Suwon City Expands Metaverse Administration

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province is strengthening policies that incorporate the Metaverse into city administration.

The Metaverse is a compound word of 'meta,' meaning virtual or transcendence, and 'universe,' meaning world or cosmos, referring to a three-dimensional virtual world where social, economic, and cultural activities take place based on the real world.

Suwon City announced on the 17th that the 'Suwon City Metaverse Policy Research Group,' composed of public officials, participated in the experience event of the 'Korea Metaverse Festival & K-Metaverse Expo 2021' held at COEX in Seoul on the 16th.

On that day, the policy research group reviewed the government's metaverse policies and projects and directly experienced metaverse service platforms based on 5G (5th generation mobile communication) and extended reality (XR immersive space implementation technology) content such as defense, education, medical care, gaming, and e-commerce.

Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the event provided an opportunity to experience the latest metaverse-related technologies.

Domestic and international metaverse-related companies, academia, and industries participated, operating about 300 exhibition halls to introduce various technologies and services to visitors.

Reflecting the metaverse projects and technologies confirmed that day, the policy research group plans to establish the 'Suwon City Metaverse Project Plan' and actively discover administrative services that can utilize the metaverse.

A city official explained, "We will do our best to lay the policy and technical foundation to introduce metaverse technology into Suwon city administration to implement efficient administrative services for citizens."

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