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TT Poll: Virtual Reality a Work in ProgressLast week's Telco Transformation poll took a 360-degree view of virtual reality and found that service providers have their work cut out for them in regards to making VR a better experience. The poll asked: "What should service providers' priorities be this year in regards to virtual reality?" Two of the top three vote getters were joined at the hip. Leading the way with the most votes was "Improve latency for VR's performance requirements" at 33% while "Increase bandwidth to meet new visual demands" was tied for second at 29%. "Ignore the whole thing; it's just a fad. Remember Second Life," also had 29% percent of the votes. (Second Life was a 3D virtual world that launched in 2003, but has since faded.) "Forget consumers this year; industrial and commercial VR applications are the moneymakers," garnered 9% of the votes for last place.
VR created a buzz in January during CES 2016 in Las Vegas and last week Facebook released its highly touted Oculus Rift viewing device for consumers. On Monday, the less well-known HTC Vive was launched to compete with Oculus. Vive is a joint venture between HTC and video gaming company Valve. While not everyone is ready to plunk down $599 today for an Oculus Rift headset, or $1,500 when it's bundled with a compatible computer, a recent report by BBC Research said the global market should reach $105.2 billion by 2020, which is up 67% from last year's $4.5 billion. For a deep dive into VR, check out this recent report by Heavy Reading, which was also the basis for a Telco Transformation infographic. (See Virtual Reality: Poised for Liftoff.) — Mike Robuck, Editor, Telco Transformation |
The winners from the holiday edition of Telco Transformation's caption contest are announced.
It's the final cartoon caption contest of the year for Telco Transformation.
Comcast and AT&T are among the first companies to pass out bonuses to employees after tax reform legislation passes.
Disney is upping its streaming video game with its deal with 21st Century Fox.
CenturyLink's survey also asked IT professionals about SD-WAN, Ethernet and MPLS.
On-the-Air Thursdays Digital Audio
ARCHIVED | December 7, 2017, 12pm EST
Orange has been one of the leading proponents of SDN and NFV. In this Telco Transformation radio show, Orange's John Isch provides some perspective on his company's NFV/SDN journey.
Special Huawei Video
Huawei Network Transformation Seminar The adoption of virtualization technology and cloud architectures by telecom network operators is now well underway but there is still a long way to go before the transition to an era of Network Functions Cloudification (NFC) is complete. |
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