If you mention virtual reality (VR) to someone, they’re bound to think of just video games or interactive museum tours. However, VR is much more powerful than just that. It might have the power to help people overcome grief and fight loneliness by reuniting people with their departed loved ones… or it can prolong the mourning process altogether.
A South Korean TV documentary called ‘I Met You’ did just that. The show, by Korean broadcast company MBC, helped reunite 51-year-old Kim Jung-soo with his wife 4 years after she passed away and it is heartbreaking to watch.
The amount of work that goes into these projects is immense. According to MBC, it took 6 months to prepare everything to make the couple’s reunion as realistic as possible. Have a glimpse at the emotional reunion below, dear Readers.
Man breaks down in tears as he reunites with wife through VR four years after she passed away
Kim Jung-soo weeped when he heard his deceased wife calling his name as he walked around the virtual home for a final reunion. The scene left his five children crying as they watched from a monitor
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From gaming to training, virtual reality (VR) technology has come a long way since it was first introduced to the public. More commonly, however, VR technology is primarily used to teleport a user to any environment; to any time and place. In South Korea, a TV documentary uses the technology to reunite people with their departed loved ones to allow.
Veteran actor Park Yoon-bae of Jeonwon Ilgi dies
Posted : 2020-12-21 11:32
Updated : 2020-12-21 17:31
Seen is Park Yoon-bae, left, playing the role of Eungsam in the MBC TV series Jeonwon Ilgi. He died Friday aged 73. Korea Times file
By Park Ji-won
Park Yoon-bae, a veteran actor known for the role of Eungsam in Korea s longest-running TV drama series Jeonwon Ilgi, (Country Diaries), has died at the age of 73.
The actor died Friday after suffering from pulmonary fibrosis since last year, according to the Korea Broadcasting Actors Union.
Majoring in acting at Chung-Ang University and starting his acting career in 1969 in a play, he became an actor under exclusive contract to MBC in 1973.