The Virtual Reality Revolution: Impact on the Network
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Shanti Korporaal
Co-Founder & Director of Virtual Projects - VR The World
The Virtual Reality
Revolution
The Impact on the Network
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The Virtual Reality Revolution
โข The VR Revolution is hereโฆ in the news almost every day
โข Everyone now has it โ Facebook, YouTube mean a billion people
โข Why now? VR hasbeen around for decades
โข Cheap, Easy, MUCH better quality
โข Will it impact the network? In a big way
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VR โ Up to 2015
โข Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2billion
(March 2014)
โข Head Mounted Displays (HMD)
Samsung Gear VR (with Oculus), Oculus Rift
DKโs, Google Cardboard
โข Gaming and Adult Film industries already
embracing VR
โข Live Steaming Events โ Presidential Debate,
MTV EMAs, NBA, Soccer, Nascar, NHL
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VR - 2016
โข Gaming (and adult film) boom โ Sony has PlayStation VR (Morpheus), Xbox and Oculus
partnered โ Windows 10 is VR ready, Nintendo NX rumors
โข First VR movie will probably hit (Not a James Cameron film!), Star Wars 8?
โข Rise in business usage โ tourism, high value sales - real estate, yachts โฆ
โข Use in heath and education
โข More live streaming events (Concerts, US 2016 election, News, Sports)
โข 1st VR Christmas
โข Apple? Hello?
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VR - Content
โข 360 Photos (Panorama ++)
โข 360 Videos (Experiences)
โข VR Live chat rooms(3rd Life?)
โข Live streaming events
โข 360 Gaming โ the big one
โข Education
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VR - Uses
โข Education will be huge. Some schools already have been using it,
especially history, geography and even math. Unis will embrace it
โข Heath โ Rehabilitation, Therapy, Meditation/Relaxation
โข Medical โ VR Surgery โ Training and Remote
โข Gaming โ Fully immersive, Simulations
โข Entertainment โ Movies โ sit on the moon and watch Netflix,
Concerts โ actually be there
โข Experiences will be the BIG thing for most people
Tourism/Travel, Pleasure (Adult),
things difficult (or expensive) to do
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VR - Content โ Who?
โข There is a LOT of content already โ mostly experiences and some early gaming
โข Hamilton Island and the Great Barrier Reef โ Qantas & AWOL
โข Oculus store โ 360 photos: Mars, around the world. 360 Cirque du Soleil a big hit
โข Concerts (Paul McCartney), Scuba Diving, Car Driving, Star Wars 7 VR Trailer
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VR โ The Bandwidth
โข Cirque du Soleil Kurios 10mins - 2.8Gb
โข Adult films 20min - 4.3Gb
โข Foreign Nature 10mins - 3Gb
โข Perfect Beach 30mins โ 3.6Gb
*Note: average Blu-Ray movie is 4Gb for 1.5-2hours
โข VR Experiences 3-6x currently downloaded content.
Netflix hasnโt even gone to 4K video in Australia
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The Networks - Australia
โข Mobile networks
3G: 5Mb โ in major cities
4G: 12-15Mb (*Australian speeds)
4GX: top speed 150Mb
5G: Gb coming (due 2017-2021)
โข WiFi networks
802.11b/g: 11/54Mb
802.11n/ac: up to 1.3Gb
802.11ax: potentially 10Gb
without more spectrum it will get worse and ax not ratified
until 2019 โ kit will sooner (2016)
โข Public Carrier WiFi is on the rise โ Telstra Air, Optus, TPG..
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Data Plan Hell
โข TodaysExamples Mobile Plans:
โข Telstra $70 โ 7GB
Vodafone $80 โ 11GB
Optus $70 โ 10GB
โข Optus just launched Fixed Wireless 4G - $70 for 50Gb
โข 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
โข Just like Netflix, carrierswill have to figure out how to handle the large VR media
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2016/17 โ The Networks
โข More Data in plans
โข More Apps being used โ Death of SMS and normal calls. OTT - WhatsApp, Facebook,
Telegram, Skype, etc.
โข More Speed - More 4GX from more carriers
โข More Coverage - means new customers โ even more network load
โข More Demand โ not a lot for 4GX right now โ use cases will drive demand
โข VR, IoT, SVOD, Cloud Storage, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Education, AR appearing
โข Will have to be priced reasonably
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Summary
โข VR is here to stay โ AR is following
โข Large file sizes on more devices means greater stress on WiFi and mobile
networks. Larger devices will mean even more data stored
โข Service providers will need to allow for larger more flexible plans
โข New wireless network standards need to be rolled out faster to cope
โข We need to innovateโฆ we need new ways to deal with the demands. OTT is
the networks worst nightmare... and it is only going to get worse
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Shanti Korporaal
Co-Founder & Director of Virtual Projects - VR The World
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