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what I got were VR games, motion simulators, and holo-displays that really
pulled me into SKT’s simulated 2050. Under the guidance of futuristic docents,
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It’s a blast, sometimes literally. You start out as a mere visitor and end up as an
action-movie hero. There’s a “why” here, of course. All the technologies you
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dependent on ubiquitous networks with near-zero short-range latency, huge
bandwidth, and edge processing. This isn’t 5G. It’s more like 7G. But we’re
going to need 5G (and 6G) if we want to get there.
WILL THINGS GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET BETTER?
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traveling from the space station to the underwater city, you pass ruined cities
and desert landscapes, the wrecked detritus of a civilization. The seas teem with
life, and brilliance is happening in space—but in SKT’s future, the surface of the
Earth seems to be largely desolate, and you wonder where most of the people
have gone.