TECH 5G AND 6G NETWORKS
“5G AND 6G SUPPORT MORE IMMERSIVE, MOBILE AND COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING FORMATS: BRING IT ON” Adrian Pennington explores what 5G and 6G might mean for the future of media production A couple of years ago, a short film
stage, which involves 5G and cloud- based remote collaboration. “We’re interested in how cloud tech and telecoms can support functionality of studios and interoperability across a wider network,” explains Abertay University’s Professor Gregor White, lead of CoSTAR Realtime Lab.
was made by shooting scenes in real time with actors who were 280 miles apart. The experiment – a first for the UK – demonstrated the possibilities of virtual production over 5G, and those behind the project are now advancing to the next
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