On the 28th, Ltd. announced its completion of the content production for the 2023 Realistic Digital Mental Strength Education Content Production Project.

This project aims to strengthen the all-out warfare power of the Korean Armed Forces by developing realistic content and educational programs on major battles, historical sites, and examples of military spirit.

In 2021, Ltd. has developed more immersive content using their experience in mental power education. They have also implemented a systematic VR content and educational program design method.

This content offers an efficient learning experience through the creation of 360 VR and 360 VR videos of security sites that are difficult for soldiers to visit in person. Additionally, it includes VR animations based on the Battle of Dabudong, one of the representative battles of the Korean War, providing an opportunity to experience the battlefield vividly with the feeling of directly participating in the historical scene.

Additionally, VR can enhance the educational experience by enabling immersive and engaging learning. It facilitates in-depth learning through natural repetition and self-directed study before and after the experience. Our program development prioritizes scalability and flexibility, utilizing mirroring that can be adjusted with Oculus Quest 3 for optimal effectiveness.

The completed content has been installed and distributed to over 900 devices. The scope of immersive training will gradually expand as it is distributed to additional units in the future.

XR and Metaverse edtech company NEWKL (CEO Byungsoo Kim) announced that it is expanding its Metaverse mental health platform 'XR VERSE Mind' to include psychological health services customized for various organizations such as public institutions, schools, and companies.

'XR VERSE Mind' is one of the XR VERSE spaces on NEWKL's metaverse platform and a service designed for mental health. In particular, it is characterized by the flexibility to provide the necessary services by building or leasing according to the characteristics of the adopting organization or company, and users can experience various mental health contents such as psychological counseling, stress management, and healing programs in the metaverse environment.

This year's expansion plans include developing and launching specialized programs including music and art therapy programs to provide creative and emotional healing methods, as well as a program to train professionals in metaverse psychotherapy using professional psychotherapy tools.

"This expansion plan for 'XR VERSE Mind' will provide a new way to utilize the metaverse in education and corporate environments, while also driving innovation in the field of psychological healthcare," said Byungsoo Kim, CEO of NEWKL.

As the importance of mental health is increasingly emphasized in modern society, we believe that many organizations can play an important role with 'XR VERSE Mind', and we will make it an example of the scalability of metaverse technology globally."

NEWKL announced on the 30th that it has won the contract for the '2023 SW (Software) Future Fill Instructor Metaverse Competency Enhancement Training Operation' of Incheon Techno Park.

Supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education, the SW Future Fill project, which is promoted by Incheon Technopark, aims to build a SW education ecosystem in Incheon, and will train SW Future Fill instructors to provide SW teaching opportunities to schools that lack SW education facilities and opportunities.

NEWKL, an edtech company specializing in XR and metaverse learning, will conduct a metaverse-based coding education project for 90 SW Mirae Chaeum instructors through the '2023 SW Mirae Chaeum Instructor Metaverse Competency Enhancement Training Operation Service' to train instructors on the Incheon Meta Campus platform of the Incheon City Office of Education.

The Incheon Meta Campus consists of a project room where students can create with coding, an exhibition room where students can display their creations, an education center with meeting functions, and a classroom space where classes can be held, and Newcle has already built a creative editor (3D content authoring tool) that can be used within this metaverse with Incheon Meta Campus.

NEWKL has also won the Ministry of Defense's 2023 realistic digital mental power education content production project and the Korea Electronics and Information Industry Promotion Association's future automotive field workforce training XR textbook development project, and is currently pursuing these projects simultaneously.

"We will prepare the instructor training course related to the Incheon MetaCampus platform with optimal contents so that SW Mirae Chaeum instructors can actively and effectively utilize the Incheon MetaCampus platform in the design and operation of next year's training curriculum," said an official from NEWKL.

NEWKL(CEO Kim Byung-soo), an edtech company specializing in XR and metaverse learning, announced that it has been selected as a target company for the Korea Electronics and Information Industry Promotion Association's (KEA) future automotive field workforce training XR textbook development service project and is promoting the development of content for eco-friendly automotive field workforce training.

The service project was promoted to understand the core structure of electric vehicles through realistic indirect experience and to improve maintenance capabilities such as identifying live wires, and the corresponding teaching materials, which were developed by Newcle, will be used for basic electric vehicle structure and high-voltage safety education by creating 3D configuration diagrams and perspective diagrams for each E-GMP-based system as XR-based realistic contents so that they can be experienced.

According to NEWKL, which has been in full-scale development since this month, VR content is focused on securing universality by using universal programs that can be developed and maintained in the future, and providing resources for development software that can be upgraded such as expansion, modification, supplementation, and addition during further development.

Through the field usability analysis of the training, it will be composed of contents centered on the basics necessary for learning, such as basic principles, structures, and component assembly situations, and will also include the setting of device specifications with universality through system optimization, optimization tests, and the configuration of matters necessary to build an optimal practice environment.

The company is also focusing on making scenarios and user interfaces more intuitive in consideration of users who are new to HMD (Head mounted Display) devices required for training, and providing a screen that is close to reality through 3D modeling or realistic photography of the overall shape of the car to reproduce the vehicle in the digital twin. Above all, the company explains that it considers practical training using XR teaching materials to enhance the sense of realism and immersion and increase learning effectiveness.

NEWKL is said to be especially optimized for this service project as it has sufficiently accumulated relevant patented technologies and experience know-how in the fields of educational content and LMS using XR and metaverse, and has a variety of implementation results. The company also plans to fully apply the requirements of the Korea Electronics and Information Technology Industry Promotion Association as it made a proposal with confidence in the field for this project, which was promoted through a general competition contract.

NEWKL was also selected as a target company for Incheon Techno Park's 2023 SW Future Fill Instructor Metaverse Competency Enhancement Training Operation Service and the Ministry of Defense's 2023 Realistic Digital Mental Power Training Content Production Project.

NEWKL(CEO Kim Byung-soo), an edtech company specializing in XR and metaverse learning, announced that it has won the Ministry of Defense's 2023 realistic digital mental power education content production project.

This project was promoted to maximize the effectiveness of mental warfare education by distributing digital textbooks for mental warfare education using realistic contents in accordance with the development of ICT technology and changes in the educational environment, and at the same time, indirectly experiencing major battles, historical sites, and cases of military spirit expression while using various materials.

