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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015
Shanti Korporaal
Co-Founder & Director of Virtual Projects - VR The World
The Virtual Reality
Revolution
The Impact on the Network

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
The Virtual Reality Revolution
• The VR Revolution is here… in the news almost every day
• Everyone now has it – Facebook, YouTube mean a billion people
• Why now? VR hasbeen around for decades
• Cheap, Easy, MUCH better quality
• Will it impact the network? In a big way

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
VR – Up to 2015
• Facebook bought Oculus Rift for $2billion
(March 2014)
• Head Mounted Displays (HMD)
Samsung Gear VR (with Oculus), Oculus Rift
DK’s, Google Cardboard
• Gaming and Adult Film industries already
embracing VR
• Live Steaming Events – Presidential Debate,
MTV EMAs, NBA, Soccer, Nascar, NHL

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
VR - 2016
• Gaming (and adult film) boom – Sony has PlayStation VR (Morpheus), Xbox and Oculus
partnered – Windows 10 is VR ready, Nintendo NX rumors
• First VR movie will probably hit (Not a James Cameron film!), Star Wars 8?
• Rise in business usage – tourism, high value sales - real estate, yachts …
• Use in heath and education
• More live streaming events (Concerts, US 2016 election, News, Sports)
• 1st VR Christmas
• Apple? Hello?

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
VR - Content
• 360 Photos (Panorama ++)
• 360 Videos (Experiences)
• VR Live chat rooms(3rd Life?)
• Live streaming events
• 360 Gaming – the big one
• Education

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
VR - Uses
• Education will be huge. Some schools already have been using it,
especially history, geography and even math. Unis will embrace it
• Heath – Rehabilitation, Therapy, Meditation/Relaxation
• Medical – VR Surgery – Training and Remote
• Gaming – Fully immersive, Simulations
• Entertainment – Movies – sit on the moon and watch Netflix,
Concerts – actually be there
• Experiences will be the BIG thing for most people
Tourism/Travel, Pleasure (Adult),
things difficult (or expensive) to do

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
VR - Content – Who?
• There is a LOT of content already – mostly experiences and some early gaming
• Hamilton Island and the Great Barrier Reef – Qantas & AWOL
• Oculus store – 360 photos: Mars, around the world. 360 Cirque du Soleil a big hit
• Concerts (Paul McCartney), Scuba Diving, Car Driving, Star Wars 7 VR Trailer

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
VR – The Bandwidth
• Cirque du Soleil Kurios 10mins - 2.8Gb
• Adult films 20min - 4.3Gb
• Foreign Nature 10mins - 3Gb
• Perfect Beach 30mins – 3.6Gb
*Note: average Blu-Ray movie is 4Gb for 1.5-2hours
• VR Experiences 3-6x currently downloaded content.
Netflix hasn’t even gone to 4K video in Australia

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
The Networks - Australia
• Mobile networks
3G: 5Mb – in major cities
4G: 12-15Mb (*Australian speeds)
4GX: top speed 150Mb
5G: Gb coming (due 2017-2021)
• 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 – kit will sooner (2016)
• Public Carrier WiFi is on the rise – Telstra Air, Optus, TPG..

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
Data Plan Hell
• TodaysExamples Mobile Plans:
• Telstra $70 – 7GB
Vodafone $80 – 11GB
Optus $70 – 10GB
• Optus just launched Fixed Wireless 4G - $70 for 50Gb
• 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
• Just like Netflix, carrierswill have to figure out how to handle the large VR media

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
2016/17 – The Networks
• More Data in plans
• More Apps being used – Death of SMS and normal calls. OTT - WhatsApp, Facebook,
Telegram, Skype, etc.
• More Speed - More 4GX from more carriers
• More Coverage - means new customers – even more network load
• More Demand – not a lot for 4GX right now – use cases will drive demand
• VR, IoT, SVOD, Cloud Storage, Mobile Gaming, Mobile Education, AR appearing
• Will have to be priced reasonably

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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015 VR THE WORLD
Summary
• VR is here to stay – AR is following
• Large file sizes on more devices means greater stress on WiFi and mobile
networks. Larger devices will mean even more data stored
• Service providers will need to allow for larger more flexible plans
• New wireless network standards need to be rolled out faster to cope
• We need to innovate… 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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COMMSDAY UNWIRED - SYDNEY 2015
Shanti Korporaal
Co-Founder & Director of Virtual Projects - VR The World
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