LG Uplus and Yonsei University to Unveil Metaverse Campus Transcending Time and Space Next Month

Signing of Business Agreement... Establishment of 'Virtual Campus'

LG Uplus is launching the metaverse campus 'Virtual Campus' in collaboration with Yonsei University.

LG Uplus and Yonsei University announced on the 10th that they have signed a business agreement to build a metaverse campus. Having started implementing the Virtual Campus in June, both institutions plan to conduct a final review of the construction status through this agreement and unveil it next month.

Hwang Hyun-sik, CEO of LG Uplus (left), and Seo Seung-hwan, President of Yonsei University, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement to build a metaverse campus.

Hwang Hyun-sik, CEO of LG Uplus, said, "We will be a reliable partner in helping Yonsei University's metaverse platform grow into an educational innovation platform," adding, "We will provide students with a new campus experience without spatial and temporal constraints."

Yonsei University has set the 'introduction of an online education platform and the full-scale use of virtual spaces for education' as a task under the Ministry of Education's University Innovation Support Project. In June, it began implementing the Virtual Campus, a virtual space where students can enjoy campus life identical to reality, through LG Uplus's metaverse platform 'UVERSE.'

Yonsei University's Virtual Campus vividly recreates symbolic buildings of the Sinchon Campus in 3D, including the Stimson Hall, Appenzeller Hall, Underwood Hall, and the open-air theater.

In particular, the open-air theater is designed to accommodate up to 1,000 users, enabling large-scale events such as the 'Regular Yonsei-Korea University Joint Cheer Event' and 'Akaraka (Festival)'.

In the metaverse space, Yonsei University has enhanced immersion with various content such as ▲chatting with professors and students ▲checking course status, announcements, and schedules ▲watching game-style lectures ▲customizing avatars using Yonsei University goods.

Seoh Seung-hwan, president of Yonsei University, said, "The metaverse holds great significance in universities as it allows testing various possibilities beyond the physical limitations of campus spaces and institutional constraints," adding, "We will provide students with a new campus experience without spatial and temporal constraints."