Workers in the real and virtual spaces met at a metaverse-based industrial site and successfully collaborated remotely.

The Korea Electronics Technology Institute (KETI, President Shin Hee-dong) announced on the 6th that it has applied and demonstrated metaverse real-virtual linkage technology, which links a digital twin-based virtual environment with a real environment, to a work site.

On the 5th, the KETI Content Application Research Center (Director Lee Kyung-taek) successfully demonstrated technology by implementing a digital twin-based virtual manufacturing space and establishing a metaverse collaboration environment that links the virtual space with the MR space.

The center conducted remote collaboration where the boundary between reality and the virtual world disappeared by applying real-virtual integration technology to workers at the Seongnam Industrial Complex Innovation Support Center and the Changwon Smart Manufacturing Process Innovation Center (SMIC).

Specifically, remote workers (Seongnam City) accessed a virtual space rendered exactly like reality through VR devices, while on-site workers (Changwon City) were connected to the virtual space through AR/MR devices.

On this day, remote workers (VR) and virtual workers (MR) collaborated on maintenance for work equipment malfunctions and demonstrated key technologies, such as monitoring real-virtual integration situations.

Lee Kyung-taek, Director of the Content Application Research Center who led the technology development, said, “Through this demonstration, we can optimize manufacturing process lines and maximize work efficiency. "We have established an environment," they stated, adding, "In the future, we will focus on enhancing the technological competitiveness of the domestic manufacturing industry by developing more specific metaverse services for the manufacturing sector."

Meanwhile, this technology was developed as part of the 'XR Flagship Project (Manufacturing Sector)' organized by the Ministry of Science and ICT, with support from the National Information & Communication Technology Promotion Agency (NIPA) and research cooperation with Virnect Co., Ltd.