<Anchor> It's
friendly economy time. Today (the 8th) I will be with reporter Kim Hye-min. I just told you our weather. It's raining today and the weather is getting very cold. How was your way to work? Are you okay? (When I went to work, the weather was much colder than yesterday.) It's going to be a lot colder today, so you'll need to dress warmly. Let's talk today. Not long ago, Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong and First Lady Hong Ra-hee went to Haeinsa Temple. They said that there was a special gift given to them.
<Reporter>
There is a gift they gave to the monks of Haeinsa Temple, and that is the 'Digital Banya Heart Sutra'.
The original version of the Heart Sutra of the Heart Sutra, written by Chusa Kim Jeong-hee, was designated as a national treasure and is currently on display at the Leeum Museum of Art. That's why it's not something you can take out and see whenever you want to see it.
The Samsung family filmed this in high-definition and made it into a booklet and delivered it to Haeinsa Temple, and the people who received it were surprised because it looked so perfectly similar to the original that there was no big difference.
The era is not far off when it becomes possible not only to digitize real works, but also to view them in virtual reality.
The reason I am bringing up this story today is to explain that the still unfamiliar word 'metaverse' has already come close to us. even said
<Anchor>
Actually, after hearing about reporter Kim, we talked about metaverse and metaverse while we were on the news, but to be honest, I didn't really get a good sense of what it was. (It doesn't make sense.) That's right. But the more I listen, the more I get a sense of what it is. After all, metaverse means a virtual space where you can live like reality. So, what kind of changes will happen if this metaverse is introduced in real life?
<Reporter>
First of all, metaverse is a combination of two words: the virtual 'Meta' and the real world 'Universe'.
Creating my avatar in a 3D virtual world and making friends while communicating with it is a kind of 'metaverse', but it's actually similar to 'Cyworld', and we've been doing it for a long time.
In addition, these days, it is also grafted with reality. As mentioned earlier, the Leeum Museum of Art is promoting the opening of the 'Metaverse Pavilion'.
Art works are displayed in a virtual space and can be viewed using VR devices, etc., but it has already started overseas. The Louvre has created a technology that allows you to enjoy the Mona Lisa work in VR a few years ago.
Now, there is no need to travel abroad to see works of art, wait in line to buy tickets, admire popular works from afar, and then come back.
<Anchor> It
really seems like the world is getting better. company business,Or they say that this metaverse is being introduced into academics as well.
<Reporter>
Surprisingly, some companies are now seeing their work in virtual reality. A large startup company doesn't have an office, but employees go to work every morning in a 'virtual office'.
When discussing with a colleague, you can chat by requesting a conversation with the character of the team member. Also, during the meeting, when the characters of the team members gather together, a video chat room is opened where they can watch together.
It is said that the satisfaction of the employees is quite high because an environment where communication with co-workers is smooth while working from home is established.
The metaverse is a natural story, but young people are relatively more familiar with it. So, it is spreading rapidly around the MZ generation.
The 3rd union of Seoul Transportation Corporation, which is centered on young employees, held the inauguration ceremony of the labor union as a metaverse, and large corporations use it when hiring new employees.
We introduced the Metaverse platform for recruitment briefings and training for new employees. In addition to corporations, university festivals, entrance ceremonies, and graduation ceremonies held on the Metaverse campus are now too common.
<Anchor>
Facebook also recently changed its name to meta and will focus on the metaverse.
<Reporter>
Facebook has been engulfed in various criticisms recently. So there are suspicions like this, whether you are trying to change the image by just changing the name.
Despite being ridiculed, CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems firm on one idea that "the metaverse will be the next generation of the Internet."
The goal of building a metaverse where people can freely cross borders by mixing online and AR/VR has been set for a long time. Take work as an example.
Since it was said that the entire metaverse world took 10 years to create, I am very curious if the metaverse will be the next page of the IT revolution that will succeed the Internet and mobile within 10 years.