National virtual studio industry workers to Gwangju

Opportunity to utilize ultra-realistic technology in content production such as movies and dramas

The ‘2023 VX Conference’, aimed at externally promoting the Gwangju realistic content production infrastructure and expanding the base of the virtual production (VP) industry, was successfully completed. The '2023 VX Conference' is an event hosted by Gwangju Metropolitan City, hosted by the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency, and sponsored by the Korean Drama Producers Association and the Korean Film Producers Association, and will be held virtually for three days from December 6 to 8. The event was held with the participation of approximately 500 people, including production companies, directors (directing, lighting, etc.), VP-related workers, students, and citizens.

The Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency (Director Gyeong-ju Lee) will hold a VP speaker forum with the best virtual production experts in Korea through this event, and will discuss in-camera visual effects (ICVFX) and driving plate, core technologies for virtual production. ·Extended reality (XR) content demonstration and experience were introduced.

At the Virtual Production Forum held for VP industry experts on the 6th, the first day of the event, current industry leading evangelist Park Seong-je of Epic Games and Disguise Korea branch manager Kim Young-jin appeared as speakers. Sessions with the themes of ‘Discovery of new content seen through VP’ and ‘Global industrial trend outlook with experts’ were held in succession. On the 7th, the second day of the event, Magnon Studio CEO Yang Il-seok, Westworld Research Center Director Lim Joo-young, Viv Studios Director Hu-jeong Lee, Korea Producers Guild Technical Director Cho Young-wook (Storage PD), and Korea Producers Union CEO Choi Jeong-hwa spoke about 'global growth of the VP industry. A roundtable discussion was held under the theme 'Preparation for the future' and a networking forum was formed through in-depth discussions and questions and answers.

At the 8th event targeting citizens and local students interested in producing realistic content in the region, Kim Young-no, director of XON Studio, gave a lecture on the topic of VP industry and theory to improve understanding of virtual production technology. and received a great response.

For this event, the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency opened the VX Studio and revealed content production technology. In particular, the ICVFX technology, which transcends time and space, attracted the attention of attendees by showing movie and drama production scenes in real time, focusing on backgrounds such as convenience stores, temples, deserts, and streets.

In the driving plate demonstration, Gwangju's representative vehicle 'Casper' was placed on stage and a driving scene similar to actual driving was shown against the background of the night streets of Geumnam-ro and U-Square. 3D driving content of driving through Gwangju of the future in a virtual environment was also presented, attracting great attention from participants.

XR content, which expresses the achievements made since opening and the future blueprint for a greater leap forward, and conveys a visionary story to create the future industry of content, includes space expansion, augmented reality (AR), and virtual By incorporating technologies such as tracking, the image of Gwangju growing into a leading city of realistic content in Asia was expressed.

Lee Gyeong-ju, head of the Gwangju Information and Culture Industry Promotion Agency, said, “We are grateful for the interest of many creators, producers, experts, and citizens in this VX conference,” and added, “We will provide sufficient exchange for virtual production experts and producers.” “I hope this will be a place where you can be inspired,” he said. He added, “We will continue to do our best to help GCC and CGI leap forward as a global content production base encompassing cultural content, technology, and talent.”

In accordance with the city administration direction of the 8th popularly elected Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong, the Promotion Agency aims to create a 'fun city of Gwangju' and provides in-kind production support projects and college students, etc. to support the creation and production of movies, dramas, and VP contents. We operate a variety of support projects and programs for prospective professionals, including content production workshops and realistic content citizen experience events.