가상현실게임의 활성화를 위한 법제도적 연구

Abstract

Recently many VR contents that experience VR and provide experience are emerging with the development of display technology and graphic technology. VR and AR technologies are recognized as one of important technologies during 4th Industrial Revolution Era. Also, the market size of VR/AR are anticipated to grow up to $150 billion by 2020. The biggest application of this VR technology is entertainment industry such as video, performance, and games. And games covers the largest proportion of the entertainment industry in which VR is utilized. In the field of games, VR is being used very much. Therefore, it is necessary to study the development direction of VR game. Also, the research of the legal issues of VR game and discussion of regulating VR game haven’t been contently prepared yet. Because VR game not only derives the issue of IP infringement of the game contents that happened in the field of previous online game, but also it derives the new pattern of the issue using the information of real world, such as privacy data of players and geographical information of the game service area. Currently, the kind of law regulating the virtual world and reality world is quite divided and fixed. But to solve the issues of the VR game cleary, this kind of separation of the law might be weaken and rely more on how close the causation and result brought by VR game related to our real world. However, If you do not enforce regulations are established through political discussions or plans to ensure legal stability. Thus, the legitimacy and effectiveness, as well as regulatory predictability operators be able to acquire. In the future, it is necessary to conduct intensive research on the current status and development potential of virtual reality games, and research that can suggest development directions for augmented reality games will be necessary.