An Indoor urban theme park, where includes VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), hologram, fusion of game and reality etc. is planned to be built. People can go inside the game and see the main character and experience the mysterious stereoscopic mapping performance right next to the LED. In addition, classical masterpieces such as impression work using high-definition digital technology can be appreciated there.

UJoy World (CEO Yang Jae Ho) announced on February 16 that the construction is now underway to open ‘Ujoy World Theme park’ within March, next year. The construction work is currently processed over 40%. The firm plans to complete the construction by the end of the year and final develop theme parks for three months. A variety of experiential attractions (performances), characters, arcade game machines, digital aquariums and 3D hologram projectors, which will be built in the headquarters of UJoy World in Pankyo, are now built as test.


The place where the UJoy World theme park enters is Kaesandong, Kaeyangu, Incheon city, which is close to Incheon International Airport and Gimpo Airport. It is an excellent place for traffic access such as Airport subway line Gyeongang Station, Seoul Subway Line 7, Incheon Subway Line 2, Seoul Outer Ring Road, Gyeongin Expressway and Incheon Airport Expressway. The target users of UJoy World will be not only 25 million populations of the metropolitan area, but the whole country. The park also plans to attract foreign tourists as well.

‘UJoy World theme park was conceived as the world``s first indoor VR AR experience theme park concept.’ said Choi Myeong Ho, executive director of Ujoy World. ‘It will serve as a milestone in the world of entertainment technology, scale and experience activity.’

UJoy World theme park is designed to provide almost all the experience entertainment that can be enjoyed indoors and outdoors. It is comparable to a large shopping mall with a large size. The park has a total area of 108,000 square meters (32,800 pyong), the park will consist of 6 underground floors, 5 ground floors, which will include attractions, various attraction, character & toy zone, digital appliance store, shopping and food zone. . Total investment amounted to 398 billion won. In short, it aims at a futuristic theme park where will be considered as ‘digital joy’ and shopping combine theme park.



Executive director Choi answered that he is not concerned about the possibility of success. Executive director Choi said that he finished analyzing potential market size, location, and trend during the planning stage. He said, ‘our target is 3.2 million visitors in the first year, which is not an unreasonable goal compared to Hanam Starfield or a large outdoor shopping mall. We plan to attract 1.2 million visitors annually, as well as domestic visitors.’ Ujoy World has already signed an agreement with CITS in 2015, a global travel agency, to attract foreign visitors.

Executive director Choi says, ‘In the future, indoor theme parks will become popular.’ ‘The majority of the world``s population lives between 30 and 50 degrees north of the four seasons, and environmental pollution, such as fine dust, deteriorates the indoor activities that can control the air quality rather than outdoors.’

Dinosaurs can also be seen, at Ujoy World theme park. Utilizing VR and holograms, Jurassic Park, which enables the world``s first three-dimensional experience, realizes almost everything that theme parks can offer. Visitors will be able to talk with the characters of the game and make battle as well. Visitors can also experience a disaster that assumes a volcanic eruption or an earthquake, and leaves space travel on vehicles and motorcycles. Among them, the dome experience hall, which is located inside a huge sphere and moves 360 degrees around the body and watches 3D stereoscopic movies, is the world``s first attempt. Especially, it is noteworthy that Ujoy World theme park shows ``Experience type edutainment`` which is a combination of entertainment and education. It is a combination of learning and fun, while learning to acquire knowledge. It provides a network training tool through AR, and also introduces intensive improvement program through brainwave hertz measurement.


Executive director Choi said, ‘Next month, we will discuss how to incorporate the method that was applied to the Disney theme park in Korea by Rendell Craiser, the director of the classic ``Greece`` musical film.’ He said, ‘As a warrior of the digital indoor experience theme park making it into the overseas market.’ Chinese investors are already paying attention to the indoor theme park as it has huge potential in the Chinese market.

By Lee Kyoo Hwa david@


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