KT brought the game to Korea for the first time to demonstrate how 5G’s speed can enhance gameplay and graphics. Lee said the network, once it’s commercialized, will allow developers to create more complicated and challenging games for consumers. Another popular area was the drone section. There, KT showed off vehicles equipped with thermal imaging cameras and sensors that can monitor air quality. The hope is that a 5G network, with its larger data capacity, will allow drone operators to receive captured data from cameras and sensors in real time. The tent’s network was powered by a portable base station, really a 3.5-ton truck parked near the tent and loaded with network equipment that was communicating with KT’s core 5G servers at the company’s research and development hub in Seoul. KT plans to set up more makeshift 5G Lands at festivals across the country later this year. The next one will be on Jaraseom Island in Gyeonggi, where KT is hosting a music festival in September. A slew of universities will have 5G Lands at their fall festivals throughout September and October, and in November, the company will pitch the tent on the plaza outside Seoul’s City Hall and hold a drone race there. The campaign is part of the lead-up to next year’s PyeongChang Winter Olympics, where KT is building a 5G network to power the site and offer data-heavy services like real-time broadcasts using 360-degree cameras. A spokesperson from the company said the 5G Lands were the only way to make the network tangible to customers and help them realize the technology’s full potential ahead of the Games. In February, KT’s chief executive officer, Hwang Chang-gyu, announced the company’s goal to commercialize its 5G network by 2019, faster than any other country. Competitors in other countries like China, Japan and the United States had set 2020 as the starting line for commercializing 5G. Samsung Electronics is preparing to launch a smartphone that can work on 5G by February 2018, in time for the Winter Olympics.