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North Korea rolls out new educational augmented reality program

“New intelligent playground equipment for children" bears similarities to S. Korean game

North Korean researchers have released a new educational augmented reality (AR) game with 3D visualization, a video released by the state-run outlet DPRK Today showed on Wednesday.

The program appears to be an AR sandbox, in which the user changes the topography of artificial sand in a box to manipulate a virtual environment.

Researchers at Kim Il Sung University have developed a “new intelligent playground equipment for children,” an anchor says in the video.

DPRK Today said the product consists of a projector, a depth sensor, and a sandbox.

“It is an entertainment equipment that enables a player to understand