YJM Games Establishes Metaverse Specialist Company W Universe with One Immers
[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunseok Yoo] YJM Games announced on the 25th that it has established the metaverse specialized company Wonu Universe and plans to position itself as a metaverse specialized company encompassing metaverse, VR, and blockchain in the future.
Wonu Universe was established mainly by Wone Immers, an affiliate of YJM Games that has played a leading role in the VR industry since 2016. The company plans to develop its business by leveraging YJM Games' existing related business experience and VR know-how.
Meanwhile, Wone Immers is the largest VR developer in Korea, with experience in servicing 10 types of self-developed content at over 200 stations in 10 countries worldwide. It has overseas export experience of VR content to North America, China, Europe, and has secured numerous partners. The plan is to integrate Wone Immers' existing strengths, such as patents related to VR motion sickness and UI/UX, into Wonu Universe.
In addition, Action Square, which possesses Unreal Engine specialized development capabilities demonstrated through titles like ‘Blade’, ‘Blade 2’, ‘Samguk Blade’, and ‘ANVIL’, and has know-how in linking various industries and IPs central to the metaverse through its development of Netflix’s ‘Kingdom’ project, newly participates to continue development synergy.
The newly appointed CEO of Wonu Universe, Baek Doosan, graduated from Seoul National University College of Engineering and joined Nexon in 2005. He served as the overseas general director of ‘MapleStory’ and technical director of ‘MapleBlitz X’. CEO Baek is a development expert with 15 years of experience, possessing a deep understanding of the game industry and numerous successful experiences, and concurrently serves as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Action Square.
Based on the know-how and core technologies of each company, Wonu Universe plans to advance ‘Project Symphony’, a project where various activities can be enjoyed in the metaverse space within the VR platform developed by Wone Immers, and to focus on new projects based on MetaHuman.
CEO Baek Doosan of Wonu Universe said, "Recently, global interest in the metaverse market has been gathering," and added, "Wonu Universe, a metaverse specialized company, plans to actively expand its business through the synergy of Wone Immers' VR know-how, Action Square's development capabilities, and strengthening global partnerships."
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He continued, "We will broaden access opportunities to the metaverse market and create a business model that forms a new metaverse ecosystem."
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