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The delivery of ‘mixed reality’ experiences through various forms of AR / VR ‘glasses’ is improving, and Apple may be planning to enter the fray alongside other heavyweight players such as Amazon and Google. We review the realistic timescales, and the opportunities for telcos.

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Format: PDF filePages: 64 pagesCharts: 24Author: David PringlePublication Date: September 2020

Table of Contents

  • Executive Summary
    • More mainstream models from late 2022
    • Implications and opportunities for telcos
  • Introduction
  • Progress and Immediate Prospects
    • The pioneers of augmented reality
    • Impact of the pandemic
    • Snap – seeing the world differently
    • Facebook – the keeper of the VR flame
    • Google – the leader in image recognition
    • Apple – patiently playing the long game
    • Microsoft – expensive offerings for the enterprise
    • Amazon – teaming up with telcos to enable AR/VR
    • Market forecasts being revised down
  • Telcos Get Active in AR
    • South Korea’s telcos keep trying
    • The global picture
  • What comes next?
    • Live 3D holograms of events
    • Enhancing live venues with holograms
    • 4K HD – Simple, but effective
  • Technical requirements
    • Extreme image processing
    • An array of sensors and cameras
    • Artificial intelligence plays a role
    • Bandwidth and latency
    • Costs: energy, weight and financial
  • Timelines for Better VR and AR
    • When might mass-market models become available?
    • Implications for telcos
    • Opportunities for telcos
  • Appendix: Societal Challenges
    • AR: Is it acceptable in a public place?
    • VR: health issues
    • VR and AR: moral and ethical challenges
    • AR and VR: What do consumers really want?
  • Index

Table of Figures

  • Figure 1: Examples of AR use cases and the demands they make on connectivity
  • Figure 2: Pokemon Go is still earning major revenues four years after its debut
  • Figure 3: Plessey envisions that its technology will allow for lightweight AR glasses
  • Figure 4: The definition of six degree of freedom for VR
  • Figure 5: Google Maps now uses augmented reality to help with navigation
  • Figure 6: The Google Lens app seems to be highly-rated by its millions of users
  • Figure 7: The HoloLens 2 overlays digital images onto transparent glasses
  • Figure 8: AWS Wavelength keeps latency-sensitive traffic within the mobile network
  • Figure 9: Amazon’s Echo Frames may be too chunky or indiscreet for many people
  • Figure 10: SuperData sees only modest growth in sales of AR software
  • Figure 11: Nreal’s new AR glasses are light but need a cable for processing power
  • Figure 12: BT Sport’s vision of how people might watch football in future
  • Figure 13: A live VR stream can make the viewer feel like they are at the venue
  • Figure 14: Delivering fully immersive VR content will be very bandwidth-intensive Figure 15: Interactive VR requires much lower latency than 360° video
  • Figure 16: Edge computing and telco cloud could get latency low enough for VR apps
  • Figure 17: The bulky Magic Leap One is wired to a belt-mounted computer
  • Figure 18: Smart Sunglasses need to be chunky to fit in all the necessary tech
  • Figure 19: Vuzix plans to deliver a new generation of smart glasses in 2021
  • Figure 20: MicroLED-based display engines to be more compact than predecessors
  • Figure 21: Prototype headsets based on the latest Qualcomm chipsets
  • Figure 22: The likely timeline for immersive VR with a wireless headset
  • Figure 23: The likely timeline for outdoor AR with a wireless headset
  • Figure 24: The timeline for live 3D holographic projections using wireless AR headsets

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