• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• fall
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• pp.242-244
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• 2021

최근 가상현실과 공간에 대한 다양한 연구들이 진행되면서 메타버스(Metaverse)를 중심으로 다양한 연구들이 진행중에 있다. 본 연구는 음악을 정량화하여 발생한 데이터를 이용하여 다양한 가상의 도시공간을 생성하는 작업을 진행한다. 이렇게 생성된 작업은 하나의 음악을 2-3명의 연주자가 연주한 내용을 바탕으로 진행이 되며, 분석 방법은 기존 연구 중 하나인 '뮤직 스카이라인(Music Skyline)'과 '크레페(CREPE)' 등의 방식을 통해 이루어지게 된다. 향후 추가 연구로서 이러한 부분들이 보완되고 개선된다면, 다양한 음악 정보를 활용한 자신만의 도시를 컴퓨터 기술이 아닌 음악 작곡만으로도 가능하도록 플래폼화 하고, 그 근거를 찾아내는데 많은 노력이 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.928-930
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• 2022

최근 취향 관심사를 기반으로 한 소모임 플랫폼 수요가 높아지듯, 대학 내외의 사회 전반에서 수준 높은 네트워킹에 대한 욕구가 강한 상황이다. 나아가, 교육 환경, 거주 지역, 개인의 성향 등의 변인들이 성장의 주요 발판이 될 인적 자원을 만드는 데에 지대한 영향을 끼친다는 점에서, 진입 장벽을 낮출 서비스에 대한 니즈가 존재한다. 한편, 기존의 플랫폼은 대학 동아리 및 소모임 활동을 분산적으로 취급하며 총괄하지 못한다. 따라서, 본 논문은 기존 플랫폼의 문제점을 개선한 메타버스 웹 플랫폼인 클러버스(Clubverse)를 소개한다. 이는 대학 내 동아리 간의 소통 및 외부 업체와의 연계를 제고하고 성장기회를 공평하게 분배해 변화에 대비할 수 있는 가능성을 지닌다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.733-734
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• 2023

코로나 펜데믹 이후 다시 대면활동이 활성화되고 있지만 이미 학습한 비대면 활동은 10대들의 대안적인 활동, 소통, 협업의 공간으로 메타버스가 주목을 받으며 초,중 대학에 이르는 교육영역에 대한 논의와 연구가 활발해지고 있다. 특히 고가의 장비나 사용하기 위험한 교육 교보재를 메타버스 공간에 같이 공유하여 오프라인에서 쉽게 접할 수 없는 확장된 사용자 경험을 제공하기 위한 니즈가 있다. 이에 교육 공간으로서의 메타버스 활용을 뛰어넘어 고가 및 위험성이 있는 제한된 교육경험을 제공할 수 있어야 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.929-942
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• 2023

Web 3.0 enables people and machines to connect, evolve, share, and use knowledge on an unprecedented scale and in new ways, drastically improving our Internet experience. The metaverse is a collective, virtual shared space supporting all digital activities. Prompted by the rapid growth of digital art and digital fashion, this theoretical analysis explores using Jean Baudrillard's simulation concept to create unique digital art non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allowing them to express and communicate ideas like real-world art. Specifically, this study analyzes 120 digital fashion portraits of humans and animals and classifies them under three types of simulacra covering four stages of Baudrillard's simulation process. The result shows that NFT fashion artworks reflect the core features of a digital reality by connecting and transcending the boundaries of cultures, genders, and nationalities. However, in the final simulation stage (the fourth step), the simulacrum can only coexist in the virtual world as a hyperreal object (the Type III of simulacrum): an object more real than reality.

• Journal of Korean society of Dental Hygiene
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.375-382
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• 2022

Objectives: This study analyzes factors related to English communication skills in the dental health services of clinical dental hygienists who provide dental medical services to foreigners. Methods: Surveys were conducted to measure students' English communication skills. Participants comprised 195 clinical dental hygienists working at dental English study cafes or who provided dental medical services to foreigners. After analyzing the differences in English communication skills, hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed on the factors related to English communication skills. Results: English communication skill of dental hygienists was 1.96 points out of 5 points. The factors related to the English communication skill of the clinical dental hygienists were foreign patient care, language training experience, overseas living experience, and certified English proficiency. The adjusted explanatory power of this model was 53.0%. Conclusions: Dental hygienists in charge of foreign patients have experience in language training and overseas residence, have a language qualification certificate, and have higher English communication skills. It is necessary to develop English language learning programs based on metaverse to develop the English communication skills of dental hygienists who provide dental health services to foreign patients and to operate a creative educational environment to increase interest in learning English.

• The Journal of Economics, Marketing and Management
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.29-38
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• 2024

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the perceptions of millennials and Generation Z regarding AI applications in marketing, an area that has been rarely explored in previous researches. This study formulated research questions how millennials and Generation Z perceive the impact of brand image, AI-assistant customer service, affective factor, immersive experience, cognitive factor social factor and competitiveness of products and brands on overall attitude through the lens of AI applications in marketing. Additionally, this study also explored the influence of overall attitudes on satisfaction, intention to use, and loyalty towards AI applications. Research design, data and methodology: To gather data, this study employed an online survey conducted in collaboration with a reputable research organization. This study utilized factor analysis, ANOVA, and regression analysis for data analysis. Results: The findings revealed that the impact of brand image, AI-assistant customer service, and competitiveness on attitude demonstrated significance in both millennials and generation Z cohorts. The study identified that cognitive and social factors significantly influenced attitudes among millennials, whereas affective and immersive experiences showed significance in influencing attitudes among Generation Z. Conclusions: The findings offer valuable managerial implications, shedding light on the application of AI in marketing with distinct perspectives between millennials and Generation Z.

• Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.133-148
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• 2022

This study aims to explore the status and motives for using avatars and digital fashion items in the metaverse and to examine consumers' purchase satisfaction and future purchase intentions. We intend to provide implications for the development of avatars and fashion items, and the direction of the fashion industry and clothing education. For this purpose, the purchasing status, consumer motives for using avatars and digital fashion items, purchase satisfaction, and future purchase intentions were investigated, through a survey with 149 consumers aged 19 years or older, with the experience of using avatars. The results are as follows. First, the percentage of avatar ownership was high among women aged between 19 and 29, and those with low or high incomes. The younger group was more likely to make mobile phone purchases than the older group, and the older group was more likely to use credit cards. Even those respondents who owned avatars did not purchase frequently or spent a lot on items. On the other hand, in the case of fashion item purchases, the group spending more than 8,000 won was aged between 19 and 29, and the frequency and amount of purchases increased as income increase. Second, among the motives for using avatars and fashion items, the pursuit of pleasure had the greatest influence, and men paid more attention to self-expression through avatars than women. Third, the motive for vicarious satisfaction influenced purchase satisfaction, and the factors that influenced future purchase intention were vicarious satisfaction and stress relief. The results of this study suggests that avatars and fashion items should be developed considering factors that can relieve stress for all age groups, create a sense of unity among metaverse users, and provide satisfaction in a virtual world that is different from reality. In addition, education on how to use fashion items and consumption attitudes in education related to clothing life will be required.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.947-956
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• 2021

As an interest in metaverse increases, there are many studies to apply virtual reality to indirect experiences. Virtual reality is increasingly being used not only for entertainment such as games but also for educational content. A key technology of indirect experience is modeling an object to provide a realistic experience to the user. Natural environments such as tidal flats change with time, and many living things also live there. In this paper, we propose a method for creating experiential content that accurately models the ecological environment of tidal flats. The proposed method explains how to naturally model the temporal change of tidal flats. We also explain how to model a crab, a creature that inhabits the tidal flat, in the forms of an NPC using the behavior tree. Implementation results show that the proposed method uses simple algorithms but expresses the shapes of tidal flats well.

• Journal of Christian Education in Korea
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• v.68
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• pp.41-76
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• 2021

This paper begins with the question of whether "on-tact" Christian education, which has become the most new-normal phenomenon since Corona 19, will remain as a decisive form of Christian education even in the post-Corona era. In order to answer that question, this study explored whether on-tact Christian education has its own domain of experience and educational elements that cannot be replaced by face-to-face education, specifically focusing on "types of on-tact Christian Education", "discussion of digital church" and "digital epistemology". Through research on "types of onn-tact Christian education," it confirmed that, when viewed on the basis of 'participation' or 'communication', on-tact Christian education has an independent field of experience and educational elements. Through contemplation on "digital ecclesiology", it found that on-tact education is the decisive channel for Christian education to reach digital generation. It also found a new metaphor from the "network" concept for the public church and the Kingdom of God. This paper also found that we experience the perception of the body that is expanded through the combination between the body and technology in the digital world, and that this is a unique epistemology that occurs only in the digital world. Based on the above points, it affirmed that on-tact Christian education is not simply a means of supplementing face-to-face education in the era of COVID-19, but is a Christian education that has an independent field of experience and educational power that face-to-face education cannot replace. Thus it foresees that on-tact Christian education will continue to expand as a center and form of Christian education even in the post-corona era.

• Journal of Public Diplomacy
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.35-52
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• 2023

Korea has developed as an influential country over Asia and all over the world based on remarkable economic development. And the background of this development was possible due to the existence of those who sacrificed precious lives and contributed to the nation's existence in the past crisis. Every year, Korea holds an annual commemorative event with people of national merit, Korean War veterans, and their families, expressing gratitude for sacrifices and contributions at home and abroad, and providing economic support. The tragedy of the Korean War and the pro-democracy movement in Korea over the past half century will one day become a history of the distant past over time. As generations change and the purpose and method of exchange by region change, the tragic situation that occurred earlier and the way people sacrificed for the country are expected to be different from before. In particular, it is true that the number of Korean War veterans and their families is gradually decreasing as they are now old. In addition, due to the outbreak of global infectious diseases such as COVID-19, it is difficult to plan and conduct face to face events as well as before. Currently, Korea's digital technology is introducing various methods. 5G communication networks, smart-phones, tablet PCs, and smart devices that can experience virtual reality are already used in our real lives. Business meetings are held in a metaverse environment, and concerts by famous singers are held in an online environment. Artificial intelligence technology has also been introduced in the field of human resource recruitment and customer response services, improving the work efficiency of companies. And it seems that this technology can be used in the field of veterans. In particular, there is a metaverse technology that can vividly show the situation during the Korean War, and a way to digitalize the voices and facial expressions of currently surviving veterans to convey their memories and lessons to future generations in the long run. If this digital technology method is realized on an online platform to hold a veterans' celebration event, veterans and their families on the other side of the world will be able to participate in the event more conveniently.