NEWKL will produce content that allows users to experience the main battle of the Nakdong River defense line during the Korean War in VR under the theme of 'US-ROK Alliance' by winning the project. In addition, under the theme of 'North Korea's military provocations', it will produce content that allows you to tour the North Korean military provocation room in the War Memorial, and 360-degree VR experience content of major security tourist sites such as Tongul, Labor Party, Panmunjom, and Unification Observatory under the theme of 'Security Sites'.

These contents are designed to be utilized for mental warfare education such as nationalism, adversarialism, and soldierly spirit, and will be piloted and applied to field units before finally being applied to designated units.

NEWKL is launching and operating the metaverse learning platform XR VERSE, XR BOOK, XR LIVE, etc. based on the technology based on XR (extended reality) that it has accumulated for a long time, and at the same time, it is promoting businesses such as HRD strategy, competency-based education system, and course development for companies and public institutions, and this business plans to produce and supply content suitable for business purposes by actively utilizing its know-how in creating realistic content.

In the past, we have won many projects for local governments and public institutions, including the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's 'Metaverse Jungdok', Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education's 'Incheon Meta Campus', and the National Arboretum's 'Operation Insect Collection'.

In addition to this Ministry of Defense project, NEWKL has also won the Incheon Techno Park's 2023 SW Future Fill Instructor Metaverse Competency Enhancement Training Operation Service and the Korea Electronics & Information Industry Promotion Association's Future Automotive Field Workforce Training XR Textbook Development Project at the same time, acquiring high business performance until the end of this year.

"As the level of XR and Metaverse education required by enterprises and institutions is increasing, educational materials must be able to support this," said Byungsoo Kim, CEO of NEWKL. "With our advanced XR Metaverse edtech technology and achievements, we are confident that we can best fulfill this part of the project, and we will complete this order quickly and accurately."

NEWKL has introduced "XR VERSE MIND" on September 25, which is one of the spaces on its metaverse platform XR VERSE, and has begun operating mainly for businesses, public institutions, and schools.

'XR VERSE MIND' is a metaverse mental health (metacare) platform designed for daily mental health needs, utilizing the advantages of the metaverse without psychological, social, and physical burdens to care for daily mental health.

In particular, it stands out as a comprehensive space where you can take care of your daily mental health, including psychological counseling, healing, and meditation. Metaverse's professional psychologists provide not only psychological counseling through professional psychological tools, but also various healing programs developed for mental care, providing expertise that is easy to miss in everyday life.

'XR VERSE MIND' consists of three floors. On the first floor, there is a mental health room for individual and team psychological counseling through psychological counseling tools and programs, a professional psychological counseling service of Metaverse, and on the second floor, there is a mind research center, a meditation room for individual and team meditation, and a mind simulation room for psychological healing of traumatic situations. At the MIND Lab, metaverse psychotherapy experts research ways to support individual and team mental care through various psychotherapy methods.

On the third floor, you can walk through the passageways connected to the first and second floors, passing through a healing space where you can float a glowing paper boat that reflects the calmness of your heart, and a healing space called " 마음 숨(MIND BREATH)" where you can have a relaxing and peaceful prayer experience according to your religious beliefs.

For a more enhanced service, NEWKL plans to connect with mental health providers in your area if you need medical attention, so that the psychotherapy portion of XR VERSE can be seamlessly combined with your local healthcare provider.

Kim Byung-soo, CEO of NEWKL, said, "This platform is prepared to serve as a mental health hub for companies, public institutions, and schools so that they can feel comfortable and experience daily mental health services anytime, anywhere through psychological counseling and various mental health programs." "We will grow into a metaverse mental health platform that serves the world through our accumulated experience and research through clinical trials."

NEWKL announced on the 18th that it has introduced the metaverse mind health platform 'XR VERSE Healing Space' as a new service to take care of daily mind health.

'XR VERSE Healing Space is a metaverse mental health platform with a three-story structure in the metaverse that provides various services on each floor. The first floor is a space for professional psychological counseling, and the second floor is a research center, meditation room, and mind simulation room for traumatic situations. The third floor consists of a healing road and a religious healing space, making it convenient to use emotionally, socially, and physically without any burden.

We have also introduced unique features such as the AI Mental Health Caregiver. This feature analyzes the client's counseling information to help the counselor provide effective counseling and accompanies each experience as a friendly colleague. It also provides tools for counselors to create their own AI counseling tools.d teachers to learn to code and display their work in the Metaverse for other students to experience. Students can also utilize their work as source code for other students' development, creating a reciprocal educational effect.

NEWKL plans to further strengthen its metaverse LMS construction business based on its self-developed metaverse learning platform, XR VERSE. Through this, it will integrate with existing LMSs operated by companies, public institutions, schools, and educational organizations to present a new learning experience platform with XR content.

The Stress Care Psychological Counseling Program for employees of LS Group affiliates is now successfully underway. The program, which began in May, is in the final stages of completion as of August and is having a positive effect on many employees, according to the company.

"These efforts for everyday mental health will be of great significance to modern people," said an official from NEWKL. "This XR VERSE healing space is presenting a new paradigm for mental health and opening up the future of psychological counseling and mental care in the metaverse."

NEWKL, a company specializing in Metaverse learning platforms, announced that it has successfully developed Creative Editor (a 3D content authoring tool) that can be used within Metaverse in conjunction with the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education's Metaverse-based coding education project, Incheon Metacampus.

The Incheon Metacampus provides communication functions such as real-time voice, text, and video chat, and consists of a project room where students can create through coding, an exhibition room where they can display their creations, an education center with conference functions, and a classroom space where classes can be held..

The new version of Creative Editor provides scripted and block-coded authoring capabilities for creating games and interactive content within the Metaverse. This allows students and teachers to learn to code and display their work in the Metaverse for other students to experience. Students can also utilize their work as source code for other students' development, creating a reciprocal educational effect.

NEWKL plans to further strengthen its metaverse LMS construction business based on its self-developed metaverse learning platform, XR VERSE. Through this, it will integrate with existing LMSs operated by companies, public institutions, schools, and educational organizations to present a new learning experience platform with XR content.

