CommsDayUnwired2015: Shanti Korporaal, VR The World

COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015

ShantiKorporaalCo-Founder & Director of Virtual Projects - VR The World

The Virtual RealityRevolution

The Impact on the Network

COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD

The Virtual Reality Revolution

• The VR Revolution is here… in the news almost every day• Everyone now has it – Facebook, YouTube mean a billion people• Why now? VR has been around for decades• Cheap, Easy, MUCH better quality

• Will it impact the network? In a big way


VR – Up to 2015

• Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2billion (March 2014)

• Head Mounted Displays (HMD)Samsung Gear VR (with Oculus), Oculus Rift DK’s, Google Cardboard

• Gaming and Adult Film industries already embracing VR

• Live Steaming Events – Presidential Debate,MTV EMAs, NBA, Soccer, Nascar, NHL


VR - 2016

• Gaming (and adult film) boom – Sony has PlayStation VR (Morpheus), Xbox and Oculus partnered – Windows 10 is VR ready, Nintendo NX rumors

• First VR movie will probably hit (Not a James Cameron film!), Star Wars 8?

• Rise in business usage – tourism, high value sales - real estate, yachts …

• Use in heath and education

• More live streaming events (Concerts, US 2016 election, News, Sports)

• 1st VR Christmas

• Apple? Hello?


VR - Content

• 360 Photos (Panorama ++)

• 360 Videos (Experiences)

• VR Live chat rooms (3rd Life?)

• Live streaming events

• 360 Gaming – the big one

• Education


VR - Uses

• Education will be huge. Some schools already have been using it,especially history, geography and even math. Unis will embrace it

• Heath – Rehabilitation, Therapy, Meditation/Relaxation

• Medical – VR Surgery – Training and Remote

• Gaming – Fully immersive, Simulations

• Entertainment – Movies – sit on the moon and watch Netflix,Concerts – actually be there

• Experiences will be the BIG thing for most peopleTourism/Travel, Pleasure (Adult),things difficult (or expensive) to do


VR - Content – Who?

• There is a LOT of content already – mostly experiences and some early gaming

• Hamilton Island and the Great Barrier Reef – Qantas & AWOL

• Oculus store – 360 photos: Mars, around the world. 360 Cirque du Soleil a big hit

• Concerts (Paul McCartney), Scuba Diving, Car Driving, Star Wars 7 VR Trailer


VR – The Bandwidth

• Cirque du Soleil Kurios 10mins - 2.8Gb

• Adult films 20min - 4.3Gb

• Foreign Nature 10mins - 3Gb

• Perfect Beach 30mins – 3.6Gb

*Note: average Blu-Ray movie is 4Gb for 1.5-2hours

• VR Experiences 3-6x currently downloaded content.Netflix hasn’t even gone to 4K video in Australia


The Networks - Australia

• Mobile networks3G: 5Mb – in major cities4G: 12-15Mb (*Australian speeds)4GX: top speed 150Mb5G: Gb coming (due 2017-2021)

• WiFi networks802.11b/g: 11/54Mb802.11n/ac: up to 1.3Gb802.11ax: potentially 10Gbwithout more spectrum it will get worse and ax not ratified

until 2019 – kit will sooner (2016)

• Public Carrier WiFi is on the rise – Telstra Air, Optus, TPG..


Data Plan Hell

• Todays Examples Mobile Plans:• Telstra $70 – 7GB

Vodafone $80 – 11GBOptus $70 – 10GB

• Optus just launched Fixed Wireless 4G - $70 for 50Gb

• Thanks to OTT services like Netflix most Fixed line plans have been increased and will have no issues with VR. However, coverage still an issue while waiting for NBN

• Just like Netflix, carriers will have to figure out how to handle the large VR media


2016/17 – The Networks

• More Data in plans• More Apps being used – Death of SMS and normal calls. OTT - WhatsApp, Facebook,

Telegram, Skype, etc.• More Speed - More 4GX from more carriers• More Coverage - means new customers – even more network load• More Demand – not a lot for 4GX right now – use cases will drive demand

• VR, IoT, SVOD, Cloud Storage, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Education, AR appearing• Will have to be priced reasonably


Summary

• VRisheretostay– ARisfollowing

• LargefilesizesonmoredevicesmeansgreaterstressonWiFi andmobilenetworks.Largerdeviceswillmeanevenmoredatastored

• Serviceproviderswillneedtoallowforlargermoreflexibleplans

• Newwirelessnetworkstandardsneedtoberolledoutfastertocope

• Weneedtoinnovate…weneednewwaystodealwiththedemands.OTTisthenetworksworstnightmare...anditisonlygoingtogetworse

COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015

ShantiKorporaalCo-Founder & Director of Virtual Projects - VR The World

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CommsDayUnwired2015: Shanti Korporaal, VR The World