The mobile carriers' move to develop VR games comes at a time when they have been struggling to find profit models that will make up for their enormous investments into the construction of 5G networks. 1 using mobile routers, are aiming to start offering high-end 5G services running on smartphones in March.Īn official from one of the mobile carriers said, 'We believe VR content is an optimal service in the 5G era as 5G is capable of providing high-speed, ultra-low-latency mobile services to transmit VR content carrying a large amount of data.' SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus, which sent the first 5G signal Dec. Telecom companies here are increasingly utilizing virtual reality (VR) games as 'killer' content to captivate customers and reap profits in preparation for the launch of full-scale fifth-generation (5G) network services, officials said Tuesday. Models promote a VR racing game, tentatively named 'Kartrider VR,' which SK Telecom plans to release within the first half of the year in cooperation with Nexon.
