The City to Promote Specialist Companies and Form/Launch a Meta Governance Program in the Second Half of This Year
The Incheon hosted the 2nd round of the forum for the formation of the private and public cooperation system (OMG*) with the key metaverse companies of South Korea and other countries at the HQ of Deloitte Anjin Accounting Firm, Yeoui-do, on the 17th jointly with Incheon International Airport Cooperation. The event was hosted under the theme of “MetaWays, Incheon Stands Tall at the Center of the Metaverse,” with a view to seeking ways to secure the platform competitiveness and form a collaborative ecosystem, along with the development of the Metaverse industry.
This is the second round of the forum in which foreign companies, like MS or AWS, would also participate, after the first round held with nineteen South Korean companies only, such as Naver Cloud and NHN Cloud,etc., on May 24th. The corporation and the city government explained their strategies to proceed with the Metaverse project, and the key business participants discussed the related technologies and shared information during the event.
▲The Incheon hosted the 2nd round of the forum for the formation of the private and public cooperation system (OMG*) with the key metaverse companies of South Korea and other countries at the HQ of Deloitte Anjin Accounting Firm, Yeoui-do, on the 17th jointly with Incheon International Airport Cooperation. The event was hosted under the theme of “MetaWays, Incheon Stands Tall at the Center of the Metaverse,” with a view to seeking ways to secure the platform competitiveness and form a collaborative ecosystem, along with the development of the Metaverse industry. Photo: 2nd round of Open Metaverse Governance Forum
The forum this time was composed of four sessions, which were, respectively ▲ Invigoration of Incheon’s Metaverse ‘Urban Platform’ Ecosystem, ▲ The Establishment of the ‘Governance’ for the Invigoration of the Metaverse Industries and Realization of an Inclusive Society, ▲ Advice on the ‘Digital Cultural Contents’ in the Aspects of Civil Participation and Invigoration and Training of Metaverse Talents, and ▲ Cultivation of Incheon-Type Metaverse Specialist Companies and Development of the Corresponding Infrastructure(Gyeyang Techno valley ICT, Digital Contents-Specialized Industrial Complex).
Mr. Jaehoon Lee, the Director of the Airport Industry R&D Center of Incheon International Airport Corporation, said in his keynote speech that, under the theme of ‘the Introduction of Metaverse into the Incheon International Airport, “We will equip the ICN with a Metaverse system to provide new airport operation and service, and it is necessary to build a strong cooperative relationship and connections between the public sector and the private sector in the digital shift.” In addition, Professor Taehyung Kim of Dankook University, who is also the Metaverse MP, gave his presentation titled “MetaWAYS and the Goal of Open Metaverse Governance,” while Vice President Jeoseok Lee of Intel Korea presented “Digital Innovation Led by Data and Metaverse,’ followed by CEO Gyeongran Yang of Dassault System who presented under the title “Industrial Metaverse in the Perspective of Manufacturing Industries.’
A total of 15 key Metaverse businesses gave their presentations, followed by a discussion and Q&A sessions, which allowed vigorous discussion on how to gain economic viability and the strategies for public policies from different perspectives. Jiyeong Kim, the Smart City Officer ofthe Incheon, said, “Since Incheon is the first to build a Metaverse platform inthe public sector, we hope many technology companies and public agencies would join the effort to build a larger ecosystem,” adding, “We will launch a successful open Metaverse governance by the end of this year.”
The city is trying to build the first Metaverse platform in the public sector. This platform, once completed, will develop a 3D Map that encompasses Incheon International Airport, Open Port, Songdo International City, and Bupyeong Station, covering some 4 million m2, to serve as a Metaverse platform to operate an integrated XR service covering both outdoor and indoor positioning. For this purpose, the city plans to provide various Metaverse services, including Home to Play Airport (an AR GPS service optimized for tourist needs,) XR Open Port Docent, and the XR GPS for Bupyeong Station,etc.
Also, the city plans to go even further than the connection, communication, and collaboration between the public and private sectors to develop the Incheon e-connection Metaverse cooperation system based on the concept of METAWAYS (Metaverse + All Ways Incheon). With this, Incheon is hopefully taking the leading role in the Metaverse industry by developing new projects for securing new growth engines as a Metaverse city and building the social and institutional foundations, etc.
