Dong-Eui University Receives Award for Outstanding Proposal in Korea-ASEAN XR Technology Cooperation Project

Recipient of the Busan Mayor's Commendation in the Ganghwa Training Program.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Jeong Seok-chan, Director of the Busan IT Convergence Components Research Institute at Dong-Eui University, Research Professor Jeon Young-jun, Senior Researcher Oh Seong-hoon, and Professor Yoon Tae-hwan, majoring in Hotel and Convention Management, received the Busan Mayor's Commendation at the Korea-ASEAN Virtual Convergence Technology Policy Capacity Building Training Program hosted by Busan City.

From November 8 to 12 last year, an online training program aimed at strengthening policy capacity for virtual convergence technology was conducted for officials from related ICT ministries, agencies, associations, and academia of Korea and ASEAN.

In the program, Dong-Eui University and Indonesia's Telkom University were selected as outstanding project proposal teams for XR technology cooperation.

The Dong-Eui University team proposed the Songjeong Metaverse Surfing Village construction project to revitalize tourism and leisure in the Busan area and to lead metaverse technology.

The proposed project is scheduled to be implemented as a citizen-participatory platform next year with support from Busan City.

Jeong Seok-chan, Director of the Busan IT Convergence Components Research Institute, said, "Through the Songjeong Metaverse Surfing Village construction project, it will be possible to provide an innovative region-specific experiential metaverse service platform linked with various tourism products in Busan."

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