A virtual reality future means changing broadband reality today
Some 30 years ago, some policymakers understood that HDTV would start a digital video revolution. Forward-thinking policymakers today should anticipate the virtual reality needs of tomorrow. President Obama and the rest of us have been given a glimpse of our media future. Now we need to make the policy decisions to ensure that future becomes reality.
Larry Irving served for almost seven years as assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information during the Clinton Administration and is president and CEO of the Irving Group. Reach him @larry_irving.
Jamal Simmons is co-chairman of the Washington, D.C.-based Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA). Reach him @JamalSimmons.
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