The Korean economic strategy leads the growth of key players in hyperconnected industries, such as metaverse and blockchain.
SEOUL, South Korea, Nov. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Born2Global Centre released an article that highlights the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT)‘s Korean Digital New Deal. As part of the Korean government MSIT, Born2Global Centre has played a crucial role by connecting Korean startups with various opportunities worldwide.
The advances in cutting-edge technologies, such as virtual reality (VR), blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT), have ushered in the so-called "hyperconnected" digital era. The new era defies physical and time boundaries to connect everything and everyone online around the world.
Game Changers in Hyperconnected Industries
To name a few technologies that facilitate the hyperconnected world, metaverse is a three-dimensional (3D) immersive virtual environment that people can access via the Internet to perform social, economic, and cultural activities virtually. Blockchain technology enables secure and transparent means of exchanging and storing data among users, without needing to involve an intermediary. This technology transforms the landscape of global industries, spanning from finance and manufacturing to healthcare and public services.
Keeping pace with this global transformation, the Korean government also focuses heavily on fostering technologies that lead the hyperconnected industries, especially metaverse and blockchain.
The Korean Digital New Deal 2.0, updated this year from version 1.0, is a testament to the government’s efforts, aiming to enhance the capabilities of Korean tech companies specializing in these hyperconnected new industries.
Game Changers in Hyperconnected Industries
The pan-government economic initiative has helped grow tech companies into key players in our hyperconnected world. Among others, three participating firms in the initiative have shown outstanding growth, bringing a breath of fresh air to the manufacturing and healthcare industries at home.
These companies are the three "Digital New Deal Excellent Performers" announced on Oct. 27 by the MSIT.
First, metaverse content developer SKonec Entertainment has developed an immersive training solution based on extended reality (XR) technology. XR is a technology that merges AR and VR to create immersive ways of interacting with computer-generated 3D images and simulations.
The immersive content helps firefighters to conduct disaster response drills and trainings safely and effectively in virtual environments designed exactly like real situations. The virtual training system is considered to have helped improve firefighters’ disaster response capabilities and minimize training accidents.
SKonec Entertainment also plays a crucial role by engaging the nation to actively set a global standard for metaverse technology. The company, together with Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA), currently participates in the process of developing a standard for metaverse technology by jointly working with the IEEE 2888 (Interfacing Cyber and Physical World) Working Group (WG).
Another metaverse development leader Virnect has invented an AR-based virtual collaboration solution. The technology provides realistic and real-time AR content to inform workers about necessary information, such as how to operate manufacturing equipment. The operation system has been credited for minimizing errors that could occur in the manufacturing process and reducing production time significantly, which resulted in the increased accuracy and efficiency of work.
Virnect currently supplies the solution to small- and medium-sized manufacturing companies and plans to introduce the system to 10 more factories in other sectors, including energy and construction, by 2022.
Lastly, Nongshim Data System (NDS) has applied its blockchain prowess to the so-called "My Data" platform designed for healthcare services. The firm’s signature "Life Wallet" platform is based on Decentralized Identifiers, or DID, a globally unique identifier that does not require a centralized registration authority and enables verifiable, decentralized digital identity. The platform makes it easier and faster for patients to receive healthcare data from medical institutions, such as prescriptions and the results of health checkups and gene tests, as well as a variety of healthcare services tailored to their health conditions.
NDS’s other blockchain-based platform, called "Smart Hospital," is a one-stop solution that allows patients to make medical appointments, pay medical fees, and receive a prescription at their fingertips. Experts say that NDS’s solutions have facilitated a safer, easier access and exchange of medical records between patients and hospitals.
"The Digital New Deal Excellent Performers have contributed to innovating traditional industries by means of metaverse and blockchain, two main focuses of Digital New Deal 2.0," said the science ministry. "More importantly, their technology has made the lives of citizens safer and more comfortable. The government will continue to help foster key technologies leading the hyperconnected industries and support Korean tech leaders in the fields by enhancing their technological capabilities."
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