Behind the Scenes of Volumetric Capture (Part II) 
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by Anne Herreria
1y ago
Imagine being transported (virtually) to a dream vacation spot or practicing your golf swing alongside your idol. Volumetric capture is making such immersive experiences a reality. From sports and entertainment to police and medical training, Metastage is a leader in bringing data to life with its 106-camera studio and volumetric capture technology. (Learn more in Part I of this series). The data equation  “Volumetric capture involves tons of data, and we’ve seen just how gargantuan these files can be,” said Judd Kim, co-founder and creative director at mixed reality agency Trigger X ..read more
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Bringing Data to Life in the Metaverse
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by Anne Herreria
1y ago
3D holographic messages, an experience once exclusive to Hollywood special effects, are becoming more mainstream as the metaverse evolves. With the help of its massive 106-camera studio in Los Angeles, Metastage is a company bringing data and immersive mixed reality experiences to life with its volumetric capture technology. Metastage has created over 200 productions since its inception, from bringing fashion shoots for New York Fashion Week to your living room or creating the first volumetric Snapchat lens that can summon a frightening horror movie villain to the small screen on your mobile p ..read more
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3 Ways 5G will Enhance Automotive Safety
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by Russell Ruben
4y ago
As 5G rolls out across the world, it will offer the next generation of mobile connectivity experience powered by a dramatic increase in speed and low latency. It will also open up possibilities for new mobile, gaming, health, edge and industrial applications – with a lot of hype and expectation. While we tend to associate 5G’s impact on our own personal devices, like phones and tablets, one of the areas where we’ll likely see the most significant impact will be automotive. As transportation marches towards autonomous vehicles (we’re not quite there, but we’re getting closer), connected cars ar ..read more
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4 Ways 5G Could Radically Alter How We Consume Content
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by Itzik Gilboa
4y ago
5G could make content and media more immersive and responsive than ever through higher bandwidth and lower latency. These changes could enable 8K video streaming, accelerated mobile gaming, and a host of other applications. In this article, I’ll cover four key trends that the next wave of 5G devices might make possible. 1) 5G Unites Augmented and Virtual Reality Under Extended Reality (XR) You might already be familiar with one popular use of virtual reality (VR) in VR gaming. One major issue with this technology has been tethering. VR headsets have historically been physically connected to a ..read more
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5G Turbo Speeds? We First Need to Remove the Bottlenecks
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by Itzik Gilboa
4y ago
It seems every industry and consumer is awaiting the true 5G wireless network rollout, and that’s for good reasons. Download speeds 100 times faster, 4-5x reduced latencies, are just some of the benefits we’ll see with 5G vs. 4G capabilities. Yet taking advantage of these speeds comes with as many challenges as promises. The Impact of 5G 5G is not just about downloading movies faster (although, you’ll be able to download 4K and 8K content in a snap of a finger!). The speed of the network and its massive capabilities will change what we can do with all kinds of mobile devices. Much of it will ..read more
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Edge Computing: 5 Design Considerations
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by Oded Sagee
5y ago
In the past five years, the amount of data being generated, consumed, transferred, and stored was massive. 5G is expected to bring an unforeseen level of network abilities and data transfer rates that will set the stage for even more advanced and novel applications to have everything more connected, in real time, all the time. 5G Market Situation With exponential increases in connected devices, data traffic and edge to core architecture, there will be 422 million 5G connections globally, and 77.5 EB (exabytes) of mobile data traffic per month, which is equivalent to 930 EB a year, by 2022.[1 ..read more
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5G — Where Are We and What’s Next?
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by Christopher Bergey
5y ago
During a recent cross-country flight, I reflected on the mobile trends and my industry observations from the first quarter of 2019. All of the noise, from the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics show in January to the Mobile World Congress Barcelona in February and the latest and greatest product announcements from leading manufacturers in the world, can be summed up in a single digit and letter — 5G. More specifically, 5G for smartphones. The Curve: Smartphone Technology Where are we on the saturation curve relative to the power of this ever-evolving device in your pocket? In other words, how far ..read more
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Top 8 Mobile Market and Technology Trends
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by Oded Sagee
5y ago
The mobile market has seen an incredible trajectory. There are over 3 billion smartphone users across the globe[1], and although concerns of saturation, we’re short before the next revolution of the mobile computing experience. Here’s a look at the top 8 developments shaping mobile technology and its future trends. 1. Is There Room for Growth? The fourth quarter of 2017 marked the first time since 2004 that the market for smartphones declined globally compared to the prior year and for fourth quarter 2018, it remained flat compared to the previous year.[2] This raised a lot of concerns about t ..read more
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How Edge Computing is Redefining Cloud Technologies
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by Christopher Bergey
5y ago
Christopher Bergey, Senior VP of Devices Products at Western Digital, spoke at Compuforum 2018 on “Edge Computing – The Future of Memory and Cloud” on June 6th in Taipei. This is the fifth year Western Digital has been invited by Trendforce to share thoughts on market trends and outlooks with nearly 300 attendees. This year’s focus was on IoT. Read on to learn why edge computing is redefining cloud technologies and why advances such as AI, 5G, and the complexity of data are driving the need for more storage at the edge. Christopher Bergey spoke at Compuforum 2018 on “Edge Computing – The Futur ..read more
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Top 7 Trends at Mobile World Congress 2018
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by Charlene Wan
5y ago
“5G”, “ecosystem”, “edge compute”, “NOW!” As I walked the halls of Mobile World Congress 2018, these were among the most common words vendors used to attract attention to their booths. (There were also some more surprising themes, like “the Internet of Cows” which I’ll explain…) But they all represent deeper messages and the top trends in today’s mobile world. Without further ado, here’s the top 7 trends I saw at Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona: #1 5G Everywhere! And it’s “Perfect!” 5G continues to dominate the conversations as the promise of 5G is going to have a far-reaching impact ..read more
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