Introducing K-verse 3: Eternal Fandom Partners
Prepare for the grandest gathering of Korean partners yet, right here in The Sandbox! It’s an extraordinary chance to connect with your favorite brands like never before.
Otherworld
The First Digital Space of Web 3.0 Social ‘Otherworld’
A Metaverse Where Leading Domestic Webtoons and Entertainment IPs Converge and Expand
Otherworld is developing the OWN protocol for Web 3.0 social networks. Here, users can curate their OWN space with favorite IP content and engage with others who share similar interests. Otherworld aims to improve accessibility by owning major intellectual properties (IPs), such as the top-ranked Korean webtoon “Solo Leveling” and the K-pop sensation (G)I-DLE. Moreover, we plan to acquire even more IPs in the future.
Our mission is to popularize the concept of “IP + Community.” Just as subscription models expanded rapidly in various businesses at some point, we believe that this model, combining IP with community to create new value, will soon become commonplace. We strive to utilize the connections between individuals who share a common perspective to elevate the power of intellectual property to new heights and implement a groundbreaking approach that reinvests its rewards into the fan.
Astory
K-Drama Metaverse
A new way to experience global contents within a digital space
Astory is a global content studio that created drama series such as “Kingdom”, “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and “Big Mouth”. As our main businesses, we plan and create contents, and release them through broadcasting networks, OTTs, foreign markets, etc. Also, we operate our additional businesses such as actor management and IP businesses through our affiliate, AIMC.
In recent years, as the demand for drama series increased due to the expansion of broadcasting media, high-quality dramas are being mass-produced. In addition, the overall profitability of drama series is improving due to the increasing demand for Korean content abroad. As a result, drama production companies (contents) are becoming more important within the market, and it is expected that the production of high-quality original contents and operating various IP businesses will lead to the differentiation of drama production companies.
Through collaboration with “The Sandbox,” the global metaverse platform, we plan to not only provide global content, but also a variety of experiences that the global users could experience.
“I am excited to introduce you to the first metaverse world within the Sandbox that incorporates the K-drama intellectual property (IP).
We are thrilled to showcase the series developed by Astory with devotion within the Astory land.
Astory will continue to expand our offerings, providing a variety of events and items to ensure that our K-drama universe can be enjoyed by users worldwide. Come and visit our land to explore our K-drama universe.”
President of Astory, Nikki Semin Han
SBS Contents Hub
K culture Metaverse
Blend K-drama, K-pop, and K-Entertainment seamlessly into the virtual world
SBS ContentsHub manages the distribution of broadcasting rights for SBS Media Group’s drama and entertainment programs like “My Love from the Star” and “Running Man.” Additionally, we explore further opportunities through intellectual property (IP), the metaverse, and NFTs.
Starting with RunningMan Park, inspired by the global sensation “Running Man,” SBS ContentsHub plans not only to curate entertainment shows but also to organize drama exhibitions. We aim to develop services that bridge the metaverse and physical spaces.
https://programs.sbs.co.kr/special/sbscontentshub/main
AmorePacific
‘New Beauty Square’
Beauty Metaverse Discovering New Beauty
Amorepacific is opening New Beauty Square to mark its 79th anniversary. Discover your own BEAUTY by experiencing Amorepacific’s attractive brands!
Amorepacific is Korea’s first beauty company and a global beauty enterprise that has expanded its reach across the globe. It owns more than 30 beauty brands including Sulwhasoo, Innisfree, and Laneige, and has been listed in Forbes’s Top 100 Most Innovative Companies.
The first project of The Sandbox, “INNISFREE: THE ISLE Adventure’, is unveiled. Innisfree, Korea’s first naturalism-oriented beauty brand, introduced a new universe called “THE ISLE” through rebranding. Experience a game where you can feel the diverse colors and energies of nature on a mystical island and search for mysterious ingredients.
https://www.apgroup.com/int/en/index.html
“I’m very happy that AmorePacific can create the Web3 ecosystem together with The Sandbox.
I would like to create an AmorePacific story with users at The Sandbox, a global representative metaverse platform.
K-Beauty is receiving a lot of love by leading global beauty trends. We will create a fun metaverse experience with the passionate users of The Sandbox.”