"These contributions are recognized as shifting the paradigm of coding education, pioneering a new educational environment based on the metaverse, and breaking new ground in metaverse coding education," said a representative from NEWKL. "We believe that this will foster students' creativity and problem-solving skills while enhancing their practical coding skills required in the AI era."

'NEWKL' announced on the 12th that it has successfully conducted an offline XR healing program at Dankook University's affiliated software high school.

NEWKL is a metaverse edtech company powered by XR (extended reality). Recently, it has been applying its XR BOOK program to the education industry in earnest.

The XR Healing Program was held on the 1st of this month under the theme of 'Convergence of Psychology, Technology, and Humanities'. The program was designed to present a new form of education that uses virtual reality (VR) to experience humanities and, in doing so, raise awareness of self-reflection and mental health.

The "XR BOOK The Little Prince Meets Me" program gave participants a chance to examine their own real-life relationships and inner deficiencies through the story of The Little Prince. It was a novel way to engage in humanistic reflection through VR and XR technology, and was praised for helping students understand philosophical messages in complex literary works.

The program also elicited active participation from the students and gave them a chance to think about the future direction of IT development. Through experiential learning using VR and AR technologies, students were able to objectify their minds and improve their understanding from a new perspective.

"The XR BOOK program has opened up a new paradigm in education by allowing students to experience the convergence of the humanities and technology as an important tool to improve their understanding of mental health," said a company representative. "This pushing of the boundaries of education is creating new opportunities for students to learn in more diverse and creative ways."

NEWKL.Inc, an edtech company, announced the establishment of the XR VERSE MAUM(MIND) Institute, a metaverse-based psychological research institute that can be accessed via PC, mobile, and VR, and is preparing to launch a metaverse specialized psychological counseling platform.

In today's complex and diverse society, a healthy mind is one of the most important factors for happiness, according to NEWKL. In fact, the trend of companies in the United States and Europe spending money on psychological counseling for the mental health of not only employees but also their families is spreading and being introduced in Korea one by one. In response, NEWKL has established a psychological research institute and prepared a psychological counseling platform.

The XR VERSE MAUM(MIND) Lab will research the development of professional psychological counseling and mind growth programs in the metaverse based on XR VERSE. Unlike conventional psychological counseling, metaverse psychological counseling is a method in which the avatar of 'me' and the avatar of 'the counselor' meet in a virtual space and talk to each other. Various psychological techniques can be used in this process.

To this end, the director of the Institute, who conducted the first VR psychotherapy in Korea, a metaverse psychologist, and a lecturer are the core staff of the Institute, and they will conduct research and clinical studies on metaverse psychotherapy techniques, training courses for metaverse psychologists, mind growth programs for companies and institutions, and the development of mind growth programs tailored for individuals and families.

In particular, the purpose of the institute stands out in that it aims to make it easy, comfortable, and affordable to take care of mental health through mindfulness programs by developing metaverse-based professional psychological counseling functions, healing space experiences, and trauma simulation rooms, and to contribute to the healthy growth and happy lives of people and organizations through mindfulness.

"It is true that it takes courage and time to find a psychiatrist or face-to-face psychological counseling, and it is not easy to activate a psychological counseling room in the company, as it is also worried about the gaze of the surrounding people." "We expect to play a role in opening the minds of more people to access psychological healing in a free time and space with guaranteed anonymity and non-face-to-face, centered on the MZ generation, which prefers digital communication," said an official from NEWKL.

NEWKL (CEO Byungsoo Kim) announced today that it has won the metaverse reading project of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Jungdok Library, which has been operating for a long time in the center of Bukchon, Seoul, and will build a metaverse reading library based on its own metaverse platform, XR VERSE, and will participate in the library's evolutionary service delivery role.

By winning this project for Jeongdok Library, a public library that leads the spread of reading culture and lifelong learning by providing rich materials and lifecycle-specific programs as an information, culture, and education center, NEWKL will participate in building 'Metaverse Jeongdok' by developing a metaverse-based public library service that anyone can participate in and enjoy without time and space limitations.

For this purpose, user character design (3D) and 3D space design work within the world of 'metaverse reading' will be carried out to realize the main plaza consisting of the library exterior and surrounding plazas, information space, career experience center, seminar room, event hall, and Seoul Education Museum archive.

Once this 'metaverse reading' is completed, it will be possible to implement character customization functions as well as library management programs such as live video lectures through the seminar function. In particular, in the main plaza, a tablet hunt game will be implemented, and work experience content will be developed. In addition, useful games within the metaverse will be implemented, such as "Industrial Bridge Crossing," a game that crosses bridges in search of information for each industry, and "Future Job Creation," which creates future jobs by combining given words.

NEWKL will also introduce its reflection writing program, the XR BOOK 'The Little Prince, Meet Me' program. XR BOOK 'The Little Prince, Meet Me' is a program that uses the novel The Little Prince as a humanities book based on XR through XR (VR, AR) 2D, 3D, and environments to focus on and reflect on the story of the Little Prince.

It is expected to be known as a popular library content when it is completed because it is a reading healing program that can reflect on the person living on each planet depending on the target audience, such as adults, teenagers, and children, and is excellent as VR content itself, but can also be used as a reading discussion or writing program. It was also unveiled at the Germany Book Fair in 2022 and was well received.

"As a leading edtech company in XR and Metaverse, we will do our best to ensure that the Metaverse library construction project, which is being promoted to provide more diverse programs to citizens, is completed with high quality," said Byungsoo Kim, CEO of NEWKL.

NEWKL, an XR-based Metaverse learning platform developer, announced on the 15th that it will release an AR-based immersive educational content that allows users to experience the contents of the National Arboretum more realistically.

The content developed by NEWKL, which was selected as a project of the National Arboretum, is an AR-based 'insect collection operation' designed to collect insects that are difficult to collect in reality based on AR technology. The intention of the content is to allow people to experience and explore insects without hesitation and realize the importance of maintaining insect diversity.

To this end, it was designed as an experience-oriented structure that allows users to feel, know, try, and share in a three-dimensional way while enjoying the game of collecting insects by utilizing the tools used to collect insects, not just collecting them, and naturally learning information about their habitats and collection methods.

