  Applications such as holographic concerts are now emerging. However, their
provisioning remains highly challenging. Requirements such as high bandwidth
and ultra-low latency are still very challenging for the current network
infrastructure. In-network computing (INC) is an emerging paradigm that enables
the distribution of computing tasks across the network instead of computing on
servers outside the network. It aims at tackling these two challenges. This
article advocates the use of the INC paradigm to tackle holographic
applications' high bandwidth and low latency challenges instead of the edge
computing paradigm that has been used so far. Slicing brings flexibility to
next-generation networks by enabling the deployment of applications/verticals
with different requirements on the same network infrastructure. We propose an
architecture that enables the provisioning of INC-enabled slices for
holographic-type application deployment. The architecture is validated through
a proof of concept and extensive simulations. Our experimental results show
that INC significantly outperforms edge computing when it comes to these two
key challenges. In addition, low jitter was maintained to preserve the
hologram's stability.
