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Small satellite receivers are possible and exist for extremely low bandwidth signals. Text messages could be feasible. There are small devices on the market for
by PragmaticPulp 5y ago
Small satellite receivers are possible and exist for extremely low bandwidth signals. Text messages could be feasible. There are small devices on the market for sending texts via satellite.
The part of this article about FaceTime calls over satellite sounds like editorialization, though. FaceTime requires a relatively large amount of bandwidth to pull off, which isn’t in the realm of possibility with current systems.
- ben_w 5y agoHow much data would be available? Apple have been doing stuff adjacent to this NVIDIA announcement (116 bytes/frame of key-point data, with a GAN or a 3D model for reconstruction) from last year since at least Memoji: https://youtu.be/NqmMnjJ6GEg https://youtu.be/NqmMnjJ6GEg