- By creating avatars, users can learn about road safety while riding a bicycle in the virtual space.
- 21.4% of the total accidents involved young cyclists aged between 10 and 19.
- The platform has some 43.2 million daily users.
Through Roblox, a metaverse platform primarily used by young people, Seoul built a metaverse-based safety teaching centre for teenage users of the city’s public bicycle rental service. Users can learn about road safety while riding a bicycle in virtual space by designing avatars as reported by Aju Daily.
Public bicycles
According to government data, there were 5,555 bicycle-related safety accidents between 2018 and 2020. Young bikers aged 10 to 19 were involved in 21.4% of all accidents. In 2021, Seoul’s public bicycle rental service was utilised 23.7 million times, up 24% from the previous year. Individuals prefer to go short distances by bicycle rather than taking congested public transportation, which has resulted in an increase in the number of people utilising public bicycles.
Teaching platform
The metaverse-based safety teaching platform was designed in Roblox to target young bikers who prefer to use the capital city’s public bike rental service known as “Ttareungyi,” Seoul said in a statement on December 20. Cho Sung-il, the chief director of Seoul Facilities Corporation, was cited as saying, “We will do our utmost to construct a safe infrastructure for the safe use of Ttareungyi.” Roblox is an online game platform that allows anyone to develop games and share them with others. The platform has a daily user base of 43.2 million people.
Ttareungyi
The “Ttareungyi Meta-World” virtual safety teaching centre will teach users how to ride their bicycles safely via simulated crosswalks, crossings, and curved roadways. Users can find the service by searching in Roblox for “Seoul Bike” or “Ttareungyi.” Ttareungyi, often known as “Seoul Bike,” has been in operation in Seoul since 2015. As of November 2021, there were 40,500 Ttareungyi bikes in use, with around 5% of total riders being teens.
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Source: Aju Daily
