OnePlus hosts global 5G ‘Snowbot Battle’ in Finland

Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Monday began its 5G gaming event, the Snowbot Battle in Ruka, Finland.

OnePlus claims this to be a “first-of-its-kind tournament ” leveraging 5G.

The tournament will end on March 12. March. The 5G gaming tournament allows for OnePlus community members across the globe to control the ‘custom-made’ snowball-firing robots in real-time on OnePlus ’page OnePlus.com/snowbots. Users can control the 5G-powered OnePlus Snowbots in a real-time snowball fight controlled virtually.

The Snowbots were built with a OnePlus 5G device acting as both the brain and the eyes of each robot. The brand has leveraged a 5G network enabled by Finnish operator Elisa. When controlling the robots in real-time through 5G, the camera of the OnePlus 5G device will function as the eyes of the robot, allowing the user to see the target and aim with an accuracy within 1 mm.