Through GPS-based AR experience activities, users can experience collecting AR-enhanced insects in the habitat where real insects live, and when they complete the given mission, they can receive arboretum plants in the app and souvenirs offline. In addition, AR photos taken while collecting insects and activity stories such as collecting tips can be shared using SNS, which can lead to natural promotional content for the app and the National Arboretum.

"Insect collecting, which used to be so common that it was a regular homework assignment every vacation, is now a special experience, so we wanted to capture the sentiment of that time as realistically as possible," said a representative from NEWKL. "When the official service opens soon, it will become another popular activity to enjoy the National Arboretum."

NEWKL, an XR Metaverse learning platform company, announced today that it has won a project to build a Metaverse learning platform for the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education and is building on XR VERSE, which it developed as the first commercial Metaverse learning platform for HRD companies.

NEWKL has won a project to introduce XR VERSE to the National Folk Museum's permanent exhibition 'A Lifetime of Koreans' and is applying it, and has also won a project from the Incheon City Office of Education to introduce it together.

The significance of this is that XR VERSE can be customized smoothly according to the place of introduction and purpose of introduction, and the expected effect after introduction has been verified, according to a company official.

XR VERSE, a platform developed to experience new learning connected to reality in a virtual space, is characterized by implementing a full 3D space based on the 'FKDS' design model of Feeling, Understanding, Knowing, Doing, and Sharing to enable an effective learning experience in it.

NEWKL recently won the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Award at the '4th Industrial Revolution Power Korea Daejeon', proving its excellence in the XR-based Metaverse learning platform it is promoting. It seems that this technology has been applied to XR VERSE and has had a positive impact on business orders from Incheon City Office of Education.

In particular, the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education Metaverse platform construction project is expected to be a step forward in that it is a project to develop an authoring tool that allows students to develop 3D-based content within the Metaverse.

This is presented as a Metaverse platform that enables users to create a Metaverse ecosystem by themselves and learn to code naturally by developing and providing authoring tools that allow students to code in a scripted manner or develop in a non-coding manner depending on their development level.

"XR VERSE can be customized according to the needs of many education-related institutions such as schools and training centers, as well as companies and public institutions, and by utilizing it, education, telecommuting, teleconferencing, and remote consultation can be conducted in a more advanced environment." "The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education's Metaverse platform will also actively utilize it to provide new experiences to education consumers in Incheon," said Kim Byung-soo, CEO of NEWKL.

A company specializing in the XR Metaverse learning platform, announced that it has applied its Metaverse learning platform, XR VERSE, to a permanent exhibition at the National Folk Museum of Korea.

The National Folk Museum of Korea's permanent exhibition, "The Life of a Korean," which shows the major processes that Koreans go through from birth to death from the Joseon Dynasty to modern times, is characterized by 10 subtopics, including birth and education, coming-of-age ceremonies, government offices and professions, marriage and family, play, water annuals, healing, ceremonies, and festivals, allowing visitors to observe the lives of Koreans in general.

NEWKL, which won the project to build 'The Life of a Korean' into a Metaverse space, plans to open the service by implementing the exhibition space in 'XR VERSE' and ZEPETO, allowing users to enjoy the exhibition contents of the National Folk Museum in a new way, including the Metaverse content that allows users to learn about the main rituals of Koreans through the ages through the 'Four-cut Photo Hall' theme, which is familiar and popular with Millennials and Generation Z.

A company representative said, "'XR VERSE' has the scalability to be used in various directions such as education, telecommuting, teleconferencing, and remote consultation, as it can be customized according to the scale and purpose of museum exhibitions and education-related companies or institutions such as companies, schools, and training centers."

"We are carefully preparing for the permanent exhibition at the National Folk Museum, and you can expect to see new types of exhibitions soon."

Meanwhile, 'XR VERSE', which was officially launched in August last year, is a new conceptual platform that allows users to experience new learning connected to reality in a virtual space. Based on the 'FKDS' design model of feeling, understanding, applying, doing, and sharing, a full 3D space is designed and an effective learning experience can be experienced in it, so new educational effects that have not been felt before can be expected.

An edtech company specializing in XR-Metaverse learning, laid the foundation for its growth this year by winning the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Award and participating in the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany.

At the '4th Industrial Revolution Power Korea Grand Prix', a ceremony to select and award companies leading innovative growth with products and services utilizing advanced IT technologies such as AI (artificial intelligence), big data, and robotics in each industry, NEWKL won the Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Award, signaling the objective excellence of the XR-based Metaverse learning platform it is promoting.

The '4th Industrial Revolution Power Korea War' is an event established to contribute to the creation of a human-centered and smart society by forming a national consensus among the government, businesses, and the people to publicize and clearly understand the need for the 4th Industrial Revolution. At that time, we received good reviews for our XR-based learning program and operation platform 'XR BOOK' and 'XR VERSE' that provides learning and edutainment experience content.

XR BOOK was subsequently exhibited at the Frankfurt International Book Fair in Germany, the world's largest book fair, to introduce the platform and showcase XR BOOK's signature content, "The Little Prince. Meet me' program to global visitors. At that time, meetings were held with more than 40 major overseas publishers such as Oxford DK for business partnerships, and the follow-up process is currently being promoted with many companies, which will lead to tangible results this year.

According to NEWKL, these major awards and the discovery of global business partners through participation in overseas exhibitions are significant in that they were achieved immediately after the company changed its corporate name from The H. Alder to NEWKL, and 2023 is set to be the year of significant expansion.

A company representative said, "We are collaborating with a number of companies due to the Frankfurt Book Fair, and we are also having meetings to introduce the 'Meet the Little Prince' Reflection Writing Program, and many large and small libraries in Korea are showing great interest, so we believe that the number of adoption sites will continue to increase." "This year, we will launch the second content of XR BOOK, 'The Wizard of Oz' and the third content, 'Korean Founder Leadership', and will continue to expand the content in the future."

THE HRDer, which has been developing an XR-based Metaverse learning platform for a long time, announced that it has changed its name to Newkl and is expanding its business to a wider range.

The new name, NEWKL, stands for "NEW Knowledge & Learning," and aims to become an edtech-based HRD company that presents new perspectives and experiences based on the essence of HRD, knowledge and learning, and becomes a force of change for new growth of individuals and organizations.

