[Reportage] "Going to the Future of 2052" SKT Experience Center 'Tium'

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[Reportage] "Going to the Future of 2052" SKT Experience Center 'Tium'

Published2022.06.20 11:43

▲ 'Robot Gate' at the entrance of the T.um Experience Center

Opened in 2008, reopens two years after the COVID-19 pandemic
5G-based UAM · AI · Metaverse · XR... A comprehensive collection of cutting-edge technologies

The gate to the future has finally opened.

The robot gate opened, and the journey to the futuristic city of 'Highland' began.

Highland is an eco-friendly automated city built on the seabed and in space, realized with advanced ICT technologies such as AI, robots, and energy-saving technologies, 30 years from now. Highland can be found at the ICT experience center 'Tium'.

'T.um' is an experience center spanning a total of 414 pyeong that recreates the future city of 2052 envisioned by SKT.

'Tium' is a name combining 'T' from technology and telecommunications and 'um' from sprouting, embodying SKT's vision of presenting new possibilities through hyper-connectivity and sprouting a sustainable future where the environment, humans, and technology coexist.

Visitors to 'Tium' will experience technologies such as UAM, AI, metaverse, and XR based on 5G ultra-high-speed communication as they follow a story that takes them through space and the seabed for about an hour.

■ Traveling from Seoul to Busan in 15 minutes on the 'Hyperloop' to space

'Hyperloop', a future communication method enabled by SKT's ultra-high-speed network

After passing through the gate, you arrive at the Hyperloop boarding area. Hyperloop is a future AI autonomous transportation system capable of traveling from Seoul to Busan in about 15 minutes at a speed of 1,300 km/h.

Through video and vibration, I was able to vividly experience the process of riding the Hyperloop, realized by SKT's ultra-high-speed network, passing through a desert city to reach a docking station and a space control center.

■ Riding a VR drone right up to a volcano? 'Space Control Center'

▲ Monitoring the Earth environment at the space control center

When you get off at the space control center via the Hyperloop, you can meet the captain and monitor the space, Earth environment, and Earth ecosystem through a giant holographic screen featuring footage taken in space by three probes.

Visitors ride a drone to assess the situation at the site of an earthquake in the Colima volcanic region in Mexico, and then proceed with the operation to rescue deer.

Wearing a VR device inside a capsule, accessing a 360-degree remote video, and holding a heating rod temperature sensor in front of a volcano was a quite immersive experience.

■ Mission! Destroy the meteorite with a remote robot

▲ Solving the asteroid collision problem #39;Teleport Room'

Visitors receive a message instructing them to attend a meeting to overcome the asteroid collision crisis.

They also treat space survivors rescued by unmanned drones while traveling in a space shuttle using advanced telemedicine. You can listen to the AI doctor's diagnosis and experience a seamless artificial organ transplant surgery through the device.

After arriving at the underwater city, connect to a remote robot and carry out the mission to change the trajectory of a meteor heading toward Earth.

MR, which combines reality and virtual information, creates a realistic virtual world by leveraging the strengths of AR and VR.

Sitting in a teleportation room, wearing an AR device, you destroy meteorites within a metaverse implemented in a game format, this time by directly controlling your direction.

Although there are no difficult controls, the lively movements and graphics of smashing meteorites are likely to interest those who have not experienced the metaverse.

■ 2052 SKT Smart City 'Highland'

▲ To the 'Highlands' by flying shuttle

Finally, the journey concludes with a ride on a 4D ride to the Highlands.

Highland is an eco-friendly automated city based on an AI platform where intelligent traffic management, solar power facilities, autonomous driving, UAM, and vertical farms have been commercialized.

In the Highlands, which have responded to climate change and environmental pollution, everything is connected as a single network.

An SKT official stated, "We will transition our total electricity consumption to renewable energy by 2050," adding, "We will expand our positive influence on customers and society while enhancing trust in transparent management."

Also, wrapping up the tour“A future of making a new leap forward with cutting-edge technology, and a future of creating new value through ESG management—this is the future that SKT aims to create,” he added.

Meanwhile, 'Tium' has been visited by approximately 160,000 people from over 180 countries and was selected by CNN as one of the '13 Must-See Places in Seoul' and won the top prize in the 'Exposition & Commercial Exhibition' category at the 'iF Design Awards'.

Admission to 'Tium' is free, and anyone can apply on the website for up to 10 people per session. English and Chinese interpretation services are also available for foreign visitors.

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