[Courtesy of Yatavent]

SEOUL – A metaverse-based counseling platform will be adopted in Seoul to help young students maintain their composure while dealing with various kinds of struggles, such as academic concerns and friendship issues. Without revealing their faces, students can communicate with teachers using avatars capable of recognizing different emotions.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the number of young people feeling positive emotions has dropped significantly. In a 2021 survey of 862 people between the ages of nine and 24 conducted by the Korea Youth Counseling and Welfare Institute, a state-run counseling agency, those feeling positive emotions such as gratitude and calmness dropped three times compared to a year ago. year. The survey showed that 53.2…