The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has developed a new technology that allows virtual reality headsets and personal computers to transmit and share data wirelessly. Dubbed as MoVR, the new technology does not have any restriction like graphics fidelity or frame rate drops, a feature that is considered key when it comes to creating a truly immersive virtual reality experience.

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MIT's MoVR technology uses millimeter wave technology, the same technology used by the next-generation 5G mobile networking experiments, according to Engadget. This type of data transmission technology can handle multiple gigabytes of bandwidth transfer per second. This is also way faster compared with the more common Wi-Fi or RF technologies, which usually bottleneck at around 6Gbps of transfer speed.

The millimeter wave technology can transmit high bandwidth data at break neck speed, but it has a couple of limitations as well. Experts pointed out that for the technology to fully achieve its theoretical speed, it has to have a clear line-of-sight between the two communicating devices, according to Tech Crunch.

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab was able to get around this limitation by using programmable mirrors that can help in detecting the direction of signals and reconfiguring the receiver in order to make sure that the signal is not interrupted.

The current version of the MoVR uses two antennas that are half the size of a credit card. The MIT CSAIL team is planning to further develop the technology and create a much smaller iteration of the device.

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