Chosun University Establishes Platform to Promote Non-Face-to-Face Psychological Counseling for Students

Agreement Signed to Promote Research and Support for Metaverse Psychological Counseling

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Chosun University has established a platform to promote non-face-to-face psychological counseling for students.

Chosun University One-Stop Student Counseling Center announced on the 19th that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with metaverse platform developer Yatab Entertainment (CEO Lee Seongchan, Jo Eunsang) for "Research and Support Activation of Metaverse Psychological Counseling."

The One-Stop Student Counseling Center made the agreement to address the increasing demand for psychological counseling after COVID-19 and to activate and operate a counseling system for the U-tact era, which integrates reality and virtual through avatars beyond On-tact.

This was prepared by Chosun University One-Stop Student Counseling Center, which has been steadily working for students' "mental health," to identify and meet the counseling needs among students of different generations.

Based on the great response from students to the metaverse psychological counseling conducted on the Gather Town platform for freshmen, the center will advance the metaverse psychological counseling platform and provide specialized services for new counseling users.

The Department of Counseling Psychology at Chosun University also participated in the agreement to add expertise to psychological counseling and the new metaverse counseling platform to be utilized in the future.

The "Metaforest" metaverse psychological counseling platform allows students to participate non-face-to-face through avatars, ensuring anonymity.

Students can use the counseling service with just a PC without any device, reducing the burden of exposure and purchase, thereby increasing accessibility. The program uses a self-developed motion recognition function to detect facial emotions and motions, enabling delicate counseling with little difference from general face-to-face counseling.

Yatab Entertainment Co., Ltd., which developed "Metaforest," created the program based on its patented core technology, the "cloud-based metaverse content collaboration system."

CEO Lee Seongchan of Yatab Entertainment said, "We expect meaningful exchanges through the agreement with Chosun University, which has been steadily working for student mental health," and added, "We hope that through 'Metaforest,' the limitations of non-face-to-face counseling will be overcome, and students who need professional psychological counseling can enjoy counseling with stability and satisfaction."

Kwon Haesu, head of the One-Stop Student Counseling Center, said, "Through the 'Metaforest' platform, which has no physical or spatial constraints, many students will be able to use counseling services more freely, and we have high expectations that this will broaden the base of psychological counseling across generations," adding, "Its significance is also great in terms of introducing a new mental health platform."

Meanwhile, Yatab Entertainment Co., Ltd. is a metaverse solution specialist company with strengths in building communication systems for the untact era. It operates the "Metaverse Psychological Counseling" platform through various MOUs with Hoseo University Game Software Department, Korea University Department of Education, Seoul National University of Education, Samyook University, Changdong Internet Addiction Prevention Counseling Center, and Busan Haeundae Education Support Office Wee Center.

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