NCSOFT R&D CENTER IN PANGYO. COURTESY OF NCSOFT
Korea's NCSoft Corp. invested in U.S. hologram platform developer Light Field Lab (LFL) to secure future technologies, such as 3D and VR, to strengthen its business competitiveness.
NCSoft participated as a lead investor in LFL's $50M Series B funding, and it's estimated that the company invested multi-million dollars at least.
San Jose, California-based startup LFL specializes in developing 3D hologram technology that can be implemented without a separate dedicated headset.
- Companies like Samsung, Verizon, and Bosch have invested in it.
- SolidLight, developed by LFL, is the highest-resolution holographic display platform, allowing natural digital objects to float mid-air without headgear.
- LFL plans to use the latest financing to accelerate the commercialization of its SolidLight systems across various enterprise and location-based entertainment applications,
- This includes its new product, "Space and Time," which allows users to interact with SolidLight holograms.
- NCSoft is pushing for a large project called "Digital Actor" and recruited a professor of deep learning at Seoul National University as its chief research officer.