XR BOOK, NEWKL's representative brand, is an XR-based learning program and operating platform that targets a wide range of ages, including children, teenagers, and adults, and develops stories of humanities, art, history, and great people into an interactive content Reflection Writing Work Book based on extended reality (XR) that combines AR, VR, MR, and 2D/3D animation to provide customized learning programs for each audience. Ultimately, we provide a system that can be operated online and offline.

In particular, last year, we launched 'XR VERSE', a Metaverse learning platform that encompasses all of the extended reality and various technologies that we have accumulated, as a commercial service, allowing users to experience new learning connected to reality in a virtual space, so we plan to use this year as the first year of full-scale dissemination of the service as a new company after completing the mission change.

The service provides communication-specific functions and initial six learning activities for lectures and learning, and provides various experience contents through its own theme spaces such as art, healing, performance, camping, and games with edutainment elements. In addition, each content experience will be interconnected using augmented and virtual reality. The XR technology applied to 'XR VERSE' has been patented and the company is focusing on supplying and spreading it to the domestic and international education market.

The use of Metaverse, a virtual space platform, is spreading in the education industry. As online remote classes are activated due to COVID-19, the use of the Metaverse platform is naturally increasing.

Metaverse learning spaces are gaining attention because they cannot only operate learning programs, but also establish various learning management systems such as educational content introduction, curriculum briefings, and experience spaces. Until now, various programs were operated and visited in different spaces, but now they can enjoy the desired services without being restricted by time and space, making them popular among students and parents as well as the education industry.

The Metaverse learning space can increase students' concentration, especially because it can be implemented similarly to the real learning environment. In addition, the education industry is actively introducing the Metaverse as it can increase interest in learning by creating personal avatars and educational content through games. In this regard, CEO Kim Byung-soo is in the spotlight. NEWKL, an edtech company specializing in XR-Metaverse learning, is making waves by introducing XR BOOK, an XR-based learning program and management platform. XR BOOK is an educational content that uses XR (extended reality), and it is attracting attention as an advanced educational textbook, such as being used in programs for capacity building, leadership and promotion training for Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education officials and teachers, and Hyundai Globis team leaders. In particular, the XR technology required to utilize augmented and virtual reality has also been patented under the name 'Apparatus and method for providing a learning platform based on extended reality (XR)'. XR BOOK's first program, , is a program that blends VR and AR based on transformational learning, and it is a healing program where you can meet the world's best-selling novel 'The Little Prince' in virtual reality and augmented reality, so it is being introduced as an internal training material in private companies in addition to public institutions.

" provides a healing experience by providing a time of 'reflection' and 'recovery' through the dialogue between the user and the Little Prince, not just the content of the book The Little Prince that we know," said Kim Byung-soo, CEO of NEWKL. "In the process, users record their thoughts and feelings, and as a result, they create their own Little Prince book, which is the only one in the world." Unlike existing content, VR and AR each provide experiences. The VR content consists of four chapters and 100 minutes of play time, and the AR content also consists of four chapters and 60 minutes of play time. 2D animations can be found in the prologue and epilogue. In addition, users can experience the story of The Little Prince from the perspective of the pilot and the first-person perspective of the Little Prince, providing a time to understand the minds of children and adults through switching perspectives. "There are questions for reflection to help you expand your perspective, and you can create your own Little Prince by writing and drawing your own thoughts," said Kim Byung-soo, CEO of XR BOOK. "In particular, XR BOOK was developed so that you can experience the Little Prince from different perspectives by developing textbooks for children, teenagers, and adults separately," he said.

In the 1970s and 80s, children could play squid, tag, and marbles with their friends all day long, despite the lack of playthings. In 2022, kids are playing and learning in a Metaverse of online and smartphone games. Education is also moving fast. Most of the students in primary, secondary, and tertiary education are Generation MZ, who are already living in the Metaverse. Therefore, a learner-centered educational environment tailored to them must be provided. This is where NEWKL comes in. NEWKL's XR BOOK provides customized learning programs for children, teenagers, and adults by developing stories about humanities, art, history, and great people as XR interactive content and reflection writing workbooks, which can be studied online and offline. In October 2022, we participated in the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany as a government-supported edtech company and received a lot of attention from overseas companies. It provided an opportunity to enter the overseas business. In 2023, we plan to open the second XR BOOK program, The Wizard of Oz, and continue to introduce various XR BOOK programs.

'XR VERSE' is a Metaverse learning platform specialized in lecture and learning communication, providing six patented learning activities and providing various experience contents through its own theme space (art, healing, performance, camping, game, etc.) with edutainment elements. Accordingly, NEWKL is focusing on supplying and spreading the XR VERSE platform to the domestic and international education market. "XR VERSE is connected to the latest VR, AR, and MR content experiences and was developed to dramatically reduce the fatigue of non-face-to-face education by securing high learner participation," said Kim Byung-soo. "As COVID-19 continues afterwards, the education environment for office workers needs to change flexibly, and education using XR is the most efficient and appropriate learning method in this regard. Through XR BOOK and XR VERSE, we will continue to develop technologies and content that can be utilized by organically and contextually combining various training environments and methods."

XR BOOK, the flagship brand of NEWKL (CEO Kim Byung-soo - pictured), an edtech company specializing in XR-Metaverse learning, is an XR-based learning program and operation platform.

It provides customized learning programs for children, teenagers, and adults by developing stories of humanities, art, history, and great people into XR (AR, VR, MR, 2D-3D animation) interactive contents and reflection writing work books, and can be learned online and offline.

'XR VERSE' provides specialized functions for lectures, learning communication, and initial 6 learning activities, and provides various experience contents through its own theme space (art, healing, performance, camping, game, etc.) with edutainment elements. The company has patented the XR technology required to utilize augmented and virtual reality, and is focusing on supplying and spreading it to the domestic and international education market through the XR VERSE platform.

THE HRDer. announced on July 28 that it has launched XR VERSE, a new concept Metaverse learning platform that applies extended reality (XR) and various technologies it has accumulated, and has entered full-scale service.

