Gwangju Dong-gu Develops 'Chungjang Festival AR' App Using Augmented Reality View original image


[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 31st that it has created an application that allows users to experience the 'Nostalgic Chungjang Festival' through augmented reality (AR), and it will be available for free to everyone.


By running the Chungjang Festival AR app and simply pointing the camera at a surface, users can experience the Chungjang Festival with various festival characters and the nostalgic atmosphere of the 70s to 90s.


All characters and objects appearing in the AR app are implemented as 3D animations, and users can enjoy the app in various fun ways, such as taking photos with festival characters representing the 1970s to 90s or dancing with them.


Dong-gu plans to introduce new and exciting online experience content using the AR app, including a nostalgic photo contest with Chungjang-i and Geumnam-i and a Chungjang Festival home dance competition.


The Chungjang Festival AR app can be downloaded for free through smartphone app stores.



Mayor Im Taek of Dong-gu said, “We are preparing the Chungjang Festival so that citizens, exhausted from the COVID-19 era, can be comforted and everyone can participate safely and enjoyably. We hope that the memories and nostalgia felt through the Chungjang Festival will be shared in a new way in the internet and online world, different from before.”


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