DENVER — SCTE-ISBE’s virtual Cable-Tec Expo event kicked off Monday with a holographic streaming demonstration of 10G cable technology conducted by Charter Communications, in partnership with CableLabs, CommScope, Comcast, NCTA and SCTE-ISBE.
Powered by a hybrid fibre-coax (HFC) network and the latest DOCSIS specifications, the two-part demonstration displayed how cable’s 10G-capable, high-bandwidth, low-latency networks can utilize multi-gig symmetrical speeds to deliver the technologies of tomorrow for both the workplace and home.
“The future of work and home are quickly evolving and cable’s 10G-capable network is the ideal environment for innovating these network-powered experiences,” said Andrew Ip, Charter’s senior vice-president of emerging technology and innovation, in a press release. “This first-of-its-kind demonstration gives a glimpse at how a powerful network can enhance the ways we work and live. As new technological advancements continue to emerge, our networks are capable of delivering whatever is yet to come.”
The 10G demonstration was based on next-generation cable architecture combining a Charter-developed advanced edge compute cluster with a CommScope-provided 10G-capable HFC network, including home wireless delivery with the latest Wi-Fi 6E connection. The holographic experience was transmitted over an end-to-end multi-gigabit network, operating at single-digit millisecond latency, says the press release.
“To perform the demonstration, the latest in ray-tracing tools and light field capture technology were used to create holographic content. Charter collaborated with San Francisco-based Visby, which conducted one of the first commercial light field shoots by using an array of 100 cameras sampling at 250 Gbps (gigabits per second) to produce 8,000 minutes of raw video footage,” says the press release.
The Charter team developed software to manage the two-way, low-latency connection and deliver holographic data downstream which altered with gesture input from the user sent upstream. The 8K holographic content was presented on Looking Glass Factory’s latest light field display. The result was a real-time, interactive, 3D experience, transmitted over a cable network to a holographic display delivering the highest resolution on the market, without the need for specialized glasses, says the release.
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SCTE-ISBE’s Cable-Tec Expo virtual experience continues through October 15.
