– MSIT-Busan City, ASEAN and ICT Industry Cooperation Base –
Busan Metropolitan City and the Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Hyesuk Lim, hereinafter referred to as 'MSIT') announced that they have opened the ASEAN-Korea ICT Convergence Village, which will serve as a hub for Korea-ASEAN ICT industry cooperation and a bridgehead to advance into overseas markets in the metaverse era.
※ At the same site, the opening ceremony and integration of ICT Innovation Square in the Southeast area ('20.December construction)
「ASEAN-Korea ICT Convergence Village」 (hereinafter referred to as “ICT Convergence Village”) is a follow-up to the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit held in Busan to commemorate the 2019th anniversary of the establishment of ASEAN-Korea dialogue relations in 30 and to strengthen the strategic partnership between Korea and ASEAN. As one of the achievement projects, it was established to lay the foundation for mutual growth and exchange between Korea and ASEAN in the field of virtual convergence technology (hereinafter referred to as 'XR') contents and services.
For the next four years, for the purpose of promoting ASEAN-Korea XR cooperation and mutual prosperity, it will be dedicated to fostering professionals through ▲XR content production infrastructure support, ▲Korea-ASEAN joint XR project discovery and support ▲K-ASEAN XR Academy operation.
The opening ceremony was attended by a minimum number of people including MSIT Minister Lim Hye-sook, Busan Metropolitan City Mayor Park Hyung-joon, Busan City Council Chairman Shin Sang-hae, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia deputy ambassadors in Korea, Information and Communication Industry Promotion Agency, and ASEAN Cultural Center in attendance. Construction progress was reported and major facilities were visited.
'K-ASEAN Studio', built with technology* independently developed by 'M&H,' a domestic start-up, can produce lively 360° stereoscopic XR contents in collaboration with domestic and foreign companies, and '5G-based' developed by 'RealMaker' A variety of location-based AR services can be developed in the 40,000 m² APEC Naru Park area 5G test space (test bed) using the 'indoor/outdoor continuous user location tracking system'.
* To realize a lively texture (texture), use a DSLR camera instead of an industrial camera that is easy to control, and use its own technology for the entire process such as compression, transmission, and restoration of content
In this year's 'ASEAN-Korea XR Joint Project', the development of a shopping mall metaverse in Bangkok and the development of XR contents in Vietnam's 'Huangseong Hue', a World Heritage Site, are promoted, and it is expected to become an excellent case of cooperation with ASEAN based on domestic XR technology. are collecting
MSIT Minister Lim Hye-sook said, “The ICT Convergence Village will serve as a hub for ASEAN-Korea collaboration and people-to-people exchanges in the field of virtual convergence industry, and will serve as an opportunity to lead mutual prosperity in the post ‘Korea-ASEAN 30 Years’.” It is hoped that Korea’s digital new deal experience and achievements will be shared with ASEAN and close cooperation on XR and metaverse related contents and technologies will continue.”
Park Hyeong-jun, Mayor of Busan, said, “It is very meaningful that K-ASEAN Studio, which was developed independently by a startup for the first time in Korea, can help them enter the ASEAN market by creating differentiated contents of various materials.” “Through ICT Convergence Village, youth We will continue to work hard to improve their XR capabilities and provide more opportunities for Korean companies to enter the ASEAN market.”