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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 35 points 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 11 points 1 year ago

It's definitely marketing for AT&T

[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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 for lower scales, 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.

Edit: further, 5G uses a much shorter wavelength, or higher frequency. It can support far more theoretical traffic than wi-fi, and it has lower range to 4G due to higher attenuation, making congestion an even lower concern.

[-] raptir 3 points 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.

[-] jerome@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Uh oh.. Will conservatives scream that it's Satanic?

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Doesn't the 5Gs spread COVID? I can't keep my conspiracies straight. /s

[-] RadicalCandour@startrek.website 8 points 1 year ago

Gosh I hope so

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] dudewitbow@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

The 5g radiation is going to turn the players into zombies, just like the zombies from the national alert /s

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