XR VERSE, launched by the edtech company, is a platform that allows users to experience new learning connected to reality in a virtual space. It is characterized by the fact that a full 3D space is designed based on the 'FKDS' design model of 'Feeling, Understanding, Knowing, Applying, Doing, and Sharing' and enables effective learning experiences within it.

The first space opened through this launch is the Welcome Space. It is composed of three spaces, Learning Space, Gallery Space, and aims to create a space where you can stay and experience activities along with the purpose of education.

Among them, the welcome space is decorated with contents that can be adapted to and enjoyed in this space while entering the world of 'XR VERSE'. The Brand Space is a space that real companies can utilize like a promotional booth, and the main target is companies related to education in line with the role of a learning platform.

The Learning Space is an important space as XR VERSE is a learning platform, and it stands out for having the same level of educational infrastructure in the virtual world as in the real world. There are various types of classrooms, auditoriums, and banquet halls, and instructors can arrange seats and hang banners when opening a lecture. In the case of the large auditorium, up to 200 people can be connected simultaneously, making it possible to hold meetings or lectures with a large number of people.

In particular, it provides a variety of patented interactive learning activity tools to maximize learner engagement and learning.

The gallery space is a space where various artworks can be experienced in three dimensions through XR, and the exhibition provides a new appreciation experience of Van Gogh's self-portrait and impasto-themed works through 3D space and AR. In the future, we are also preparing to exhibit works by the general public.

In addition to this, there will be additional updates in the future, such as a healing space where you can practice yoga, meditation, and psychological counseling, a forest space where you can relax, stay overnight, or camp in a green forest, and an art space, a customized space where you can share your personal knowledge and experience.

XR VERSE is primarily intended for use by companies, training centers, schools, and the education industry, and can be customized to fit any size or purpose. In fact, despite its early launch, a large education company has confirmed its adoption and is currently working on customization, and a Seoul-related foundation will also use it for education for seniors.

Since it can be customized autonomously, it can also be used in various directions such as telecommuting, teleconferencing, and teleconsultation in addition to educational purposes, and the company has implemented a space so complete that it is planning to work in XR VERSE. The company explains that it is the first case in the HRD industry to apply the Metaverse space for various perspectives and purposes.

"XRVERSE, which was completed by implementing five patented technologies in about eight months of development, is a platform that creates an extended world-based learning ecosystem where you can grow and others can grow, and can help individuals and organizations achieve healthy purposes at the same time," said Byung-soo Kim, CEO of XRVERSE. "Since we dragged on/offline learning into an extended virtual space and made it more advanced once again, there will be endless uses."

The edtech specialist, THE HRDer, has successfully completed leadership training for leaders of large companies.

According to the company on the 11th, the XR BOOK 'The Little Prince Meets Me' developed by the company recently conducted an online leadership program training for field leaders of Hyundai Globis and successfully completed it.

The training was designed to support leaders' psychological stability and restore their energy. The training program was designed to support leaders' psychological well-being and energy, and to provide them with a process to support their psychological well-being and energy. Through the XR BOOK experience, THE HRDer first induced an intentional shift in perspective and drew out participants' insights into the organization, and then structured the training program so that they could see themselves expanded through a book that utilizes reflection writing.

In particular, the instructors who prepared the training used the online video platform Zoom to provide feedback on the program in real time.

The company explained that many of those who participated in the training said that the VR experience, a new class format, was refreshing. In particular, they praised the program for being able to feel the emotions contained in the story of the Little Prince.

"XR BOOK The Little Prince is being introduced to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and various companies," said an official from the company. "We will further strengthen the advantages evaluated in this Hyundai Globis training to lead the education paradigm in various fields."

THE HRDer. announced on the 20th that it has finally completed the 'Metaverse and Library fit XR BOOK' training and will continue the related training program this year.

The training, which was held for library directors and librarians under the theme of 'Metaverse and Library fit XR BOOK Meet the Little Prince', was held twice at the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Branch of the Korea Library Association and the Gwangju Metropolitan City Library since October last year, and introduced the current state of Metaverse technology and the areas where libraries and Metaverse technology meet.

In the first part of each training, Kim Byung-soo, CEO of the company, spoke about the technology cases of the Metaverse, its educational value, and the possibilities of utilizing the Metaverse through library cases, and in the second part, the training was held to experience the XR BOOK 'Meet the Little Prince' developed by the company.

According to the company, the XR BOOK was used for education using XR (extended reality), and the content was also used in programs for capacity building, leadership, and promotion training for Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education officials and teachers. The XR BOOK has recently been patented for "apparatus and method for providing learning platform based on extended reality (XR)," the company explained.

According to the company, the first program of XR BOOK, 'Meet Me, the Little Prince,' is a program that blends VR and AR based on transformational learning, and is a healing program where you can meet the world's best-selling novel 'The Little Prince' in virtual reality and augmented reality, so it is being introduced as an internal training material in private companies in addition to public institutions.

An official from the company said, "Education using XR can be said to be more useful because the educational environment for office workers also needs flexible changes." "We believe that we have proved this by introducing it in various places in succession, and we will continue to develop and apply programs and contents."

THE HRDer. announced that XR BOOK, developed by the company using XR (extended reality), is being used in the capacity building and leadership development program for mid-level managers of the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

"The learning platform 'Meet the Little Prince' developed based on XR, a hybrid of virtual reality and augmented reality, was utilized in the recent training of mid-level managers of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and it ended with a successful training," said the company.

The training was a non-face-to-face home-based online course, where participants received VR devices, Oculus Go, textbooks, and writing books in advance, and then met with the lecturer via Zoom for a mixed online/offline training method. In particular, it is significant that the company has been recognized for its value as an educational textbook since the program was also used in the education of the 5th grade public servants of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in July.

The first program of 'XR BOOK' developed by the company as an XR-based learning performance platform, 'Meet Me, the Little Prince', is a program that blends VR and AR based on transformational learning, and is actively introduced by a number of public institutions and companies in addition to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and is being used in various educational curricula such as new employee training and promotion training.

(THE HRDer), an edtech company, announced that its technology for XR BOOK, an extended reality (XR)-based learning platform, has been granted a patent.

