SK Telecom announced on the 5th that it has implemented large-scale service updates, including introducing an economic system to expand the creator-centered metaverse ecosystem on the metaverse platform E-Friend and opening the 'E-Friend Studio' for creating avatar costumes.

Profit generation is now possible on SKT's metaverse platform, 'E-Friend.'

SKT announced on the 5th that it has implemented a large-scale service update, including operating an economic system on its metaverse platform, Ifland, to strengthen the metaverse ecosystem centered on creators.

SK Telecom announced on the 5th that it has carried out a large-scale service update, including launching the economic system in earnest on the metaverse platform Ifland and strengthening the metaverse ecosystem centered on creators. Additionally, starting with this regular update, we plan to carry out a total of three large-scale updates within the year.

Through this regular update of Ifland, SKT has introduced new features such as △'Ifland Points', which can be used as participant rewards and host sponsorship, △Ifland PC beta version, △'Lounge' for first-time visitors to the metaverse, and △'Ifland Studio', where you can create your own avatar costume.

In this update, SKT announced the introduction of 'ifland points'.

Users can accumulate points and donate them to hosts who run E-Friend meetups. Hosts can then request cashout of the sponsorship points they receive at the end of each month to their personal accounts for settlement the following month. There are also plans to link E-Friend Points to cryptocurrency in the future.

Additionally, 'ifland studio', where you can easily and quickly create avatar costumes, is opening.

'E-Friend Studio' provides the ability to create and share avatar costumes that can be used within E-Friend based on 11 templates.

SKT is introducing a beta version of the Windows-based E-Friend PC to enhance user convenience and accessibility. It will be provided to hosts such as E-Friends (E-Friend influencers) and will be operated on a trial basis for approximately two months, and will be provided to all E-Friend users after updates.

By opening the 'E-Friend Lounge', the user interface (UI) has been improved, allowing users to participate in the 'E-Friend Lounge' without registering as a member through a more streamlined process than before.

Yang Maeng-seok, head of SKT Metaverse CO, said, "Through this large-scale update, we have fully launched the economic system within E-Friend and further increased user participation and accessibility to services." He added, "We will further expand the E-Friend ecosystem through additional large-scale updates within the year."