Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/10/07/deaf-football-team-5g-augmented-reality-helmet-gaulludet/
A deaf football team will debut a 5G-connected augmented reality helmet to call plays::The helmet, developed by AT&T and Gallaudet University, will debut at the school’s Saturday game. When a coach chooses a play on a tablet, it will then display on a small lens on the player’s helmet.
Uh oh… Will conservatives scream that it’s Satanic?
Doesn’t the 5Gs spread COVID? I can’t keep my conspiracies straight.
Gosh I hope so
No, because Bill Gates will have infected the 5G users with Demon AIDS by then, and the GOP won’t need to worry about it.
ramble81@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Why did they go with 5G? For the PR for AT&T? Seems like a shorter range less congested wavelength would work better, and potentially lower power too.
kboy101222@lemm.ee 1 year ago
It’s definitely marketing for AT&T
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
A big part of 5G is to support a lot more devices at the same time, making congestion a smaller issue.
5G, at least the fully developed version, which idk if they have here, supports directional beams, beamforming. That reduces any congestion to basically 0.
Like, I don’t know the specifications here, but 5G would work fine, or possibly be better, than wi-fi. Wi-fi is designed to be shorter range, and doesn’t handle congestion as well, meanwhile mobile networks are designed to support mass amounts of devices simultaneously. 5G was designed with a lot of these future considerations in mind.
raptir@lemdro.id 1 year ago
Yeah, 2.4GHz WiFi with a decently powerful transmitter would do great in this scenario. You’ll have line of sight so you could likely cover the entire football field with one transmitter.