Wild Applications
Chamitha de Alwis
University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom
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University of Bedfordshire, Luton, United Kingdom
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Sixth-generation (6G) has a tremendous potential and vision that can push new industries, applications, and businesses through connecting earth-to-space, space-to-space, space-to-deep sea, and so on. This chapter explores three visionary applications of 6G, namely, metaverse, space communication, and deep-sea tourism. The concept of metaverse refers to a universal virtual environment parallel to the physical world to facilitate realistic interactions. 6G is expected to accelerate the growth of metaverse. Deep-sea explorations involve the investigating the bed of the ocean for research, commercial, or entertainment purposes. The recent developments of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have enabled UAV-assisted mobile relay communication to facilitate maritime communication applications. Optical Wireless Communication is a 6G technology that is envisaged to facilitate space tourism.
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