Gyeongbuk Provincial Government Establishes First Local Government Metaverse XR Experience Zone

"Enhancing Residents' Awareness of the Metaverse to Bridge the Information Gap"

Avatar Photo Zone.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Koo Dae-seon] The Gyeongbuk Provincial Government is opening the first metaverse XR experience zone among local governments.

On the 27th, Gyeongbuk Province announced that it will open the first metaverse XR experience zone among local governments in the lobby of Anmin-gwan at the provincial office to increase accessibility to the metaverse for residents.

The opening ceremony will be attended by Lee Cheol-woo, Governor of Gyeongbuk Province; Choi Seong-gwang, Chair of the Public-Private Joint Promotion Committee; Yoo Cheol-gyun, Director of Daegu-Gyeongbuk Research Institute; Ha In-seong, Director of Gyeongbuk TP; and Woo Byung-gu, Director of Gumi Electronics and Information Technology Institute.

The event will proceed with a demonstration of Gyeongbuk’s representative metaverse platform ‘MetaPort’ followed by the opening and experience of the metaverse XR experience zone.

Children from the provincial office daycare center will also participate to experience new sights and experiences through the metaverse.

The metaverse XR experience zone consists of three spaces.

The MR Media Art Zone uses three-sided LED screens and AR glasses to provide participants with a realistic sense of presence as if they actually exist in a virtual space, presenting the future vision of Gyeongbuk transforming through the metaverse.

The XR Metaverse Experience Zone is a space for experiencing the manifesto video of Meta Gyeongbuk, offering an unprecedented magical and dreamlike experience through interactive communication and empathy between the video and participants.

The Metaverse Avatar Photo Zone is a commemorative photo space using kiosks, where participants can create and keep their own metaverse avatar by merging their face with a metaverse avatar.

The experience zone will undergo a pilot operation period and will be fully operational from January next year, with operations planned through a reservation system.

At the opening ceremony, there will also be a demonstration of the results of the first phase of MetaPort, Gyeongbuk Province’s representative metaverse platform, which has been in preparation since last September.

MetaPort uses the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Integrated New Airport as the main space and in its first phase offers services such as new airport experience, duty-free shops, and policy introductions. Next year, it plans to expand various metaverse services including local specialty markets and tourism tours.

Governor Lee Cheol-woo said, “The metaverse is definitely a new land of opportunity. No matter how good the technology is, it is meaningless if residents cannot feel or access it,” adding, “By combining the real metaverse XR experience zone with the virtual MetaPort, we will secure over 10 million metaverse users and establish Gyeongbuk as the metaverse capital.”

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