Qualcomm said on Tuesday (4) that it is working with Microsoft on custom chips that would control augmented reality glasses for use by consumers and businesses in metaverse applications.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm Chief Executive Cristiano Amon told reporters that companies will work to combine custom chips with the software developers need to create virtual worlds where people can work and play .
He said that future collaboration devices will work with a Microsoft software product called Mesh, which allows users to transmit a realistic image of themselves to another user’s headset so that it looks like two people are in the same living room.
The future hardware will also use Qualcomm software called Snapdragon Spaces, which helps perform basic augmented reality functions like mapping physical spaces so that digital objects can be overlaid and tracking with their hands so users can manipulate those digital objects with gestures manuals.
“We’ve been talking for years about the possibility of having wearable augmented reality devices that will scale,” said Amon, one of the few top tech executives not to cancel his physical presence at the fair, in a live-streamed speech. The two companies did not give details on when the chips and headphones would be available.
“Our goal is to inspire and empower others to work collectively to develop the future of the metaverse – a future based on trust and innovation,” said Rubén Caballero, corporate vice president for mixed reality at Microsoft, in a statement.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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