– On the 23rd, 'Jeonju XR Metaverse Industry Alliance' was launched with the participation of 20 companies including local ICT companies.
– Innovative service planning and performance will be achieved by selecting 6 strategic projects and forming an alliance
○ Jeonju City and public institutions and companies joined hands to foster the XR (Virtual Convergence Technology) and Metaverse industry ecosystem, which has recently emerged as a promising new industry.
○ The city and the Information Culture Industry Promotion Agency (hereafter referred to as the Promotion Agency) held the 'XR Metaverse Industry Alliance' launching ceremony on the 23rd in the presence of about 30 people including officials from companies and related organizations leading the XR industry in the region.
○ The 'XR Metaverse Industry Alliance' is a private-led cooperative organization formed to foster related industries. At the inauguration ceremony, attendees had time to present major projects. Cooperation with participating companies and institutions was also discussed.
○ The city and the Promotion Agency openly recruited project groups to participate in the 'Jeonju XR/Metabus Industry Alliance' from last April. Based on this, the final six projects that can be used as commercialization models were selected through document review of the plan, such as business plans and role division by partner companies.
○ The six selected projects are △matching service for the elderly living alone with depression and the MZ generation △Pungnammun 6-gil XR street △First meeting-gil XR road creation △ Daedong metaverse 'Pan Play' △ Jeonbuk metaverse eco-village platform establishment △B3Getter (digital beekeeping service), etc. About 20 companies will participate in these projects.
○ The companies participating in the project plan to announce the results of the business proposal after deriving the final business model for commercialization of the project by September. The city plans to jointly discover national projects with these companies.
○ Prior to this, in line with the government’s virtual convergence economy development strategy announced in December 2020, the city has created an expanded virtual world ecosystem since last year, and planned the XR Metaverse Industry Alliance to lead the privately-led expanded virtual world. has been promoting As a result, through alliance activities last year, five tasks were selected in a national competition, laying a foothold for the growth of local businesses.
○ The city and the Promotion Agency will continue to support XR-related infrastructure, technology development, and commercialization to help the alliance participating companies materialize their business plans in the future. We plan to focus on nurturing professional manpower by utilizing the media center.
○ An official from the Jeonju New Growth Economy Bureau said, “As we enter the non-face-to-face era, XR technology is emerging as the most important core technology to adapt to a new economic paradigm around the world. ICT companies will lead the era of virtual convergence economy by fostering immersive content industries using XR technology and will spare no effort to provide continuous support to create Jeonju, a leading city in the digital economy.”
☞ Source: Jeonju