MAXST participated in NextRise 2021, Seoul held at COEX Hall A, B in Seoul for 2 days from June 28th to 29th. Following the last Seoul VRAR Expo, it was once again at COEX where we introduced the metaverse to be built by MAXST to many visitors. This event included more than 250 exhibitions and IR sessions, more than 2,000 meetups with companies and VCs, and more than 100 seminars and forums provided by global companies/VCs/experts. Several business opportunities were offered

MAXST participated in Seoul VRAR Expo held last week at COEX in Seoul for 3 days from June 16th to 18th! 🤩 Under the theme of The Metaverse of Surreal Digital Society, Leading the Digital New Deal, several conference sessions and three special exhibitions (Digital Twin, Smart School, and Untact Tech) were held at COEX Hall C. MAXST, as a representative metaverse company in the Digital Twin sector, prepared a demonstration of AR navigation and XR metaverse exhibition hall, wh

This time, we are glad to share very important news. On May 20th, MAXST passed the preliminary examination for listing on the KOSDAQ market on the Korea Exchange!! 🤩 The listing organizer is Hana Financial Investment, and it is expected to begin the public offering procedure after submitting a securities report within this month. At this happy moment, let's look back upon MAXST's history together. MAXST, established in 2010, is a technology specialized company that has focus

MAXST has been selected as the managing company for XR Metaverse Project promoted by the Korean Ministry of Science and ICT! 🤩 XR Metaverse Project is a government business about a metaverse platform that connects the real world and services through augmented reality by creating a virtual space like reality. Ultimately, it is to build the XR metaverse ecosystem. MAXST will be funded a total of $7.1 million by 2022. MAXST is a leading company as well as a metaverse platform p

There is Starfield COEX Mall, a large shopping mall that covers 43,000m in Seoul, Korea, However, those who have visited COEX might experience a difficult situation even if you use the guide map if you try to find a restaurant or store you want, as there are so many stores in the vast space spread out in a labyrinth-like structure. Even with a general map application, COEX Mall is indoors and GPS does not work well, my location is reflected incorrectly. In this situation, you

Following the MOU between MAXST and AERIX in early April, we would like to share even more welcome news! 🤩 Chil-seung, Kwon, the minister of Korean Small and Medium Enterprises and Startups visited MAXST last Friday (April 23). [Photo provided by Korean ministry of SMEs and Startups] Minister Kwon saw a demonstration of an AR indoor navigation built in MAXST office by applying VPS technology, and teleconference scene through XR Telepresence where AR and VR coexist. Also, he

In MAXST's Metaverse, realizing both a virtual space like reality and a real space like virtual reality, AR users and VR users can communicate in real time in different environments. If you are curious, please watch the video below 👇 For more information on MAXSTVPS, the core technology that realizes Metaverse, please visit https://vps.maxst.com/. #Metaverse #RealisticContent #ARNavigation #ImmersiveExperience #MAXSTVPS #VPSPlatform #MAXSTAR #VisualPositioningService #VPS #

MAXST, a company that realizes Metaverse, an augmented reality space where reality and virtual coexist, built an indoor AR navigation at its headquarter in Seoul. Now, if you're new to MAXST, you can check the reservation status of the meeting room with AR navigation, as well as go directly to your coworker's seat. If you are curious, please watch the video below 👇 For more information on MAXSTVPS, the core technology that realizes Metaverse, please visit https://vps.maxst.c

MAXST is developing various technologies using VPS (Visual Positioning Service). After signing an MOU with SK Telecom and Shinsegae, it started to provide various immersive contents such as AR navigation, AR advertisement, and AR tour guide at COEX, Seoul, Korea. If you are curious about the realistic contents that you can experience at COEX, please watch the video below. Also, if you would like to learn more about MASXT’s VPS, please click the link to the MAXSTVPS website be

On February 9th 2021, MAXST launched an official website of MAXST VPS (vps.maxst.com), a spatial AR platform, MAXSTVPS. In the previous post, I explained MAXST's VPS business. Let's take a look at VPS again. 'VPS (Visual Positioning Service) is technology that pinpoints a user's location by constructing a 3D spatial map for both in/outdoor AR content creations. The notion that VPS substitutes GPS is an understatement. GPS technology malfunctions for indoor uses and location e

