
Virtual Reality – This is a related to AR, but more immersive and far more intrusive. The market has several Virtual Reality (VR) headsets for us to buy. There are high computing power headsets, like the Oculus Rift and headsets for gaming, or low computing power headsets, like the Oculus Go and Google Cardboard. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup users could watch games in VR. You can sit in a virtual reality living room or theater and watch movies on a massive screen. What do we want from VR? We want the headset to be small. We want the headset to be wide spread. We want all our media in VR, not one-off pieces or gimmicks. We need to be specific in what we want…

Smart Cities & IoT – While IoT may not have lived up to our expectations yet, we have basic IoT functions. We can open garage doors with a push or a button from smartphones. Smart Cities may seem like a future where only the Jetsons live, but we have had Smart Cities for years. A basic Smart City function is street lights. We have programmed street lights to change based on the time of day to optimize traffic flow for years. What do we want out of Smart Cities, IoT and 5G? Effortless consumption.
We need to change the expectations we set for 5G. It is not that we do not have all the features that 5G is promising (because we do), we need to realign our thoughts that we want all the technology promised in 5G to be effortless, seamless to consume and stay out of our way when we want it to.
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