The patent is for 'Apparatus and method for providing a learning platform based on extended reality (XR)' with patent application number 10 2020 0188917, and XR BOOK 'Meet the Little Prince' with the technology is a learning platform that blends VR, AR, and reflective writing based on the theory of transformative learning.

It consists of VR and AR content experiences based on the story of The Little Prince, a well-known masterpiece around the world, and a 'reflection writing' program that answers reflection questions based on the emotions felt from the pilot's perspective.

THE HRDer, an edtech company specializing in XR (extended reality) education, conducted VR dementia prevention senior digital education through its XR BOOK 'Little Prince Meets Me' reflection writing program.

The training was recently held in two sessions at the Nowon General Social Welfare Center. In the first session, the company provided education on the definition of VR, understanding of VR's effectiveness in preventing dementia and depression, and VR experience of 'Meet the Little Prince'. In the second training, the participants shared their experiences with VR, understood the three stages of brain stimulation, and practiced strengthening the memory of the plot of The Little Prince.

XR BOOK, an XR-based learning performance platform applied to education 'The Little Prince Meets Me' is a healing program developed with XR, a composite content of VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality), based on Saint-Exupery's famous novel 'The Little Prince', and is also the first program of XR BOOK, an XR-based learning performance platform.

It is designed to activate spatial and temporal cognition by increasing the learner's sense of reality and immersion while experiencing the story of the Little Prince in virtual reality. The company has a wide range of applications, as VR AR activities can be added to existing education or customized for educational purposes.

According to the company, the XR BOOK education platform can replace recurring education costs and can be applied not only to learning but also to on-the-job performance and can be utilized for the desired purpose, so it is being steadily applied and introduced in various fields in addition to this dementia prevention education.

"In the future, we will focus more on senior digital education using XR, and at the same time, we will continue to develop XR-related content for the older generation," said an official.

TheHRD has developed and introduced 'SCNU Picks' and 'SCNU Break', network multi-connection XR program contents for new and current students at Suncheon National University.

According to the company, as non-face-to-face education is now becoming commonplace, contents that combine VR and various immersive technologies such as AR, MR, and XR are gaining attention in the education industry, and as the Metaverse market is expected to grow, educational programs and contents using the Metaverse are also being released, and 'SCNU Picks' and 'SCNU Break' are designed to be useful program contents from this perspective.

'SCNU Picks', a program designed to help freshmen in the 2021 academic year at Suncheon National University adapt to university, was developed as an AR game app with a lot of information and useful contents essential for university life, and was developed to attract interest so that information can be checked naturally.

It is characterized by the fact that students can acquire information such as the use and utilization of major facilities in the university, information on the graduation qualification certification system, useful college life tips from seniors, improvement of disability awareness, and sexual harassment prevention education by completing 27 missions in four stages by finding mission locations on campus based on GPS and earning points for performing missions.

'SCNU Break', a gamification app that can acquire information and form habits to support Suncheon National University students' entry into society, is based on the motif of an eagle representing Suncheon National University, and players are given levels such as egg, baby eagle, and eagle, and after forming a nest, a study team, they earn reward points through each activity and level up.

It has features such as goal-setting and company bulletin boards, certification bulletin boards, puzzle AR, ranking check, timer, eagle and nest decoration, and nest chat room, and allows students to communicate and share information with each other through get-to-know-you missions, company research missions, and goal achievement.

'SCNU Picks' and 'SCNU Break' are not just gamification apps, but stand out in that they use AR and VR to interact and influence reality and virtuality, and it is also significant that they are a step closer to the Metaverse technology that we plan to implement in the future with network-based multiple connections instead of single connections.

An official from THE HRDer said, "In order for non-face-to-face education, which has become a daily routine, to be more effectively applied to universities that require a high-level educational environment, advanced platforms and contents that are different from K-12 education will be essential." "These two programs will play a big role in strengthening the role that universities can play at the critical time when college students enter the society, and we believe that they will serve as a good example for future programs for other universities."

THE HRDer., an XR learning company, has completed a professional development program for librarians, "Metaverse and Libraries," to help accelerate the introduction of Metaverse into the education industry.

The training, held at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education's Education Training Center for librarians in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, lasted about three hours and covered the concept of Metaverse and XR, a Metaverse-enabling technology collectively known as VR, AR, and MR, as well as Metaverse cases, policy and market trends, educational value of Metaverse, and library XR use cases.

The participants of the training spent time gaining new reading experiences and insights through Metaverse experiences such as VR (virtual reality) and AR demonstrations of the XR book 'The Little Prince, Meet Me' released with the company's own Metaverse platform, and it was an opportunity to understand the current cases of AR and VR and the direction to move forward in the Metaverse era.

"The Metaverse, where the boundary between reality and virtuality has disappeared, is emerging as a global trend, and it is meaningful to conduct this training while the field of application of the Metaverse is naturally expanding in education," said Kim Byung-soo, CEO of The HALDER. "I think that education using XR will be even more prominent because it is possible to expand the learning experience through deep immersion." In addition, we received many questions and inquiries about the new reading experience through XR at this training, and it will remain an appropriate application of the Metaverse in the education field through XR."

Meanwhile, the company has launched XR learning platforms 'XR BOOK' and 'XR LIVE' and is steadily increasing the number of adopters, and will soon introduce 'XR VERSE', a Metaverse learning platform that can connect reality and virtuality to strengthen the professionalism of the XR learning business.

THE HRDer. announced that following the launch of its XR learning platform 'XR BOOK' and 'The Little Prince, Meet Me', a number of companies, institutions, and schools are continuing to introduce programs.

L'Oréal Korea is one example of a company that has adopted XR BOOK. L'Oréal Korea introduced "XR BOOK Vincent Van Gogh" to educate new hires on the company's core values. The program allowed new hires to learn about the organization's core values and context through a VR experience inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Café Terrace at Night," where they met the artist at a café in the 19th century French city of Arles. All of the courses were delivered online, with learners receiving Oculus Go in advance.

The company also recently launched XR LIVE, a VR real-time training platform powered by Oculus Quest 2. XR LIVE is a VR real-time lecture platform designed for corporate job training personnel to conduct remote training in a virtual space in real time. It is a lecture platform that includes not only XR technology but also professional instructional design, and its advantage is that it can be trained in a realistic educational environment through 6DoF (6-directional freedom) technology and server implementation. It is a useful program for building a virtual practice training environment.

