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Re:Facebook Horizon by kec on Friday September 27, 2019 @09:25AM (#21091671)
Edge computing is a thing, but it really doesn’t help that much: That 1000 miles has to include the signal path inside your gpu to generate the frame and assumes no data loss in transit.

If it takes 4ms to generate a frame you’re down to < 500 miles from the data center. If you need to pad for packet loss you’re down even further.

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Re:Facebook Horizon by dragonwriter on Friday September 27, 2019 @09:42AM (#21091839)
> If it takes 4ms to generate a frame you’re down to < 500 miles from the data center. If you need to pad for packet loss you’re down even further.

As I understand, edge computing locations tend to be in most major cities in the regions covered, providing tens-of-miles distance to most people in major markets.

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Re:Facebook Horizon by kec on Friday September 27, 2019 @12:40PM (#21093787)
I live in the bay area, and yet my ping to google is still ~12ms.
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