Qualcomm announced on Tuesday it was working with Microsoft on custom chips that control lightweight augmented reality glasses for use by consumers and businesses for metaverse apps.
At CES 2022 in Las Vegas, Qualcomm chief executive Cristiano Amon told a news conference that the two companies were working together to match custom software with the software needed by developers to create virtual worlds where people could work and play.
He added that future tools from the collaboration will work with Mesh, a Microsoft software product. It allows users to visualize themselves into another user’s headset, making it seem like both are in the same room.
Future hardware will also use Snapdragon space software from Qualcomm. It helps to perform basic augmented reality functions such as mapping physical spaces. That way, digital objects can be wrapped around and hand-tracked, allowing users to manipulate those digital objects with their hand gestures.
“We’ve been talking for years about the possibility of getting wearable augmented reality equipment, and it will gain scale,” Amon, one of the few leading tech executives who did not cancel his physical presence at the trade show, said in a live interview. On stage in Las Vegas.
Neither company has provided details on when the chips and headsets will be available.
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