Seoul's government recently launched its metaverse platform, which is the city’s virtual world project. It has been formally opened to the public, and now they can easily obtain various administrative services without actually visiting the city government’s offices.

The Seoul government will be providing various services to the public through its Metaverse Seoul platform. With this virtual arrangement, the city has become the first in the world to offer metaverse-based services. The platform simply broadened public access to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and this makes things easier for the citizens.

The city launched the first phase of its Metaverse Seoul project earlier this week. Some of the public services are already active on the platform, so people can simply use the internet to get government assistance or avail of administrative services related to tax, education, and economic matters.

Seoul’s Mayor Oh Se Hoon said that residents would also get access to official documents via the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s offices in the virtual world. They can also file complaints and get answers to their inquiries regarding tax filings.

As per CoinTelegraph, the first phase of the Metaverse Seoul was launched this week after successful beta testing. Mayor Oh said that this would not be a place where the citizens could communicate with the officials and government offices.

It was said that the city spent about KRW2 billion or $1.6 million for the development of the metaverse platform, and the amount is just for the first phase. The officials said that this would make it easier for the residents, especially those who have difficulty with commuting, to avail of government services.

"The metaverse is evolving in various forms depending on the level of technology and user demands. In particular, it is rapidly emerging as a new paradigm after the coronavirus outbreak," Aju Business Daily quoted Park Jong Su, Seoul’s director of smart city policy, as saying in a statement.