LG HelloVision Signs Business Agreement with Awesomepia for Smart Cultural Tourism

[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Nahum] LG HelloVision announced on the 30th that it has signed a business agreement with Awesomepia, an extended reality (XR) convergence service company, for a live metaverse-based smart cultural tourism project.

The two companies agreed to activate both online and offline tourism in the Republic of Korea through smart cultural tourism solutions while contributing to regional economic and cultural development.

As a region-based operator, LG HelloVision will discover local cultural tourism content to enjoy through smart cultural tourism solutions and promote projects linked with local governments based on its accumulated capabilities and networks. Awesomepia will build a metaverse platform using ICT technology.

The smart cultural tourism solution is based on the country's first live metaverse. The live metaverse is a platform that combines real-time on-site video with virtual space. Real-time footage is collected through XR telescopes installed at local tourist attractions, and the footage is naturally synthesized into the virtual space.

Users can view real-time scenes of tourist attractions within the virtual space, experiencing a more vivid sense of presence, check the current weather or conditions of the tourist sites, and plan instant trips.

Kang Myungshin, Executive Director of the Community Business Group at LG HelloVision, said, "By collaborating with local communities to discover innovative local cultural content, we will develop this into a representative cultural tourism platform that can promote each region worldwide."

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