{"id":272957,"date":"2018-09-21T07:25:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=272957"},"modified":"2018-09-21T07:25:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T05:25:48","slug":"vodafone-used-a-5g-network-to-conduct-a-live-holographic-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/272957\/vodafone-used-a-5g-network-to-conduct-a-live-holographic-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodafone used a 5G network to conduct a live holographic call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>We\u2019re told next-generation 5G mobile technology will unlock a future of self-driving cars, augmented reality and robotic surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Vodafone Group Plc used an experimental 5G network on Thursday to conduct Britain\u2019s first live holographic call.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s engineers transmitted the three-dimensional image of a person standing in a studio in Manchester, northern England, to a virtual-reality headset at its headquarters in Newbury, west of London. The viewer could see the person as if they were standing in front of them.<\/p>\n<p>The 3D image was also projected onto a stage for an audience, evoking parallels with the 1977 Star Wars movie scene in which the robot R2-D2 projects Princess Leia\u2019s appeal for help to Obi-Wan Kenobi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, that\u2019s just like talking to the Emperor in Star Wars!\u201d said Vodafone\u2019s UK chief executive Nick Jeffery, describing the reaction of a colleague\u2019s daughter on seeing the result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this is even better than Star Wars. I hope you agree,\u201d Jeffery added.<\/p>\n<p>Such calls could be possible with the next-generation mobile service because data speeds may be 100 times faster than current 4G technology and there will be fewer delays in data being transmitted between networks and devices.<\/p>\n<p>It took long for video-conferencing to become widespread due to the cost and large amount of equipment and holographic calling could also take several years to take off, said Scott Petty, chief technology officer of Vodafone\u2019s UK unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019ll be a natural evolution of video conferencing, but adding a 360-degree, more immersive element,\u201d Petty said.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/269647\/vodacom-could-deploy-first-5g-services-in-weeks-if-given-the-spectrum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vodacom could deploy first 5G services \u2018in weeks\u2019 \u2013 if given the spectrum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re told next-generation 5G mobile technology will unlock a future of self-driving cars, augmented reality and robotic surgery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":5832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,737],"class_list":["post-272957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-vodafone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":272961,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272957\/revisions\/272961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}