Tilon, a regional metaverse powerhouse... also builds large-scale international sports events
The metabus wind is strong in metropolitan cities. Seoul, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Gangwon-do, and Jeollanam-do stand out. In particular, Gangwon-do is attracting attention by participating as a cooperative organization that produces the world's first metabus service for a large-scale international sports event to be held early next year. Apple, which has a market cap of $3 trillion, announced its first XR (extended reality) device, 'Vision Pro' last month.
Meta, the world's largest VR device company, will release a new VR device called 'Quest 3' this fall. An international sports event to be held in Gangwon-do early next year will be produced with the Metaverse, and expectations are high that it will be an event that can be enjoyed with XR devices released by two tech giants, Apple and Meta. As the metabus, called the next-generation game changer, implements international sports events, it is expected to present attractions that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world at home and abroad.
Based on the potential of leading the domestic virtualization market, Tilon is actively promoting the domestic metabus industry. The Special Self-Governing Province People's Sports Festival (hereinafter referred to as the Jeju Provincial People's Sports Festival)' was also produced as a metabus platform and a metabus experience hall, drawing attention. It has emerged as a strong metabus of local governments, such as preparing for metabus projects with other local governments. On the 12th, I met Choi Yong-ho, CEO of Tilon, and heard about the company's metaverse competitiveness.
-What is the direction of Tilon's metabus business?
"We established a strategy to expand the metaverse into the space for economic and industrial activities, and established the direction of business order-winning activities. Digitalization of real space rather than creation of virtual space itself, and real world programs and data in digitized virtual space without any transformation. We are realizing CEO Baek-Jun Choi’s view of the metaverse world, which is to use it as it is. A representative example is the implementation of the metaverse as an extension of the existing work space at multiple public institution clients.”
-We are making a large-scale international sports event to be held in Gangwon-do early next year into a metabus. what is it
"The stadium of the international winter sports event to be held early next year in Pyeongchang and Gangneung, Gangwon-do, will be implemented as a virtual reality space. 'Metabus Sports Competition' where both players and users can harmonize through realistic game relay and development of tourism and cultural services. The Ministry of Science and ICT, the Korea Radio Promotion Association (RAPA), and Gangwon-do, a partner organization, will proceed as a national project for two years. World-class sports competitions will be implemented as a state-of-the-art metaverse that combines online and offline Promote ICT technology and provide a place for online virtual experiences and exchanges for global audiences Realize the venue of the event as a digital twin virtual world metaverse to provide immersive and immersive relaying, avatar creation and editing functions, It plans to provide various services such as building a community where players and spectators can chat, various game contents, etc. By developing AR navigation and tour guide services using augmented reality technology, spectators around the world will be able to enjoy the game in various formats. ."
- The project is promoted in the form of a consortium including Tilon. Other than Tilon, which companies are involved and what role do they play?
"First of all, Tilon, a company specializing in cloud virtualization and metaverse offices, is in charge of building a metaverse virtual world and developing NFT portal services. In addition, the nation's top full-time development companies in each field are participating. Augmented World is Gaon Media, a company specializing in artificial intelligence total solutions. The digital twin is handled by Coretech, a company specializing in infrastructure digital twins, and 4DReplay Korea is responsible for relaying real-time matches within the metaverse."
-Please explain Tilon's role in the construction of this metaverse in more detail.
"Tilon oversees the development of the virtual world and blockchain/NFT in this project. By realistically implementing offline sports games in the metaverse, we can hold cutting-edge metaverse events that combine online and offline, and both players and users can harmonize. We plan to service a platform that is available. According to the planning intention of the partner organization, Gangwon-do Provincial Government, we plan to continue to use the platform even after the end of the competition. When the platform is commercialized, we think it will get a great response from the world."
