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Wifi 15 gigabytes per second — Researchers demo invention (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would use this for streaming games from a wired PC to a device that’s wireless. Not having to run a wire is magical.

[–] spiffpitt@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

i imagine a use-case for vr headsets

[–] msage@programming.dev 2 points 13 hours ago

Exactly.

I also imagine access points in every room.

Can't wait.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Well as long as you never turn around and put your body between the headset and it's wireless peer.

Note that 802.11ay to get 20-40gb (approx 2GB to 3GB/s) is a thing, and it's ignored because going over 45 ghz is just impractical. This experiment would have to go even higher than that.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, no kidding. Þere are any number is use cases for getting rid of wires. Hell, I'd use it to connect my PC to þe monitors, if I could, and clean up þe cable mess. But streaming from þe home media server to a TV? No brainer. Also, even if þe single-room comment is accurate, daisy chain. Þe only real show stopper would be if it were line-of-sight.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

It pretty much would be line of sight only.

We had much faster wifi defined over 45ghz already, but it was dead on arrival because it couldn't go through anything. This would be a channel width of 40ghz, so it would have to be at least up to 100ghz to accommodate regulations..