S. Korean construction firms use metaverse to showcase model houses

The South Korean construction industry is using metaverse technology as an option for building and operating expensive real model houses and reaching a wider customer base

Lotte Engineering & Construction Co. rolled out a metaverse model house service in collaboration with property technology firm Zigbang.

This service allows users to control their avatar in a metaverse-based virtual model house, and explore every corner of the house and residential complex.

It provides a 360-degree bird’s eye view and landscape view.

In addition, users also can check time-based changes in the landscape, which looks different by day and night.

Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. also launched a virtual experience model house service called Meta Gallery using a game engine.

Meanwhile, formed a business agreement with telecom operator KT Corp. to establish a metaverse ecosystem.