Naver Cloud Launches Digital Twin Solution 'Arc Eye'
Applied to State-of-the-Art Building 1784... Neom City Bidding Intensifies
[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Choi] Naver is introducing its digital twin solution 'ARC eye,' which attracted attention in Saudi Arabia's smart city project 'NEOM City,' to the global market. Digital twin technology replicates real-world spaces virtually and serves as the foundation for smart city implementation. Through its cloud-based digital twin solution, Naver plans to actively seek global partners beyond Saudi Arabia.
Scanning Entire Real Spaces and Objects into the Virtual World
On the 23rd, Naver Cloud announced that it will launch the digital twin solution 'ARC eye,' applied in Naver's second office building '1784,' through the Naver Cloud platform. Digital twin is a virtual world created by scanning real spaces or objects in their entirety. It is a smart city infrastructure technology necessary for creating high-precision maps for robots and autonomous vehicles, city monitoring, and simulations based on environmental changes.
ARC eye replicates large-scale urban spaces into the virtual world through high-precision mapping and positioning technologies using various devices such as mapping robots (M2) and backpacks. As demand increases from companies and organizations aiming to build digital twins of vast everyday spaces like shopping malls, airports, subway stations, and high-rise buildings, ARC eye provides integrated core technologies, specialized equipment, and cloud infrastructure.
Specifically, it offers fully managed cloud services including ▲devices such as mapping robots and backpacks ▲digital twin data construction ▲artificial intelligence-based positioning (Visual Localization) application programming interfaces (APIs) ▲and 2D map creation tools. All stages of building a digital twin?spatial data design, processing, and API services?can be used separately by function. Since all data is provided through Naver Cloud, it ensures security levels and scalability, facilitating global expansion.
Storing Large-Scale Data on the Cloud Reduces Initial Investment Burden
In particular, from a business perspective, storing and processing large-scale data on the cloud enables stable business operations. For example, when enhancing or modifying parts of the digital twin area, only the necessary sections need to be minimally worked on. Fees are charged based on resource usage, reducing the burden of large initial investments.
Sangyoung Han, Executive Director of Strategy & Planning at Naver Cloud, emphasized, “Naver’s digital twin solution combines globally recognized R&D capabilities with experience and know-how accumulated through actual testing in various spaces. By launching it as a fully managed cloud service rather than a self-built product, it supports everything from data processing to API creation on the console without separate installation, adding differentiation.”
Naver has also entered the bidding for NEOM City by combining its digital twin solution with its technologies in cloud and robotics. With Saudi Arabia showing interest in Naver’s technological capabilities, a bidding support team organized by NEOM City’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport visited Saudi Arabia earlier this month. 'Team Naver,' including key personnel from Naver Cloud and Naver Labs, met with major Saudi government officials to showcase core technologies.
The Saudi government plans to realize a future AI city where robots and humans coexist through NEOM City. This includes precise positioning and mapping technologies for the 500-meter-tall vertical city, as well as robotics operation know-how, which explains their interest in Naver’s cutting-edge ICT technologies.
At the Q3 earnings conference call on the 7th, Naver CEO Suyeon Choi said, “It is difficult to predict specific contracts at this point,” but added, “This visit to Saudi Arabia will be a great opportunity to showcase Naver’s advanced ICT technologies related to robots, cloud, AI, smart buildings, and smart city construction to global corporate partners.”
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