[Book Sip] Reality, Mirror World, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality... 'Ready, Four Worlds'

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Focusing on the currently hot issues of the metaverse and ESG, the author proposes social changes as alternatives to overcoming worker burnout and digital exclusion, such as regional shared offices, local regeneration, community revitalization, video clubs, and the world’s first proposal to train ‘30,000 video curators.’ The author pays special attention to the mirror world, represented by video solutions like Zoom and Gurumi, among the four worlds?reality, mirror world, virtual reality, and augmented reality?that will unfold in the new continent of the metaverse developed over the past 30 years. The author predicts that as technology advances and generations shift from MZ to Alpha, the mirror world will integrate more practically with the real world than virtual reality. The book presents institutionalization of telecommuting, regional shared offices, workations, remote education, and alternatives that can wisely transform our lives through local regeneration and revitalization of neighborhood businesses.

Homo sapiens became the most powerful species on Earth thanks to intelligence that creates societies. Societies are connected and communicated through language and relationships. If this fails, the society fractures and declines. The question is: what do Korea’s small and medium-sized cities and rural areas, where over 15 million people live, need? Cultural centers, gymnasiums, museums, parks? Or connection and communication with other worlds? (Omitted)

“Please reduce the effort I have to put in” is the unspoken want of customers. So reduce the Customer Effort Score (CES). It sounds obvious but is insightful. Taking this insight into account, we should also think more deeply. pp. 51?52

Each of the four words has its own characteristics. The word reality is a world of love and hate, mixed with gems and trash, for humanity that has lived for tens of thousands of years. Like a father’s shout, “Stop dreaming and face reality!” reality is a world of love and hate, finite and connected to frustration. The other three words represent the dream world the father told us not to see, showing the mirror world, virtual world, and augmented reality respectively. Here, the mirror world refers to the 2D video society, an image world we frequently encounter rapidly after COVID-19. It is a world that ‘helps communication’ through mirror illusions by remotely bringing a person’s image in 2D as if meeting in reality. It is used in video meetings, education, broadcasting, and conferences.

Next, the metaverse beyond reality imagined by Neal Stephenson, meaning virtual reality, is a world ‘that lets you virtually experience’ a world created in 3D images through avatars, not reality. Although this world is heavily altered and distorted, it stimulates imagination. Lastly, augmented reality is a world that enhances perception, for example, by showing a perfect fit when choosing clothes in a clothing store. pp. 152?153

Ready, The Four Worlds | Hwang Inseon | Isa | 264 pages | 15,000 KRW

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