-It seems to be of great significance to the domestic metabus industry
“It is very meaningful in that it is the first sports event metabus platform accessed and used by a large number of users around the world. I think it will be an important opportunity to change the trend of future sports events. It is also an opportunity to increase K-Metaverse exports.In the process of building and operating the Metaverse platform, domestic companies can export a variety of products and services such as technology, software, and hardware, which increases profits and competitiveness of domestic companies. It will also contribute to strengthening. It can raise awareness and trust in the global market, which will have a positive impact on the improvement of the brand value of domestic companies and the national image."
-Gangwon-do also played a big role in the 'International Sports Event Metabus Service Establishment'. What value does it get?
“I think it will be able to give the image of being the mecca of the high-tech digital industry at home and abroad. In addition, it will be able to contribute to the attraction and integration of various high-tech and digital companies. It will also help to grow related industries and improve regional competitiveness. Metabus is an emerging digital continent and world trend. It is the direction that Korea and the world should go in. Gangwon-do is a major regional industry in the bio-health industry, ceramic new materials, and next-generation high-performance sensors, and if these are linked with the metaverse, it will be possible to increase competitiveness in many ways. In addition, since the metabus platform of international sports events like this one provides a variety of cultural contents, it will be possible to promote the region by utilizing Gangwon-do's abundant cultural resources even after the event ends, which will help develop and revitalize the local economy. . Gangwon-do is already famous for tourism. Combining tourism and advanced technology will create greater added value. This is also the usual theory of Gangwon-do officials."
-It seems to mean a lot to Tilon.
"Yes. In this business, Tilon is in charge of developing the entire virtual world, blockchain and NFT systems, and other key areas. This is a great opportunity to publicize our technological prowess to the world. In the growing metaverse market, It will be a good opportunity to solidify and export Tilon solutions to overseas markets beyond Korea.Apple introduced the headset 'Vision Pro' that implemented mixed reality last month, and Meta also released a new VR device in the fall, Interest in spatial computing has recently grown significantly.In this situation, introducing the sports competition metaverse platform developed by Tilon to the world is a good starting point for not only promoting Tilon technology, but also converging metaverse in various fields. ."
-Offline exhibits at international conventions can become a treasure trove once the event is over. What about the metaverse? Is there any plan to use it after the event?
“Unlike offline, the metabus space has the advantage of being available even after the event is over. The metabus platform of this project combines the metabus platform with Gangwon-do’s tourism and cultural resources according to the planning intention of the Gangwon-do Provincial Office for tourism, shopping, and lodging. , education, O2O service, etc., and plans to continue to use it to revitalize the local economy.It is a metaverse office solution that can perform all real world tasks such as sports as well as administration, education, and medical care. Administrative services should be handled within the metaverse. The NFT portal we build can also be used as a means of tourism and branding within Gangwon-do. Applying NFT to various city and county office events in the province will help revitalize the economy. I also want to nurture talented NFT writers and contribute to the activation of transactions through them.”
-In addition to Gangwon-do, Tilon also built a metaverse for Jeju-do residents' athletic meet last April. We are making success in the local government metabus market...
"Tilon's greatest strength is that it can provide differentiated services based on its original virtualization technology. Tilon goes beyond simply creating 3D worlds, and provides meta-commerce services, virtual desktop services, and NFTs incorporating AI technology within the metaverse. We have the technology to provide the services that users want, such as services. Thanks to this, we can immediately provide services that other companies cannot easily provide. In this regard, more and more customers are asking Tilon to build a metaverse. In particular, local meta Many local governments who want to build a bus want to provide practical services to users by integrating metaverse services, not a one-time metabus platform, with reality.For this, the metaverse office solution is essential, so the requirements of these demanders are well reflected. We will actively support the establishment of a platform that customers want.”
-Are you participating in the metabus project of other local governments?
“I cannot name all major projects, but in addition to the international sports event metabus construction project, I am participating in many local government metabus construction projects. We are participating in metabus projects in various fields, such as building a center, and we are continuing to increase references while preparing for a meta-commerce project that combines AI.”
