Channel: Snapdragon

Category: Science & Technology

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Description: In this video, consumer tech expert Tomi Adebayo (better known as @GadgetsBoy on YouTube), visits the Qualcomm booth at MWC 2022, where he tests VR and AR headsets powered by the Snapdragon XR platform. He also sits down with Qualcomm VP and GM of XR and Metaverse Hugo Swart to discuss the company’s work in XR and the Metaverse, including the Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform. As GadgetsBoy explains it, XR — or extended reality — is an umbrella term that encapsulates both AR and VR. VR is a fully immersive experience, where the user is in an occluded device like the Meta Quest 2. AR operates on form factors like glasses, where digital information is delivered on top of a user’s real-world experience. Unlike with VR, AR isn’t complete immersion. While demoing the Snapdragon powered headsets, GadgetsBoy found that he was easily able to experience the digital world while also being aware of his physical surroundings. He experienced multiple different realities via the headsets, including a movie theater, an education platform, and a workout room. As Hugo explains, Qualcomm provides the technologies that allow your avatar to mimic your physical movements in a digital space. Through facial and environmental tracking, users are able to mirror their physical movement in the digital world, be it a VR game or the Metaverse. Snapdragon XR platforms deliver the extreme computing power necessary to enable immersive AR and VR experiences, and to meet the growing demands of the XR ecosystem. That ecosystem includes education, entertainment, industrial enterprise, and more. Indeed, Snapdragon XR platforms (such as the Snapdragon XR1 Platform and Snapdragon XR2 5G Platform) can be found in more than 50 devices available to consumers. The Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform is redefining spatial computing, enabling developers to create immersive experiences for AR glasses — like the ones GadgetsBoy tested out — that merge our digital realities with the physical spaces around us. Snapdragon Spaces is an open platform meant to reduce friction among developers, delivering a uniform set of AR features made to be independent of device manufacturer. As Hugo and GadgetsBoy discuss in the video, Snapdragon Spaces is empowering developers in their pursuit of creating immersive experiences for the metaverse and beyond. The goal of XR tech is to seamlessly merge our physical and digital worlds. The use cases are wide-ranging, and include education, medical, retail, and general remote collaboration — as well as many future use cases yet to be discovered. Watch GadgetsBoy’s review and conversation with Hugo to see how Qualcomm is leading from the front in XR development. Learn more about the Snapdragon Spaces XR Platform: qualcomm.com/products/features/snapdragon-spaces-xr-platform Learn more about XR Research at Qualcomm: qualcomm.com/research/extended-reality Watch more videos from MWC 2022: qualcomm.com/company/events/mwc-barcelona Subscribe to GadgetsBoy on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCOnA4oZccE0dxZjI733EjSw