Watch Gyeongbokgung Palace smartly (developing a smartphone app for Gyeongbokgung Palace)

□ The Cultural Heritage Administration (Director Na Sun-hwa) announced that it will build a "augmented reality-based smart cultural heritage tourism service" in Gyeongbokgung Palace with the Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning (Minister Choi Moon-ki, hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Science and ICT).

□ This project has been carried out as a ministry collaboration project since 2012 to provide high-quality cultural tourism services through the development of cultural heritage contents that combine humanities and ICT,

h After establishing and piloting an augmented reality-based mobile app (App) called Deoksugung Palace in My Son in 2012, the service target was expanded to Gyeongbokgung Palace in 2013.

h As a result of piloting the "Deoksu Palace in My Hands" service, it is expected to create new values for cultural heritage contents and greatly increase the convenience of visitors.

※ Visitors to Deoksugung Palace increased 16.5% year-on-year, 80.4% satisfaction with visitors, and increased sales at nearby stores

The smart cultural heritage tourism information service was designed to make it convenient for foreigners and the disabled, such as supporting multilingual (English, Japanese, and Chinese) and providing sign language videos.

□ This project largely consists of 스토리테 explanation of the old palace in the storytelling method 위치 guidance on viewing using augmented reality based on location and recognition 3 virtual reality services such as 3D panorama and media facade 고 provision of tourism information around the old palace.

① Storytelling Old Palace Explanation

문화재 With the collaboration of cultural heritage experts and story writers, more than 2,700 contents are organized in a storytelling manner, so that anyone can enjoy them easily and interestingly.

② Guidance on viewing using augmented reality based on location and recognition

관람 You can select a viewing course according to your taste and receive route guidance, and when visitors arrive at the cultural property, you can recognize the signboard of the cultural property and see the past through your smartphone.

③ Virtual reality services such as 3D panorama and media facade

3 It adds fun by adding new content to cultural assets, such as reproducing buildings that are damaged by 3D panorama and showing videos of flowers blooming and butterflies flying in Gyeongbokgung Palace using media facades.

* Media facade: A combination of facade and media, which means the center of the exterior of a building, and a technology that expresses images using LED lighting or augmented reality on the exterior walls of a building

④ Providing tourist information around the old palace

It provides tourism information around cultural assets such as accommodation, restaurants, souvenirs, and festivals to provide convenience to domestic and foreign visitors and help revitalize local commercial districts.