[CES2023] Korea Seven works with VR content developer Caliverse to showcase metaverse convenience store at CES - Aju Business Daily

SEOUL -- At the Consumer Electronics Show, a planetary tech lawsuit to beryllium held connected January 5 successful Las Vegas, the South Korean relation of planetary convenience store franchise 7-Eleven volition disclose a real-world-like metaverse store wherever users tin acquisition assorted nutrient items utilizing avatars. In the virtual satellite created by VR contented developer Caliverse, integer humans volition amusement antithetic responses and facial expressions depending connected the sensation of snacks and drinks.
 
The metaverse is simply a virtual satellite wherever anyone tin prosecute successful social, cultural, and economical activities by creating personalized characters called "avatars." The virtual satellite tin beryllium accessed utilizing smartphones, PCs, oregon virtual world (VR) headsets. According to planetary marketplace probe steadfast Emergen Research, the planetary metaverse marketplace volition turn from $47.7 cardinal successful 2020 to $828.95 cardinal successful 2028.
 
Korea Seven said successful a connection that the institution has worked with Caliverse and Lotte Data Communication, an accusation exertion work supplier affiliated with South Korea's Lotte Group, to showcase the metaverse store. Avatars volition grimace erstwhile eating highly spicy oregon bitter snacks. The virtual humans' hairsbreadth colour volition alteration erstwhile drinking beverages.
 
Food items purchased astatine the virtual store tin beryllium utilized for different purposes successful galore antithetic activities. Ice creams tin beryllium utilized arsenic airy sticks to bask amusement performances astatine a performance hall. "The metaverse store that incorporated the astir precocious exertion volition supply unsocial experiences that our consumers person ne'er explored before," Korea Seven's integer translation squad manager Lee Yun-ho said successful a connection connected January 2.
 
The adoption of metaverse platforms has gained momentum among South Korean convenience store operators to actualize antithetic activities successful the virtual world. In November 2022, Korea Seven launched a virtual store wherever visitors tin bask amusement performances connected Ifland, a metaverse level created by SK Telecom, a apical mobile carrier. Food products specified arsenic ramen noodles and beers were recreated into chairs truthful that users could beryllium and devour content. 

The relation of South Korea's apical convenience store concatenation CU is presently operating an online convenience store connected ZEPETO, a fashionable smartphone metaverse app, to invitation customers to a virtual clone of a CU store located successful 1 of Seoul's riverside parks. Visitors to the metaverse store tin store and remainder connected benches to bask the nighttime scenery.
 
Caliverse produces VR contented that enables two-way connection with users. Based connected heavy interactive exertion that responds to touch, gaze, and voice, the institution has produced VR dramas, concerts, and promotional videos. Caliverse's metaverse level that enables visitors to bask a real-world-like location appliance store was unveiled astatine CES 2022. Digital humans could deterioration antithetic covering and rotate 360 degrees for adjacent inspection successful immoderate direction.