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Enabling the metaverse

The metaverse is enabled by a device-cloud-edge continuum

While the metaverse is still taking shape, it will involve high throughput, low latency, perception-assisted wireless and 5G APIs in support of consumer, enterprise and industrial applications. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Engineering Hemanth Sampath, speaking during Mobile World Congress 2023, considers the progress being made on both devices and networks, including cellular and Wi-Fi, as the vision of the metaverse continues to take shape.

Powering the metaverse and revolutionizing Extended Reality (XR)

Qualcomm's portfolios of technologies, including 5G, Wi-Fi, XR and more, will be essential to making the vision of immersive computing a commercial reality. The first demo illustrates a near-term solution where Wi-Fi powered AR glasses communicate to the cloud via a 5G-enabled phone. The demo showcases a dynamically-distributed compute system that toggles between local and remote compute modes, depending on the quality of 5G radio conditions. In the second demo, a 5G API allows for mobility and handover for a cloud gaming application without any stutter or lag. The third demo highlights how 5G performance can be improved by fusing XR perception and wireless technologies.

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