Qualcomm launches chips for Meta Quest 3 and Ray-Ban smart glasses
Qualcomm has launched two new chip platforms for Meta’s Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset and its Ray-Ban Stories smart glasses.
The Qualcomm platforms, Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 and Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1, serve as the brains of the VR, AR and mixed reality technologies announced today at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California.
The platforms were developed in collaboration with Meta and are set to debut commercially on Meta devices in 2023, said Hugo Swart, general manage of the XR business at Qualcomm, in a press briefing.
“The big announcement is that we have not only one, but we have two platforms to announce for VR and mixed reality,” he said.
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Swart said in a press briefing that he helped start the business in 2015 and the division has made a lot of progress in that time, and now it’s time to revolutionize spatial computing. To date, Qualcomm has enabled more than 80 XR products.
“It’s about taking spatial computing and XR to the next level,” he said. “It’s really a remarkable leadership story with our XR foundational technology and foundational products, enabling the market to really grow.”
The market has spread from consumers in gaming, fitness and social and moved on to the enterprise, training and medical markets.
“On the enterprise side, we see a lot of case studies and successes, with things like even a desktop, remote assist, instructions, and so forth,” Swart said.
The Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 Platform is designed to provide a premium MR and VR experience in a single chip architecture. It offers 2.5 times
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