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Qualcomm Partners with 7 Major Telecoms to Advance Smartphone-tethered AR Glasses
Qualcomm announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) today it's partnering with seven global telecommunication companies in preparation for the next generation of AR glasses which are set to work directly with the user's smartphone.
Partners include CMCC, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI...
Qualcomm Reveals Snapdragon AR2 Processor for Glasses-sized AR Devices
Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon AR2, its "purpose-built headworn augmented reality platform." Differentiating from the company's existing Snapdragon XR2 chips, Qualcomm says the AR2 architecture is better suited for creating AR glasses with low power consumption and compact form factors.
Today...
Meta & Qualcomm Join “Multi-year” XR Chip Partnership to Combat a Common Threat
Two of the biggest names in XR—headset maker Meta and chip maker Qualcomm—today announced a "multi-year broad strategic agreement" to collaborate on "customized virtual reality chipsets" for future devices.
Qualcomm, a leading provider of smartphone processors, was an early mover...
Qualcomm & Microsoft Partner on “custom AR chips” for Next-gen, Lightweight Glasses
Today during Qualcomm's CES 2022 press conference, the company announced a partnership with fellow tech-giant Microsoft which will involve "designing custom AR chips and integrating software platforms."
Qualcomm and Microsoft today strengthened their growing relationship in the XR space with...
Qualcomm Backpedals on 10M Quest 2 Sales Figure, Calls It a ”third-party estimate”
Qualcomm held an investor event earlier this week where the company claimed that its partnership with Meta (formerly Facebook) had seen over 10 million Oculus Quest 2 units shipped since its launch in October 2020. Not so fast though:...
Qualcomm Announces Tethered AR ‘Smart Viewer’ Reference Design with Onboard Co-processing
Qualcomm, maker of chips and technologies for mobile devices, today announced a reference design for a tethered AR headset which is tethered to a phone or PC but also contains its own chips to handle some onboard processing. The...
Qualcomm Signs “Multi-year” Deal to Bring Ultraleap Hand-tracking to XR2 Headsets
Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a "multi-year co-operation agreement" that will bring Ultraleap's controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. Ultraleap claims to have the "fastest, most accurate, and most...
Qualcomm & HTC Partner to Offer Vive WAVE Platform to All Snapdragon-based Headsets
HTC has announced that it will offer its Vive WAVE mobile VR platform to all Snapdragon-based headsets. The move means that headset makers will be able to adopt HTC's ready-made headset OS (instead of developing their own) and gain...
LYNX Reveals Standalone MR Headset with Snapdragon XR2, Eye-tracking, & Novel Optics
French startup LYNX today revealed the R-1, a standalone VR headset built for pass-through AR and powered by Qualcomm's new Snapdragon XR2 chip. The enterprise-focused headset uses a novel lens design which makes it compact.
Lynx is a new player...
Qualcomm Chips Now in More Than 30 Headsets, First XR2 Devices Expected in 2H 2020
Qualcomm has been using its heft as a mobile chip maker to accelerate the development of AR and VR devices because it believes the 'immersive compute' category is the long term future of the smartphone. It's still early days,...
Snapdragon XR2 Chip to Enable Standalone Headsets with 3K×3K Resolution & 7 Cameras
Qualcomm today announced Snapdragon XR2 5G, its latest chipset platform dedicated to the needs of standalone VR and AR headsets. The new platform is aimed at high-end devices with support for 3K × 3K displays at 90Hz, along with integrated...
