A year after Qualcomm, Samsung and Google announced, uh, something Regarding virtual reality, attention is being focused on one potential component of the project: the Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2. The new chipset is designed as a step up from the XR2 Gen 2 in Meta Quest 3, capable of rendering images high resolution like those promised by Apple's Vision Pro.
The XR2 Plus Gen 2 supports 4.3K resolution at 90 fps per eye, which is well above the 3K per eye rendering of the XR2 Gen 2. It also supports 12 simultaneous cameras to handle pass-through video as well as body tracking. and facial. Qualcomm says the new chipset offers a 15 percent increase in GPU frequency compared to the standard XR2 Gen 2 and a 20 percent increase in CPU frequency, all in service of “4K spatial computing.” .
Qualcomm is offering an AR and VR reference design to help OEMs speed up production and says it is working with at least five hardware manufacturers, including HTC. The company is also highlighting its aforementioned partnership with Samsung and Google as part of this announcement, but concrete details on availability are still scarce. Google has faced some internal turmoil in its AR team and reports suggest that Samsung has also experienced delays on the hardware side. Meanwhile, Apple may be just weeks away from launching the Vision Pro.
Maybe we won't have to wait long to discover a little More on what's coming from Samsung, Google and Qualcomm: Samsung will host Unpacked in San Jose in a couple of weeks. What better place to preview a Vision Pro competitor than near Cupertino?
