- The partnership aims to innovate 5G and Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) virtual-reality applications for enterprise, public sector, education and entertainment
- Verizon and Dreamscape Learn will form a 5G innovation lab to develop immersive VR learning experiences for various education levels and environments
- As part of the partnership, Verizon Ventures has taken an equity stake in Dreamscape
“Verizon’s partnership with Dreamscape shows how innovative
tech built on our 5G network can revolutionize industries,” said Tami Erwin,
CEO of Verizon Business. “Using 5G and Edge computing, we are creating
immensely powerful and complex VR experiences using lower-cost, tetherless VR
hardware, and advancing VR education and training simulations beyond what was
previously thought possible. This opens the door to new experiences and makes
VR training more accessible for students, trainees, and professionals.”
“Dreamscape is founded on the premise that we can think
beyond physical limitations to create new ways for our world to learn, play,
and work. With Verizon as our partner, we’re able to push the limits of VR.
Together, we’ll set the standard for VR innovation and application in every
field,” said Walter Parkes, CEO of Dreamscape.
As Dreamscape’s official 5G innovation partner, Verizon has
taken an equity stake in Dreamscape through Verizon Ventures, joining a list of
Dreamscape investors and partners across entertainment, education, and
government.
Verizon and Dreamscape Learn, a partnership between
Dreamscape and Arizona State University, will work together to innovate
immersive VR learning experiences for various education levels and
environments. To accelerate these advances, Dreamscape and Verizon will also
form a dedicated innovation lab to incubate 5G- and MEC-enabled VR-learning
applications.
“Dreamscape Learn’s goal is to marry the emotionality of
Hollywood storytelling with cutting-edge technology and advanced pedagogical
theories to provide vivid, active VR environments in which the student becomes
a scientist explorer, discovering new worlds and solving complex issues and
problems,” said ASU President Michael M. Crow. “This is a completely new and
transformative approach to education, and through the power of Verizon’s 5G
network, we can deliver these singular experiences to a whole generation of
learners, inspiring them to think outside of the box and challenge traditional
learning models and outcomes.”
Outside of the classroom, Verizon and Dreamscape will
collaborate to develop and market avatar-driven synthetic training and
simulation experiences for government and specialized professional learning
uses. The experiences will combine Verizon’s 5G capabilities and Dreamscape’s
ADEPT (Avatar Driven Educational and Practical Training) Platform, which
leverages Dreamscape’s proprietary tracking and rendering technologies, to
deliver vivid and life-like VR scenarios.
Dreamscape’s revolutionary VR platform combines Hollywood
storytelling with proprietary full-body tracking technology to allow a level of
immersion, precision and interaction never before achieved in the industry. By
merging motion capture with body mapping and advanced kinematics, Dreamscape
experiences allow large groups to interact with each other with ultra-low
latency. Paired with the fast speeds, ultra-low latency, and high bandwidth of
Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband, which is available in parts of select cities, and
5G Edge platform, the partnership will aim to create low lag immersive
applications that unlock the power of connectivity, remote networking, and
virtual collaboration.
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