The POC’s objective will be to push the boundaries of 5G to explore and validate the advanced XR features using high-quality entertainment content from multiple formats and platforms to improve a player’s experience via hyper-personalisation, AI-data points and deep-dive under the hood to better understand 5G’s advantages plugged into XR’s immersive interactivity, technical feasibility, inclusion and accessibility.

This exciting 5G LBXR Accelerator will also apply the learnings from this POC towards B2B and B2C commercial models, with a view towards monetisation and distribution around 5G-enabled cloud streaming XR services, content and user scenarios.

Innovation will be fired up all cylinders using advanced 5G connectivity (Telenet, Vodafone), cloud streaming infrastructure and open-to-use, stand-alone VR devices. In this POC, multiple, unique XR formats will be packaged and served to players in different locations, time zones and scenarios, with players taking part, or also as interactive spectators via XR content platforms, such as ESL’s AI-driven Weavr platform, Park Playgound’s VR venues or Hado’s AR tournaments.

These world-first R&D solutions in 5G and XR are expected to provide advantages and deep learnings accessibility, user immersion and monetisation over existing XR solutions.

In addition, these multiple areas of R&D and innovation will come via the chain of compatibility from Content (accessories data) to XR equipment, to 5G device, to cloud infrastructure.