"MaxLinear Unveils Wi-Fi 7 Chip Solutions with Near-Zero Latency and Tri-Band Access Point"

The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced the launch of Wi-Fi 7 Certified products, offering "near-zero" latency for real-time applications such as wireless VR streaming. Wi-Fi 7, also known as 802.11.be, introduces features like Multi-Link Operation (MLO) and Simultaneous Transmission and Reception (STR) to support near-zero latency, benefiting wireless VR by allowing devices to connect to multiple bands simultaneously for increased throughput and reliability. While this promises significant improvements, it's important to note that Wi-Fi transmission latency is just one part of the overall latency pipeline for VR, which includes rendering, encoding, decoding, and device-dependent latency.