What is it about?
We design a measurement testbed to instrument multiple virtual headsets and study the resulting network traffic. We also study the impact of multiple concurrent access in mixed-mode events on VR platforms' scalability.
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Why is it important?
We argue that these social VR platforms face a significant challenge related to avatars and model loading delays, exacerbated by multiple concurrent users in mixed-mode events. Limited access networks adversely affect the user experience, leading to unexpected side effects. Given these observations, we provide the concrete actions taken to prevent the network collapse during a real-life mixed-mode event, and advertised recommendations for the development and operation of future metaverse platforms
Perspectives
With the widespread adoption of Metaverse and extended reality, experimentation on state-of-the-art Social VR platforms is important to understand their limitation and bridge the gap between system design and user experience.
Ahmad ALHILAL
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Network Traffic in the Metaverse: The Case of Social VR, July 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE),
DOI: 10.1109/icdcsw60045.2023.00025.
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