For years, NAVER LABS has been at the forefront of developing spatial intelligence technology that blurs the lines between virtual and physical spaces. This work supports the expansion of online services into offline spaces and enables innovative spatial intelligence applications. NAVER TwinXR Platform is the culmination of these efforts.
1. What Is NAVER TwinXR Platform?
NAVER TwinXR Platform is an integrated platform that combines NAVER's digital twin solutions with advanced spatial intelligence technologies. It creates virtual replicas of real-world spaces, enabling interactions between physical and virtual realms. By linking these worlds through innovations like AR/VR/MR, robotics, autonomous driving, and smart city infrastructure, this platform aims to build future cities where spaces, people, information, and machines are seamlessly interconnected.
A core strength of NAVER TwinXR Platform is its flexibility in meeting the technical needs of a diverse range of industries through a single platform. For instance, it provides a wide range of spatial intelligence required by services from different fields, including city simulations, AR navigation, and autonomous driving, all from one unified system.
2. Platform Components
Key Solutions
ALIKE Solution: A foundational technology for constructing 3D models of various urban spaces. Using AI, aerial imagery, and a variety of mapping devices, it rapidly constructs the 3D spatial data of objects, indoor and outdoor spaces, and entire cities.
ARC eye: Based on both indoor and outdoor digital twins, ARC eye delivers AI-powered positioning, enabling precise location tracking in environments where GPS is unavailable or unreliable, such as indoors or in complex environments.
AR SDK: Provides authoring tools and resources necessary for the development of AR services and content.
Mapping Devices
M Series: High-precision mapping robots used to create 3D digital twin data of indoor spaces.
T Series: Wearable mapping devices designed for complex environments like staircases, enabling the smooth integration of indoor and outdoor spaces in digital twin data.
R Series: A vehicle-mounted mobile mapping system that collects road data for HD map creation.
P Series: A panoramic mapping system based on street-view vehicles, contributing to the construction of nationwide digital twin models.
Creation and Management Tools
A comprehensive suite of tools, including digital twin editing software, AR/3D content creation and editing tools, mobile mapping apps, blueprints and video tools for VR tours, and an object-tracking SDK. This suite provides robust support for spatial content creation and management.
Advanced Spatial Intelligence Technologies
Research teams from NAVER LABS in Korea and Europe are constantly updating the platform with the latest technologies. Through foundational model research, they are rapidly advancing AI-driven technologies capable of adapting to a wide variety of use cases.
3. Key Applications
AR/VR/MR Services: The platform offers digital twin data and positioning technology that supports AR/VR/MR experiences on devices like smartphones and smart glasses, creating new, immersive user experiences.
Robotics and Autonomous Driving: By providing real-time location data and enhanced spatial intelligence, the platform enables robots and autonomous vehicles to operate seamlessly across a wide variety of environments.
Smart Buildings and Smart Cities: The platform facilitates efficient data collection and analysis for building and urban infrastructure management, contributing to the development of smart buildings and cities.
VFX: By leveraging digital twin technology, the platform supports virtual space creation for movies, gaming, and other fields. With 3D models of large-scale spaces and freedom in virtual environments, new possibilities are now available in content production and planning.
NAVER TwinXR Platform plays a pivotal role in the creation of future cities, combining digital twin and spatial intelligence technologies to build a foundation where the real and virtual worlds can interact seamlessly.