARCH 7, 2025

Samsung's headset will launch in Q3, South Korea's Business Post reports, with a low production scale that suggests a very high price. So far, Samsung has only officially said that its upcoming headset , which will be the debut of Google's Android XR platform, will launch sometime this year.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Since its penultimate funding round in February 2019, the company has since commercialized it Nreal Light AR headset, which is currently only available in South Korea. SEE ALSO Facebook Wants to Build an AR Headset to Supercharge Your Hearing, Create a Custom HRTF from a Photograph. In that country it costs ?

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

.” Microsoft has also recently expanded HoloLens 2’s availability to Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Austria, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Unfortunately, this deal is exclusive to LGU+ customers in South Korea; at least for the moment. With a 52-degree field-of-view, users can reportedly access “dozens of screens” in real-time, allowing them to watch videos, check messages, and play games simultaneously. Image Credit: Nreal.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

North Korea and South Korea both tested ballistic missiles overnight, Eastern time, within just hours of each other. And while North Korea’s test is likely to get the most attention in western media on Wednesday, South Korea’s test was arguably the most notable for being conducted from a submarine, an incredibly… Read more.

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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. This forms part of a multi-year technology partnership between Intel and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Nreal Light has been on sale through telecoms in Japan, South Korea, Germany, and Spain, typically priced between $600 and $820 depending on the region. It also incorporates what are called ‘birdbath’ optics, which are notably cheaper to produce than waveguides and typically have greater light efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Michael Kantack, a developer at South Korea-based indie studio Get Off the Roof , is currently attempting to break the Guinness Record for Longest VR Marathon. Kantack and his development team are Air Force veterans stationed in South Korea. The team in livestreaming the attempt now on Twitch.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Nreal is getting ready to ship its Nreal Light AR headset to consumers in South Korea. As reported by The Verge , Nreal is now taking pre-orders from Korea-based consumers, available through Korean telecom LG Uplus. Light AR will be available in stores there starting August 21st.

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AUGUST 12, 2020

Since its founding in 2016, Varjo has expanded its global operations and reseller network to over 40 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, with the launch of sales and direct shipping to markets such as Singapore, Israel, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nreal plans on launching their Nreal Air AR sunglasses in December 2021 in three key Asian markets, including Japan, China, and South Korea in partnership with the world’s leading carriers. We’ve yet to get our hands on a pair of Nreal Air glasses, but when we do, we’ll be sure to provide more in-depth coverage.

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JULY 6, 2020

The display thanked people for helping to tackle the pandemic.

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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. The 237,000-square foot indoor theme park will be located in China.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

SXSW will also feature the debut of a new AR performance that will bring the very popular South Korea-based boy group NCT 127 to Austin, TX through an amazing experience called Superhuman AR , offering fans of the band and music, in general, a sneak peek at the potential future of live musical performances. Intel’s Superhuman AR.

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JUNE 15, 2022

The more advanced Nreal Air launched last year in China, Japan, and South Korea and is designed primarily for streaming and gaming. The AR glasses must be physically connected to an Android smartphone via a USB Type-C cable in order to operate and feature AR anchoring as well as hand-tracking capabilities.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The round was financed by a number of South Korea-based companies, and was led by SeAH Group’s investment wing Irongrey with participation from Woori Technology Investment, KNET Venture Fund, Seoul Investment Partners, and Samsung Next. Survios’ latest round brings the company’s overall funding to $70.9

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The United States, South Korea, and China are a few of the countries at the forefront of 5G deployments. Many believe that it can unlock the full potential of immersive technologies. As 5G rolls out around the world, these AR solutions are closer to becoming a reality.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 20, 2024

It’s uncertain whether Pico will bring Pico 4 Ultra to additional countries, however it has been certified in South Korea, UploadVR notes. Image courtesy Pico Interactive Here’s a quick look at Pico 4 Ultra’s specs: Processor : Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 RAM & Storage : 12 GB RAM + 256 GB Storage – LPDDR5 + UFS 3.1

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MARCH 28, 2018

While discussions around denuclearization of the Korean peninsula was top of mind leading into key summits with South Korea and the U.S. The surprise two-day visit is the North Korean leader’s first known overseas trip since taking power.

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JUNE 23, 2021

South Korea-based creative technology company Giantstep is no stranger to developing jaw-dropping visual productions. Corporate videos are so 2020. Giantstep is looking to take brand awareness to the next level with its interactive environments.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Last week however researchers at Stanford University and Samsung’s South Korea-based R&D wing, the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), say they’ve developed an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) capable of delivering greater than 10,000ppi.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

NCSOFT , a South Korea-based video game company, is hosting a K-pop concert on its new entertainment platform UNIVERSE on Valentine’s Day, February 14. They are using extended reality , which encompasses augmented and virtual reality technologies, to give K-pop fans an immersive experience of the virtual concert.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Pico 4 ships October 18 in Europe, Japan, and South Korea – starting at €429. Pico is no newcomer to VR – it revealed its first headset in 2016. Last year it was acquired by ByteDance , the Chinese tech giant behind TikTok. Pico has always sold to Chinese consumers, but focused only on businesses elsewhere.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The company’s long-awaited entrance into the US market has still yet to come though, as Pico has only released its consumer-focused headsets in Europe and East Asia (China, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore).

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The 2018 Winter Olympics is about to kick off in PyeongChang, South Korea today, and this year you’ll be able to watch a total of 30 events in VR, shared across live and on-demand 360/180 recordings. NBC has partnered with Intel to provide more than 50 hours of live virtual reality coverage through the NBC Sports VR app.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Before its release in the US, Nreal has rolled out via telecoms in South Korea, Japan, Germany and Spain. The company says Light will also support iPhones in some capacity, however it hasn’t specified how that works.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In response to new legislation, Google will now let developers in South Korea implement support for third-party payment systems.

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