Bell, Verizon and Vodafone conduct first 5G transatlantic holographic collaborative meeting

MONTREAL – Bell Canada, Verizon, Vodafone and virtual reality app maker Matsuko recently conducted the first live transatlantic collaborative meeting connecting holograms of people in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. using 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) technology, Bell announced Monday. The three telecoms came together under the auspices of the 5G Future Forum (5GFF) industry body for this first-of-its-kind demonstration, which saw holograms of employees located in three different countries connected from Toronto using Bell’s 5G network, from New York using Verizon’s 5G network and from London using Vodafone’s 5G network. The employee holograms were created using Matsuko’s real-time software...