The idea of a cloud-based smartphone , however , persisted . Back in 2020 , Qin Fei , Head of Vivo ’ s Communication Research Institute , speculated in an article published in the Manila Standard that , with low enough latencies between the end device and an edge computing data centre , smartphones might effectively be freed from the constraints of having to carry around all their own hardware .
“ Could the future be as simple as a single sheet of glass , which is how artists and science fiction envision the future smartphone ?” he asked , wondering if the eventual form factor of a smartphone might be a “ pure display device with all processing and intelligence in the cloud ”.
Raj Shah , North America Industry Lead for Telecom , Media , and Technology at digital consultancy Publicis Sapient , thinks the future form factor of a smartphone might even stop resembling a single device .
“ By pushing the computing power to the cloud , smartphones can grow smaller and consume less power , possibly fragmenting into components – one small piece in your pocket or purse for connection , an audio device in your ear , and a visual overlay for AR / VR ,” he tells me , adding that making smartphones into a more integrated and unobtrusive technology , while simultaneously making them more powerful by orders of magnitude is “ a critical step for the future of digital reality . A cloud-based smartphone is a necessary step to an immersive , always-on Metaverse that we believe is coming .”
Cloud Gaming : A Blueprint for Cloud-Based Smartphones ? The rapidly expanding cloud gaming sector is probably the best example we have for
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