In South Korea, a plan of three million euros for the metarers in Seoul

In South Korea, a word intrigues lately, that of metavers.Facebook has popularized the term by changing the name of his business in Meta, but these virtual realities already exist and South Korea seems to want to take the lead in the field.

The South Korean authorities want to accelerate the use of these virtual realities.They want to create a favorable economic environment.From the month of November 2021, the government launched an "alliance for the metavers", a consortium of 17 conglomerates, with the participation of the Samsung giant, to promote the development of this technology.

But they are already present here on a daily basis.For the search for an apartment, the Zigbang application already allows virtual reality visits.There is also the Zepeto platform, a social network, where you exchange with your friends through avatars.Very popular, the application produced by the South Korean Naver group lists more than 150 million users.

Exchanging soon with "the avatar of an official of the town hall" of Seoul

The town hall of Seoul also wishes to equip itself with its own metarers.The digital platform will be launched in early January 2022. The traditional sound of the belfry bells of Bosingak, symbol of the new year for the inhabitants of the capital will also resonate the metarers of the city for those who wish.The first step in an ambitious program."Our program is at different levels. First of all one of the objectives is to allow citizens to be able to assess all the municipal services in augmented reality. For example instead of moving for administrative procedures this will be possible toExchange with the avatar of an official of the town hall. But also, for the youngest who are comfortable with this technology, to be able to take online courses on different subjects thanks to the metarers ", explains Gang Jihyun, Directorof the intelligent city section of the municipality.

95% of the population is connected to the Internet

The South Korean capital has bet nearly three million euros on its platform from which it will be possible from 2023 to file a complaint in virtual reality.In order to target a large audience in a country where 95% of the population is connected to the Internet, this metarers will be accessible directly from a mobile phone."It must be extremely easy to use for as many people as possible to access it," said Gang Jihyun.

In 2026, Seoul's metarers was supposed to be able to allow citizens to chat with the mayor, to visit emblematic places of the city, to attend virtual ceremonies and civil servants to work only through this platform.To see if this virtual world aims to replace or complete the interactions between public power and the ten million inhabitants of the metropolis.