The fact is you interact with products and technologies made probably by Qualcomm every day. Qualcomm is just aiming to enable a world where everyone and everything can be intelligently connected.
Now, the semiconductor leader brand ‘Qualcomm‘ is announcing its latest innovations in spatial add-up with two platforms:
- The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2
- The Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1
These platforms are collected to move forward in the era of MR (Mixed Reality), VR (Virtual Reality) devices, and smart glasses, just to set the bar high for immersive experiences. Let’s discuss the detailed information.
Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 Platform
This platform arrives with premium MR and VR technology in a single chip building design to unlock next-level immersive experiences in thinner and extra comfy headsets. The interesting fact is that it doesn’t even require any kind of external battery pack. It offers seamless innovations along with 2.5x higher GPU performance and 8x better AI.
It is totally engineered to deliver a lag-free and enhanced experience with breathtaking visuals and fully immersive sound, and the platform permits you to blend virtual content with their physical surroundings and transition seamlessly between MR and VR experiences.
Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 Platform
The platform is exclusively designed with power optimizations for a thermal budget to enable sleek, lightweight smart glasses that provide an unmatched and unique experience. The platform authorized you to capture, share, or even live-stream, hands-free, directly through the glasses.
Alongside, on-device AI enables personal assistant experiences such as audio quality improvement, visual search, and real-time translation. Last but not least, providing the support for a visual heads-up display can enable content consumption, which includes video, that blends seamlessly and smoothly in your field of view.
Noticeably, the new collaboration of physical and digital spaces is a great opportunity for Qualcomm Technologies. Also, these next-generation platforms were created in close collaboration with well-known Meta and will commercially launch on Meta devices in 2023: Meta Quest 3 features Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 Platform, and Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses collection powered by Snapdragon AR1 Platform.
Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth, Meta’s CTO and head of Reality Labs, stated that
“At Meta, we’re focused on developing the technologies of the future in mixed reality and smart glasses, as well as the foundational innovations that will one day power pure vision for AR glasses.”
The other statement indicates that “The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 and Snapdragon AR1 Platform are the latest purpose-built processors that are designed to power the next generation of MP and VR devices and sleek, smart glasses for all.” The official debut of these two platforms with Meta is a further step forward just to unlocking premium, all-n-one XR devices along with smart glasses, which are surely affordable to users all around the globe.
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