How Equinix wants the internet to be ready for the metaverse
Equinix is one of the companies that provide the backbone of the internet, and it has more than 10,000 companies using its more than...
Subspace aims to enable the real-time metaverse
Subspace is launching its parallel and real-time internet service for gaming and the metaverse on November 18. And I talked about it today with...
Two networking techniques will create a level playing field for online gaming
Imagine this: You and your buddy just joined a Battle Royale Minecraft server for a quick battle. You’ve got time for one more game...
The DeanBeat: My quest to defeat latency
During the pandemic, I’ve been playing games and clogging up the internet like a lot of other gamers. On the highest level, the internet...
5G’s secret weapon will be low latency, empowering next-gen VR and gaming
As the 2018 Mobile World Congress wound down this week, next-generation 5G wireless technology was clearly the show’s biggest story, promising dramatically faster data...
Los Angeles tops the list for the best cities for gaming in the United States
If you live in Los Angeles, you’ve got a new reason to stay out of the 405’s horrible traffic. The City of Angels metro...
How latency is killing online gaming
The advances in digital distribution have changed the game industry in the same dramatic way they changed music, video, newspaper, and book publishing. In...
WTFast promises to destroy lag in online games; we’re skeptical
The WTFast service is supposedly an accelerator of the connection between clients and servers which potentially increases the responsiveness of online games. I was skeptical, so I went in search of more data.
Bigfoot Networks allies with Gaikai to deliver super-fast game streaming
Latency is the enemy of online gaming. If you fire a gun, you want to see it hit the target instantaneously, not miss the...