BARCELONA, Spain—How do you promote one emerging technology? With another emerging technology.
While 5G internet connectivity—and its potential to transform everything from smart cities and homes to autonomous cars—is a hot topic, most cases are still hypothetical. However, Ericsson and Vodafone developed a way to illustrate how much of a difference a little speed can make in relation to 5G internet. For this week’s Mobile World Congress trade show, attendees that stopped by the Swedish company’s booth could put on a virtual reality headset for a real-life experience with lower and higher speeds while playing a video game similar to the hit first-person shooter Counter Strike.
According to Jasmeet Sethi, senior advisor of consumer insights at Ericsson’s ConsumerLab, one of gamers’ biggest frustrations is a lagging network.
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