Synchronizing the Physical Devices with the Metaverse
The January 2023 issue of IEEE JSAC is a special issue on “Beyond Transmitting Bits: Context, Semantics, and Task-Oriented Communications”. The phrase “semantic communications” started to conquer a significant real estate in the overall discussion on future wireless systems; yet, it sometimes remains fuzzy what the objective and scope of it is. The tutorial article written by the Guest Editors is an excellently written piece that brings clarity to the discourse on semantic communications.