“The Snapdragon XR2 platform is packed with significant performance improvements compared to our current widely adopted premium-tier XR platform to deliver 2x the CPU and GPU performance, 4x more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement. The Snapdragon XR2 platform is the world’s first XR platform to support seven concurrent cameras and a dedicated computer vision processor,” Qualcomm explains.
Qualcomm says this is also the first XR platform to enable low latency camera pass-through to unlock what it says is “true MR.” Combined with the seven cameras and a custom computer vision processor, Qualcomm claims its platform enables real-time and highly accurate tracking of not just the head as a whole, but also the lips and eyes, along with 26-point skeletal hand tracking.
“Computer vision provides
highly efficient scene understanding and 3D reconstruction. Together, these features
allow users to be transported to new environments where they can intuitively interact
within a digital world,” Qualcomm says.
From a feature standpoint, the Snapdragon XR2 platform can support a resolution of 3K x 3K per eyeball. It can also drive 8K experiences at 60 frames per second, though it’s not clear what exact experiences Qualcomm is talking about—my hunch is that it’s more related to video than 3D graphics, as even 4K is demanding on today’s hardware.
Qualcomm says multiple OEMs are planning to implement the Snapdragon XR2 platform into commercial devices, while other customers are in various stages of prototyping and evaluation. That likely means we will see Snapdragon XR2-based devices show up in the market in the first half of next year, though Qualcomm did not share an expected time frames.
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