- Launching in 2024, Theta EdgeCloud will merge cloud and edge architectures and revolutionize artificial intelligence in video, media and entertainment.
- In 2025, EdgeCloud will deploy a hybrid computing platform, with community edge nodes, optimizing tasks through an open marketplace.
The arrival of the new annual cycle portends a cardinal metamorphosis in the Theta Network, underlined by the inauguration of Theta EdgeCloud in 2024. This platform, the first of its kind, combines the best of cloud and edge architectures, built on a fully distributed edge. paradigm.
The previous collaboration with Google, which culminated in the Video-to-Text innovation, and the increasing demand for advanced resources for artificial intelligence projects in the Theta ecosystem, such as Lavita and FedML, have been crucial drivers in the birth of Theta EdgeCloud.
This development bodes well for artificial intelligence in video, media and entertainment. InAdditionally, the coming year will include improvements to Theta’s Video API, the release of new subchains and TNT20, as well as the expansion of TDROPpossibilities on ThetaDrop and other related platforms.
Introducing the Theta Roadmap for 2024 – with the latest news on EdgeCloud’s upcoming releases and everything else Theta has in store in the coming year!https://t.co/omC8U5eJ3W
— Theta Network (@Theta_Network) January 27, 2024
First semester 2024
- EdgeCloud, the latest in edge networking, first release
- Node management in the cloud by Theta
- Elite Booster Features for ONE
- Virtual management and control console
- Hosting next-generation AI models in vision and language
- Theta Hackathon – Focus on Metachain/EdgeCloud/DePIN
- New adoption indicators and subchain metrics
- Support for new ecosystem startups, subchains, staking of TNT20
- Improvements to the Theta Video API
- Standalone support for NFT DRM for streaming and VoD
Advanced stats console
Photo by Kevin Ku
The first half of 2024 will be marked by the introduction of EdgeCloud, the next generation of Theta’s Edge Network, with cloud nodes managed by Theta Labs. These nodes will deploy generative AI models for video and imaging, ready for deployment among partners and the Theta community.
Elite Node participants also have the option to activate a new “Elite Booster” module to run compute tasks for EdgeCloud, deploying 500k TFUEL.
The Theta Hackathon, scheduled for the second quarter, will focus on Metachain, EdgeCloud and more. Various subchains and TNT20 tokens will be presented, supported by new metrics and metrics to track the growth of Theta Metachain and ecosystem projects.
The Theta Video API will also include several advanced features, including a metrics dashboard and the addition of NFT DRM at a standalone studio level, making it possible for any user to exploit the same NFT DRM tools that Decrypt, MetaCannes and World of Women use for their events.
Next semester 2024
- EdgeCloud, the next generation of edge networks, secondary launch
- Ability for partners to configure and operate nodes in their own cloud data centers
- Support for advanced task prioritization and opt-out option
- Synthesized reporting/analysis of completed tasks
- Support for distributed persistent and temporary storage for computing tasks
- Fully decentralized Theta Video API for DRM, transcoding and delivery
- Next-generation Theta Web3 Theater integrated into ThetaDrop and associated platforms
- Strengthening the use of TDROP to partner markets
In the 2H 2024 release of EdgeCloud, partners and end users will begin managing their own EdgeCloud nodes in data centers or on their cloud infrastructure, along with the ability to prioritize certain types of tasks for processing and/or opt out of specific tasks on the network and completed task analyses.
This is an interim release in preparation for a fully decentralized EdgeCloud model where community-managed edge nodes can participate in the hybrid cloud architecture.
The Theta Video API will also become more decentralized with an additional update that supports standard NFT DRM encryption in a decentralized environment.
Theta Web3 Theater, a new video experience that natively integrates Theta’s NFT DRM, will also launch on ThetaDrop and other partner marketplaces. This will coincide with the expansion of TDROP functionality to Theta’s partner platforms to increase the use of Theta’s NFT across the ecosystem.
2025 and beyond
- EdgeCloud, the next generation of edge networks, tertiary launch
- Deploying the first hybrid cloud computing platform built on a fully distributed edge architecture
- Task and tax market
- Optimization of supply and demand of tasks
- API interface for developers
In 2025 and beyond, new applications with more details will be pushed into the Theta Ecosystem as the end of the year approaches, but a key element will be the full launch of EdgeCloud, where edge nodes managed by community members will work together harmoniously and in combination with a cloud-based infrastructure.
An “intelligent coordinator group” will direct each incoming task to the most appropriate node based on task type, urgency, performance, cost and other service level parameters.
Tasks and uploads are completed through an open marketplace where customers can submit tasks to EdgeCloud and set the amount they are willing to pay nodes to complete them in TFUEL or TNT20 tokens, while EdgeCloud allows nodes to choose which tasks they want to complete (or choose to configure their node to complete any task submitted).
Node operators and clients will also benefit from a developer API interface that allows them to submit or complete tasks programmatically.
The Theta roadmap is constantly evolving and will be updated as new use cases and products emerge, but this update is the outline of what to expect in Theta development over the next year.
The network will continue to do so grow to meet new usage scenarios with the help of the community that operates Edge Nodes, develops ecosystem projects and builds the future of the network.