Metaverse Getting a Workout With Holographic Communication

The introduction of 5G networks combined with advances in holographic communication is presenting a vision of the metaverse without the head hardware.

By John P. Desmond, Editor, AI in Business

In the Pepper’s Ghost illusion, a brightly-lit figure below the stage is reflected in a pane of glass placed between the performer and the audience, making it appear as if the ghost is on stage. The demonstration in 1862 was wrongly described as “holographic.” (Credit: Le Monde Illustré/Wikimedia Commons)

The met…