Hancom Unveils 'Hancom Town,' Korea's Version of Gather Town

Hancom is launching a metaverse-based meeting space service called 'Hancom Town.'

According to Hancom on the 15th, Hancom Town is built on 2.5-dimensional (2.5D) graphics, similar to the American metaverse platform 'Gather Town.' A beta service will be introduced in December this year.

In Hancom Town, users can go to a virtual office using avatars customized according to their personal preferences. Voice conversations and video meetings with colleagues are possible. Companies or individuals can also hold seminars and advertisements targeting specific customers in the virtual space.

Hancom plans to link Hancom Town with Hancom Office by the first half of next year, enabling sharing and editing of various document formats such as Hangul, Word, Excel, and Presentation. Additionally, through integration with non-fungible tokens (NFTs), various document contents such as proposals, plans, and papers can be traded with each other. There are also plans to enable trading of items for customizing avatars or configuring spaces.

With the launch of Hancom Town, Hancom will sequentially release new services aimed at expanding the business-to-consumer (B2C) market. The company plans to enhance synergy by linking metaverse and document content-based NFTs.

Kim Yeon-su, CEO of Hancom, said, "The metaverse market is a field where Hancom, equipped with various productivity tools, can secure differentiated competitiveness," adding, "We will develop services specialized for Hancom Town and promote partnerships with external partners to create a new metaverse ecosystem."

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