The Impending VR Moment

The iPhone didn’t happen in a vacuum. Apple needed to learn to make low-power devices with the iPod; flash memory needed to become viable at an accessible price point; Samsung needed to make a good enough processor; 3G networking needed to be rolled out; the iTunes Music Store needed to provide the foundation for the App Stor... See more

The three core areas of networking — bandwidth, latency, and reliability — are likely to be the least interesting Metaverse-enablers to most readers. However, their constraints and growth shape how we design Metaverse products and services, when we can use them, and what we can (and may never be able to) do.