Nokia Demonstrates 4K VR Video Streaming Using “5G-ready” Network

Nokia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based operator du demonstrated 4K 360 degree Virtual Reality (VR) video streaming. In the demo, VR content created with Nokia’s OZO VR camera was streamed to VR goggles over Nokia’s “5G-ready” AirScale radio access on the 4.5GHz frequency using a bandwidth of 400 MHz and MIMO.

Even if AirScale is branded as “5G-ready”, one could consider it as an advanced 4G base station.

Nokia claims that AirScale supports Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), but it is not clear based on the press release whether MEC capabilities were used in the demo. It is also not clear whether the 4K VR video was live or on-demand.