YJM Games Affiliate One Immers Secures 12 Billion KRW Investment... Largest Funding for Korean VR and Metaverse Company
Building the Metaverse Ecosystem 'Symphony' Connecting Remote Medical Care and Daily Life
[Asia Economy Reporter Minwoo Lee] OneImuls, a virtual reality (VR) technology specialist company affiliated with YJM Games, has secured 12 billion KRW in funding. Leveraging this investment, the company plans to emerge as a leading core developer in the metaverse (expanded virtual world) industry and embark on creating a 'Life Connected Metaverse' that bridges real life and virtual reality.
YJM Games announced on the 15th that OneImuls had attracted this investment. Participants in this round include Jin-guk Kim, president of the Seoul Medical Association and CEO of B&V Eye Clinic; Chang-geun Kim, CEO of Momocon and former CEO of Webzen and Joymax; and the Platform Growth Consortium. As a result, OneImuls' cumulative investment has reached 22 billion KRW, the largest scale among domestic metaverse VR companies.
With this investment, OneImuls will expand beyond its existing VR business to pursue the 'Life Connected Metaverse' project linking real life and virtual reality. First, it will launch a 'Medical Metaverse' connecting frontline hospitals with virtual reality. Starting with B&V Eye Clinic, which participated in this investment, the company plans to expand into the medical sector including plastic surgery, diet, and dentistry, implementing a remote medical system within the virtual reality platform 'Symphony' currently under development by OneImuls.
Additionally, Symphony will feature metaverse environments such as classrooms and meeting rooms linked to actual buildings. Through a virtual human metaverse project jointly developed with Action Square, OneImuls envisions creating a Life Connected Metaverse where users can interact with intelligent virtual characters.
Min Yong-jae, chairman leading YJM Games and Action Square, stated, "OneImuls will establish itself as a firm leader in the globally spotlighted metaverse," adding, "We aim to become a core developer providing all technologies realized within the metaverse."
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Meanwhile, OneImuls is a metaverse VR specialist developer with YJM Games as its largest shareholder. It has released 11 popular VR games on platforms such as the US-based Steam and Oculus. It also supplies VR content to NetVios, a joint venture between China's NetEase and the US company Servios, as well as Beijing Lucker VR Technology in China. Beyond gaming, OneImuls is co-developing digital therapeutics centered on VR with the Catholic Kwandong University Health and Medical Convergence Research Institute. Furthermore, through an extended reality (XR) startup program, it collaborates with approximately 100 VR startups domestically and internationally, including in Japan and Europe.
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