MAXST carries forward a space-based AR content platform business called 'Computer Vision-based Positioning Technology VPS (Visual Positioning Service)’. Then what is a VPS? Let's watch the video first below. 'VPS (Visual Positioning Service) is technology that pinpoints a user's location by constructing a 3D spatial map for both in/outdoor AR content creations. The advantages of VPS are as follows. 1. This is a measurement technology using image processing and machine learnin

Have you heard of this word, Metaverse? Metaverse stands for the era of visualizing reality. For better understanding, please take your time to watch this short video below. MAXST is a company that helps people recognize and use the contents in real time by using AR in all the spaces we live in (homes, offices, factories, cities, etc.) This is the vision of MAXST. MAXST will help you to visualize all spaces, such as your personal space, your home, or your public space, your c

Magic Hanja is a series of Korean educational cartoon books that help learning Chinese characters. Magic Hanja makes learning Chinese characters more fun and interesting by adopting AR technology. When you purchase Magic Hanja, you also get AR cards along with the book. You can download the official application of Magic Hanja, and augment Chinese character and cartoon characters, as shown in the video below. Children find this AR animations especially fun and helpful to memo

Color Mapping project, developed by AIRAR, can augment colored objects, with the help of MAXST AR SDK. You can create this Color Mapping app as shown in the video above with Unity. It's very easy process so please follow us as below. 1. Create Project - Create an empty Unity 3D project. 2. Switch platform to Android 3. Set the setting as below 4. Visit GitHub site URL that is written below and download zip file - https://github.com/airar-dev/Unity-AR-ColorMapping 5. Import Sa

Today, I would like to introduce some AR applications that applied MAXST AR SDK. 1. AI Experts – talking avatars in minutes This is an AR application that allows you to create avatars using selfies or photos of other people. It is not just about creating an avatar. Use Google sheet to enter your desired question and answer, and the created avatar will answer, speak and even show gestures according to the script! Have conversations with avatars created using pictures of yourse

In 2014 and 2015, Samsung Electronics applied for patents related to smart contact lenses in Korea and the US. It was patented in 2016 and 2019 respectively. ▲Samsung’s smart lens domestic patent application ( 10-2016-0141586 ) Domestic patent application does not involve display unit while American patent application involves it. Research to put displays in contact lenses began in 2011. Because it is an attractive goal, many researches have been conducted in various ways. Se

AR Glass is a wearable device in the form of glasses that implements augmented reality (AR) content on a transparent lens. It is possible to display a 100-inch wide screen-level display in front of your eyes while wearing it like ordinary glasses, or to use various AR contents. Unlike virtual reality (VR) devices, where the view is obstructed, you can see ahead while using the service. It supports an extended reality (XR) experience that combines reality and AR contents by ut

The smartphone and tablet PC craze that has swept the world since several years ago is changing not only the consumption tendency but also the lifestyle patterns. As such, these days IT devices have a very close relationship with our daily lives. That is because anyone can easily use the new technology that can only be seen in movies. One of the representative new technologies is “Augmented Reality”. However, many people confuse 'Virtual Reality (VR)' with augmented reality.

In the early 90s, early ARs augmented AR based on a fixed location and the user's viewing direction. However, these methods had a fatal disadvantage that the environment must be set in advance, and as a result, they were not widely popularized. It was not a technology that was originally developed for popularization. In this way, AR stays in a standstill due to technical limitations.​ However, over 10 years, image processing technology has developed a lot. In order to know if

Figure 1. General SLAM System Overview Camera, Lida, Depth Camera, IMU and GPS are input data of SLAM. Camera is being used very frequently among the public. The price of camera is cheap and camera is the basis of SLAM recently. Lidar possesses very high degree of precision. However, the price of Lidar is very expensive. So, it is mainly used in SLAM, which requires high reliability. Depth camera is installed on Apple’s iPad Pro, Google’s Tango, and several Android devices fr