Friday, July 3, 2020

Consumer Tech


5G Will Turbo-Charge Streaming, VR, AR,
Video Games, Interactive Movies and VFX
 
By CHRIS McGOWAN

 Minecraft: The Multiplayer Giant Will Get a Boost

With its blazing speed, 5G – the next generation of wireless technology – is expected to spark plentiful innovations and burgeoning growth in entertainment and the arts, especially for streaming media, video games, virtual reality and augmented reality, all of which will create new opportunities for content creators and visual effects artists. “All of a sudden, people will have more access to high-quality data streams, very fast, with low latency,” according to David Bloom, a Santa Monica-based writer and consultant who tracks the collision of technology and entertainment. For television, there will be options galore as 5G will bolster IP services that stream “all your different video content.” That different content may include new forms of interactive TV, music and advertising. Read more in VFX Voice.

 Black Mirror's interactive episode "Bandersnatch"

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