It seems that looking into a crystal ball to see visions may become a reality. Or at least you will be able to look at your phone to see your relative who is currently abroad magically appear sitting in your living room.

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone have conducted a pilot with Matsuko, a start-up that has developed a holographic calling app that works on smartphones and tablets.

During a video call using the app, the live 3D image of your cousin in Australia is blended into the image of your living room as captured by your phone’s camera.

Telefonica has also partnered with chip firm Qualcomm to build extended reality hardware and collaborate on the development of metaverse applications.

Such virtual world applications depend on reliable, high bandwidth communication systems.

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