Genvid and NTT Docomo show off a 5G LAN party at the Tokyo Game Show.
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Genvid and NTT Docomo demo 5G LAN party at Tokyo Game Show

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Genvid Technologies and Japan’s NTT Docomo are hosting an interactive streaming event at this week’s Tokyo Game Show (TGS) 2019. The companies want to show how 5G wireless data will transform gaming.

Genvid adviser and former Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada is giving a talk today on 5G and the possibilities for interactive streaming at NTT Docomo’s booth. Then on Friday during TGS, NTT Docomo is holding a 5G LAN party in the form of an interactive streaming competition. The party is possible because of Genvid’s cloud-based streaming technology.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.