Qualcomm And Microsoft Working On A Custom Chip For Ar Glasses

At the ongoing CES 2022 event in Las Vegas, Qualcomm has announced a partnership with Microsoft to further their Augmented Reality (AR) vision. The collaboration will see both the companies work together to develop a custom AR chip for future AR Glasses, which will incorporate both the Microsoft Mesh and Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer platforms.

The new custom augmented reality Snapdragon chip will be for power-efficient and lightweight AR Glasses that will open doors for rich and immersive experiences. The partnership is said to be a reflection of both Qualcomm and Microsoft’s “shared commitment to XR and the metaverse.”

For those who don’t know, Microsoft and Qualcomm have worked together on AR projects in the past as well. The Microsoft HoloLens 2 mixed reality headset that launched back in 2019 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 850 chipset. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 chip is also seen on the Oculus Quest 2. This partnership could be a meaningful step towards building hardware for the metaverse in the coming years.