This XR LIVE has a gaze-sharing function that can share the instructor's practice status in real time, a voice function that can share the instructor's voice with learners, a question function that enables real-time questions and answers between instructors and learners with a Q&A question button, and a self-review function that provides personal learning support outside of lecture time so that registered tasks can be performed.

In addition, the company is also developing XR VERSE, an XR Learning Metaverse platform, which is a Metaverse learning platform that connects reality and virtuality in the concept of expanding XR learning platforms such as XR BOOK and XR LIVE. Through this, it will contribute to educational innovation as a representative company of XR learning.

A company official said, "As non-face-to-face becomes a necessity rather than an option, companies need to introduce new training methods in consideration of non-face-to-face in organizational training, and learning methods using virtual reality are naturally emerging beyond non-face-to-face video training."

"Against this background, the advantage of XR education is that it is possible to expand the learning experience through immersive and free activities and achieve learning goals unconsciously, so we will continue to present XR-enabled training programs and establish ourselves as an XR learning specialist."

(THE HRDer), an edtech company, launches XR LIVE, a VR real-time lecture platform for corporate job training, and also unveils a real-time maintenance training program along with the platform.

THE HRDer is a company that develops IT-based HRD consulting realistic curriculum and builds XR (virtual reality, augmented reality) based learning platforms and applies them to the training site. XR LIVE is a VR real-time lecture platform designed for corporate job training personnel to conduct remote training in a virtual space in real time during training. Until now, remote training has been based on video calls, but with XR LIVE, instructors and learners can share the same virtual space in real time, even if they are in different locations, and conduct realistic training as if they are in the same training center.

Depending on the size of the training, more than 100 people can be connected simultaneously, and every voice and movement in XR LIVE is synchronized between all participants in real time. All training environments are provided as realistic 3D models, making it easier to apply them in the workplace after training.

In particular, the company emphasizes that by utilizing the real-time eye-sharing function, learners can share the practice status in real time from the instructor's point of view and move to other learners' seats, showing a completely different training efficiency from short-term video-based video training. The instructor can also directly move to the practice zone and check the practice status of the learners.

In addition, there are various other features such as a real-time voice function that allows the instructor's voice to be shared with the learners through the server, a real-time question function that allows real-time questions and answers between the instructor and the learners through the Q&A question button, and a self-review function that provides personal learning support outside of lecture time to perform registered tasks.

In conjunction with the launch of XR LIVE, the company will also unveil XR LIVE Maintenance Training, a VR training program for vehicle maintenance trainers. XR LIVE Maintenance Training is a lecture platform for training new vehicles, parts, and maintenance processes. Learners can learn the exact location of parts, maintenance sequence, and maintenance process from the educator's point of view, and demonstrate the methods learned by directly operating the controller according to the process on the vehicle's parts.

The 6DoF (6-degree of freedom) technology and server implementation allow students to receive education in a realistic educational environment, and it is also an advantage that it is a lecture platform that includes not only XR technology but also professional teaching design. The device is based on Oculus Quest 2, which is currently leading the rapid popularization of VR.

A company representative said, "It is possible to provide detailed and detailed maintenance training to vehicle maintenance personnel scattered throughout the country and overseas as if they were in the training center together, support updates to new vehicle maintenance training, and provide essential safety training and inspection procedures." "In the short term, the advantage is that the efficiency of the training itself can be improved, but in the long term, the effect of reducing training costs will naturally follow, so we expect many companies to adopt it as a next-generation corporate job training platform."

XR technology is evolving as it is introduced to the industrial field, and we talked to Kim Byung-soo, CEO of XR BOOK, a company that has applied VR and AR to the education field and has confirmed the introduction of a free semester system in middle school.

XR BOOK is an immersive content platform based on XR technology that integrates VR, AR, and MR, which has entered the early stages of popularization, and is characterized by the ability to apply professional teaching designs to 2D/3D animations, audiobooks, and digital books for unique programming. XR BOOK's first content, "The Little Prince Meets Me," has been released and is actively used as a reflection writing program that provides a healing time. XR BOOK won the Grand Prize in the Solution category at the 2020 HRD Association Human Resource Development Awards, and is currently receiving requests for demonstrations from various educational institutions and companies.

XR BOOK, which is designed to be customized according to the target audience, scale, and personality of the education, helps to promote imagination and creativity through the expression of thoughts and feelings by answering reflection questions linked to the curriculum based on the theory of transformative learning. It is also a program that helps students develop humanities through the process of meeting the Little Prince in VR and writing their own stories. This is suitable for the purpose of the free semester system, where learners find their own aptitudes and talents in student-participatory classes. As a result of these achievements, six middle schools in Gyeonggi-do have confirmed the introduction of the program as a second semester course. We are also in discussions with additional schools, and we are receiving applications for visitation and demonstration, so we expect the number of institutions to increase.

VR and AR technologies are very useful in this era of non-face-to-face contact. Virtual and augmented reality is a world of infinite possibilities, and there are endless applications such as virtual classes, job training, and simulation of high-risk tasks. Not only educational institutions, but more and more companies are customizing and applying them in corporate training. As the first to introduce XR technology in the education industry, the company has developed AR contents for Hyundai Motor's i30 product education, AR games for Genesis pop-up store customer marketing, and realistic contents for LG CNS coding education AR activities, and has developed network-based AR and VR contents including faculty design with universities and companies such as Suncheon National University, Samsung Engineering, Doosan, and Interpark. It is expected to be utilized in various fields as a platform with leading technology development and professional teaching design contents.

Due to the prolonged COVID-19, we are adapting to changes in the real-time non-face-to-face education system through Zoom, but many people are also realizing its limitations. The HALDER is an edtech company that is making a leap from the XR platform in the new normal era to realize a more innovative education field by developing a Metaverse learning platform. XR LIVE, a real-time VR lecture platform, is about to launch. By building its own server based on Oculus Quest 2, it will be utilized for non-face-to-face practice and practical training where instructors and learners can access at the same time. It will provide a real-time, immersive learning experience through VR, beyond the limitations of non-face-to-face learning that can be easily distracted.