AmorePacific Digital Strategy Division Sr. Vice President, Joanne Hyojung Joo
Daewon Media
SHARING FUN & JOY WITH THE WORLD
CONTENT FLEX that makes everything you imagine a reality!
Imagination is the source of enriching human life.
Daewon Media Co., Ltd. has not forgotten that your emotions are alive and breathing even in the rapidly changing era.
Daewon Media Co., Ltd. is always there when your dream comes to reality.
It is our mission and goal to make everything we imagine a reality and give the value of happiness, emotion, and pleasure to our families and individuals.
Through collaboration with the world’s best metaverse platform “The Sandbox,” Daewon Media Co., Ltd. dreams of making dreams a reality in the metaverse space beyond offline and creating a pleasant world for everyone.
Modhaus
KPOP Idol Virtual Fan Cafe
Digital Space where KPOP artist and fans can create the new experience using NFT
Modhaus, a blockchain-based fan participatory K-pop startup, was established in December 2021, serving as both an entertainment planning agency and a web3 startup. The platform developed by Modhaus, called ‘COSMO,’ allows fans to directly participate in the process of creating idols through voting recorded on the blockchain. By collecting NFT-format photocards of their favorite idol members, fans receive utility tokens that enable them to participate in decisions related to group operations, such as the activities of members, title songs, album jacket photo shoots, and selecting the city for these activities. This fan-driven approach introduced the fan participatory idol group ‘tripleS.’ Additionally, members of ‘LOONA’ such as Haseul, Heejin, Kim Lip, Jinsol, and Choerry have recently joined under the name ‘ARTMS.’
tripleS is a 24 member K-Pop girl group that uses blockchain technology to enable fans to control various elements of the experience. 16 members have been revealed and released 5 albums and earned a nomination for “Best New Female Artist” at the 2023 MAMA Awards. New tripleS members are revealed through official YouTube and fans can participate in voting event for artist production from member selection to song selection by using NFTs on COSMO app. Total of four unit groups have released albums with members determined through fan voting. Additionally, the title song for the first album of tripleS was also decided by fans through direct voting.
With The Sandbox, We are preparing metaverse content through Objekt to provide fans with new experiences in a digital space and aiming to translate the experiences traditional fans had offline into an online setting offering experiences that transcend time and space.
Arimoa
ChiPing! Green World Game
‘ChiPing! Green World’, an environmental purification game that showcases a virtual garbage island (GPGP) within the metaverse
Arimoa strives to evolve into a global company, connecting all imaginations of the world, offering miraculous dreams to children worldwide, and creating added value through characters. Inspired by the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), a symbolic presence of marine environmental pollution, this project aims to establish a representative global eco-friendly metaverse platform by designing a virtual garbage island within the metaverse.
‘ChiPing! Green World’ aims to convey a message about the importance of environmental protection to the MZ generation through an environmental purification game on the global metaverse platform ‘The Sandbox,’ leveraging both existing and new characters from the ‘ChiChiPingPing’ animation. Furthermore, we plan to expand our business through eco-friendly merchandise utilizing characters, experience centers utilizing offline space, and the planning and execution of corporate ESG campaigns. Through these initiatives, we intend to realize Arimoa’s ESG management by donating a portion of the generated revenue to environmental organizations.”
Arimoa Head of Strategic Planning Section, Tae-Jung Kwak
Builder Studios
Luda Games
Luda Games specializes in Metaverse content, offering comprehensive solutions ranging from content planning and development to service and marketing. Under the motto of ‘Funny’, our focus is on delivering optimized experiences across the Metaverse platforms.
WITCHES
‘WITCHES’ creates content of high quality with magical creativity, offering trendy experiences. As a builder studio that continues to grow with the joy and passion of collaboration, if you seek magical content creation, please look for ‘WITCHES’
Cogul Planet
A contents design company that delivers the joy of life through an empathetic perspective. With pursuing happiness and novelty, Cogul Planet creates a metaverse space that provides enjoyment, not just a space for typical space. With our experience creating emoticons and various application themes, we provide you with a richer experience in Metaverse.
http://www.cogulcontents.com/main
Spaceblock
Spaceblock aims to establish an industry benchmark for metaverse content repositories, pioneering an universal 3D asset and modeling solution tailored for virtual environments.
