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Metaverse, which blurs the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds, is attracting attention as a future industry.

If the metaverse is to become popular, it will depend on how realistic it is to implement, and the core of it is XR technology.



Reporter Ki-tae Kim visited the XR content production site.



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large LED wall measuring 24m in width and 6m in height is the starting point for entering the metaverse, a virtual reality of another space.



You can walk on a pillar that disappears when you step on it, or experience the change of day and night in outer space.




I am now in an unfamiliar space that looks like a desert.



In reality, it is a narrow stage in front of the LED, but as the camera moves, an infinitely large space unfolds along the screen.




What makes this content creation possible is extended reality, or XR technology.



It is a core technology that creates a sense of reality in the virtual world.



A facility that recognizes the location of a subject, various shooting equipment, and operating technology to implement this into one space are required.




[Songmyeongseok / Ltd & P Director: Research a system for people to participate in a live system or the metaverse development environment based on the XR, and in this area we have the most advanced in the world -



about 400㎞ away from the Earth International space station.



Astronauts swim through space and observe the Earth.



The XR Alliance, which includes Qualcomm, Verizon, and Bell Canada, creates a completely new experience by creating a virtual reality video of actual filmed footage.



[Shin Joong-kyung / LGU+ XR Contents Team Leader: The world's first 3D VR filming and production of outer space, and being evaluated as extending the world of immersive content to outer space.]



Beyond the visual realm, the future task of XR technology is the tactile realm. is.



Of the total 1,700 patents related to XR-based tactile technology, Korean companies applied for 6% of the total, requiring more active investment to secure leadership in the future industry.



(Video editing: So Ji-hye, VJ: Jung Min-goo)