The Gyeonggi Content Agency has announced that a series of companies in its Next Reality Partners (NRP) program have achieved major goals in VR/AR industry. Apart from this, these companies are also finding footholds for their technologies. The NRP is an incubator program that seeks out promising companies in the VR/AR industry within the Gyeonggi province in Korea and provides them with publicity, business relationships, and capital to grow.
Their Green Light Guide program within GCA provides funding for international outreach and consulting for its partners. Being part of this very program, the three companies 9 Blocks, M2S and VRANI have had their projects adopted and appreciated worldwide. These companies received recognition at VIVELAND and SIGGRAPH. VIVELNAD is Taiwan’s largest VR experience center.
VRANI’s KOORING VR Capsule Machine which is equipped with the KOORING VR Wonderland interactive software is being brought to VIVELAND in Taiwan. VIVELAND is operated directly by VIVE and will be the first theme park to employ VRANI’s capsule machines in their park due to their thorough testing and development. Since the highest VR market in Asia is children, the capsule machines are specially made to be as child-friendly as possible.
It took VRANI 2 years to complete this project and now the final VR product is so stable that even children who suffer from motion sickness can enjoy it without any problems. The project has over $3.5 billion invested in it and it took over more than 2, 400 participants to refine the UX/UI experience to this amazing level. Apart from VRANI, 9 Blocks and M2S have also been making strides under the umbrella of GCA NPR.
Sehando by 9 Blocks and 1 Inch VR by M2S have been invited to international festivals and conventions as well. Sehando is a VR healing piece produced through the ‘ART&VR’ production supporting project of the Gyeonggi Content Agency, a reinterpretation of works by renowned Korean Choseon-era artist Kim Jeong Hee. ‘Sehando’ is a picture of Kim Jeong Hee who was in exile and presented gratitude to his friend, who showed his unwavering friendship and contains the loyalty and incision of a Choseon Intelligence impressing him.
It expresses the loneliness, longing, and affection that he would have felt in isolated spaces with VR technologies such as time changes, sounds and snow-dropping scenery to deliver them to the audience closer. Sehando VR which is essentially a three-dimensional reenactment piece of Korean sentiments and aesthetics has been praised globally. After their strong presence in China and Taiwan, they are planning to head to Geneva International Film Festival in November.
Finally, we have 1 Inch VR by M2S which attended SIGGRAPH 2019 as part of their official selection. 1 Inch VR is a VR adventure is based on a story by Nils Holgersons and features a miniature hero with a unique vantage on our everyday world. The game received the best award in the animation competition category at the ‘VR Fest 2019’, a U.S. VR content award due to its amazing VR storytelling. M2S was also the only Asian game in this year’s selection.
