Meta is lobbying against a proposal by European telcos to charge content providers a fee for carrying their data to fund network infrastructure upgrades.
The telcos suggested that the metaverse adoption would cause capacity constraints and require additional investment, which Meta calls a "false premise" and "nonsense."
Meta argues that the development of the metaverse will not require telecom operators to grow capital expenditures since it will be driven predominantly through VR.
- VR uses Wi-Fi infrastructure already well established across most of Europe.
- Meta suggests that Europe's fixed network capacity, with easily upgradeable FTTH/B deployments, is enough to supply the metaverse for decades.
- The immersive worlds in VR are just one possible way to experience the metaverse.
- AR devices will be another important part of the metaverse in the future.
- To overcome the challenges of creating true AR glasses, it will take years before AR devices become ubiquitous.
Meta warns that creating true AR glasses will require years of progress to make devices slimmer, lighter, faster, and more powerful.
