Toward Interconnected Virtual Reality: Opportunities, Challenges, and Enablers

By Ejder Bastug, Medhi Bennis, Muriel Médard, Merouane Debbah. IEEE Communications Magazine, 2017

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications

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URLLC-eMBB Slicing to Support VR Multimodal Perceptions over Wireless Cellular Systems (2018, background): “Related Works – The communication and computation resource management of mobile VR networks has recently been investigated in [2], [3], [14]–[16], particularly under a VR social network application [3] and a VR gaming scenario [16].”
Survey of Fog Computing: Fundamental, Network Applications, and Research Challenges (2018, background): “While most of the solutions for AR/VR allocate computing and communication resources in a centralized manner, these resources must be moved towards the edge of a network to support at least < 13 ms latency to enable real-time visual and auditory information for the VR users [168].”
A Speculative Study on 6G (2019, background): “Haptic communication adds the sense of ‘touch’ to traditional audio visual communication over the Internet, and is the key to unlock the potential of VAR [6].”
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Edge-computing-driven Internet of Things: A Survey (2022, background): “Additionally, edge computing can be connected with the cloud for stronger computing capabilities when needed [19].”
Artificial Neural Networks-Based Machine Learning for Wireless Networks: A Tutorial (2017, background): “In summary, the challenges of operating VR devices over wireless networks [38] include tracking accuracy, low delay, high data”
Toward Low-Latency and Ultra-Reliable Virtual Reality (2018, background): “The ultimate VR system implies breaking the barrier that separates both worlds by being unable to distinguish between a real and synthetic ﬁctional world [2].”
Edge computing meets millimeter-wave enabled VR: Paving the way to cutting the cord (2018, background): “However multiple technical challenges need to be investigated to deal with the latency-sensitivity and the resource –communications and computing– intensiveness nature of 4K/8K UHD immersive VR wireless streaming and to realize the vision of interconnected VR [1].”
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A Full Dive Into Realizing the Edge-Enabled Metaverse: Visions, Enabling Technologies, and Challenges (2022, background): “Edge servers are expected to stream VR content to users immersed in the Metaverse with highperformance guarantees in terms of rate, reliability, and latency [81].”
Machine Learning for Wireless Networks with Artificial Intelligence: A Tutorial on Neural Networks (2017, methodology): “ement such as head movement or eye movement, the tracking accuracy of the VR system will directly affect the user experience. In summary, the challenges of operating VR devices over wireless networks [40] include tracking accuracy, low 58 delay, high data rate, user experience modeling, and effectiv”
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