메타버스를 이용한 현황분석과 사례를 통한 예술교육 개발 연구

Abstract

This study aims to analyze supply status of metaverse platforms, a medium which can be utilized for art education in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as well as status of users. Based on actual cases from the analyzed data, it ultimately aims to identify ways to develop not only art educa- tion but online lectures using the platforms of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). As for the use of metaverse, the role of and dependence on metaverse are markedly increasing in the face of the COVID-19 crisis around the world. In fact, the influence of metaverse has been pervasive be- fore we completely recognize its environment. In particular, ZEPETO, which is a metaverse service provided by ‘Naver Z’, a subsidiary of NAVER Co., Ltd., allows users to create avatars using the most advanced technologies including facial recognition, 3D, and AR and then communicate with other users and experience VR with these avatars. In addition, SK TELECOM Co., Ltd. launched ‘JUMP’ as a metaverse platform, and other companies have also developed and released metaverse services such as ‘UNIVERSE’ of NCSOFT. This study intends to analyze how metaverse has been utilized in con- nection with such platforms in many different areas, to examine to what extent metaverse has been utilized in the field of education through multiple relevant cases, and to come up with how to devel- op metaverse platforms and propose an environment necessary for metaverse development based on the analysis results. Based on such suggestions, it is expected that the metaverse media would con- tribute to creating an effective environment for education.