LG Uplus and Sogang University to Create 'Metaverse University'

Signing of MOU for the Establishment of Metaverse University

LG Uplus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for technology development cooperation to establish a 'Metaverse University' with Sogang University. The photo shows (from left) Hyun Daewon, Dean of the Graduate School of Metaverse at Sogang University; Song Taekyung, Vice President of Academic Affairs; Shim Jonghyuk, President; Hwang Hyunsik, CEO of LG Uplus; Lee Sangyeop, CTO; and Kim Mingu, Head of Service Incubation Lab, posing for a commemorative photo at the signing ceremony held on the 8th at Sogang University in Mapo-gu, Seoul. Photo by LG Uplus

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] LG Uplus announced on the 13th that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for technology development cooperation with Sogang University to establish a ‘Metaverse University.’

The Metaverse University refers to providing educational services on a metaverse (extended virtual world) platform linked with the university’s academic system. The plan is not to use the metaverse as a one-time event but to develop it as a foundation for Sogang University to promote educational cooperation with Jesuit universities worldwide.

LG Uplus plans to improve and demonstrate the educational effectiveness of services such as the metaverse virtual office and video lectures for university classes in collaboration with Sogang University’s Graduate School of Metaverse. Sogang University will establish a metaverse technology research and development (R&D) lab within the Graduate School of Metaverse and conduct related research.

Hwang Hyun-sik, CEO of LG Uplus, said, “As the metaverse is being applied in various fields such as entertainment and community, if demonstration cases emerge in university education, it will be an opportunity for the metaverse to advance to the next level. Based on our technological capabilities, we will actively cooperate to provide educational services where customers can truly feel the value in the Metaverse University.”

Shim Jong-hyuk, President of Sogang University, said, “We will accelerate research, development, and demonstration so that the metaverse campus and university become the foundation of advanced university education and a platform for exchange with universities worldwide.”

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