• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Our Services
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
  • Top Nav Social Icons

Mobile ID World

Mobile ID World

Identification Revolution

  • Mobile ID
    • What Is Mobile ID?
    • Identity Associations
    • Premier Partners
    • FAQ
  • News
  • Solutions
    • Behavioral
    • Facial Recognition
    • Fingerprint Biometrics
    • Iris Biometrics
    • Second Factor
    • Smart Cards
    • Smartphones
    • Vital
    • Voice
    • Wearable Tech
    • Other
  • Applications
    • Access Control
    • Cloud Technology
    • Commerce
    • Enterprise
    • Healthcare
    • Identification
    • Internet of Things
    • Law Enforcement
    • Strong Online Authentication
  • Exclusive
    • Interviews
    • Featured Articles
    • Podcasts
  • Companies
  • Events

Qualcomm Focuses on A/V and AI for New XR Chip Platform

May 30, 2018

Qualcomm Technologies has officially launched its first comprehensive AR and VR chip platform. Announced just as this year’s Augmented World Expo is getting underway, the offering is dubbed the “Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Platform”, encompassing AR and VR into the broader category of “Extended Reality”.

In a statement announcing the platform, Qualcomm emphasized the sophistication of its multimedia capabilities, highlighting its support for 4K video at 60 frames per second and high-fidelity audio, as well as a “head-related transfer functions” system that lets “users’ ears to synthesize binaural sound that feels like it comes from a specific point in space.” Qualcomm also noted XR1’s “three- and six-degrees of freedom (3DoF, 6DoF) head tracking and controller capabilities for XR devices,” and its support for always-on voice assistance.

But in keeping with recent themes, Qualcomm was also keen to note that the XR1 platform includes its Qualcomm AI Engine “for on-device processing.” This focus is no surprise after Qualcomm’s announcements last week that it was launching an ambitious new AI research unit, and teaming up with Baidu to focus on the development of enhanced on-device AI systems. In announcing the XR1 platform, the company asserted that its AI technology “provides customers the ability to process AI-use cases and run high performing, power efficient machine learning based computer vision algorithms that can help with key AR use cases like better pose prediction, object classification, etc.”

And Qualcomm says OEMs are already on board, with Meta, VIVE, Vuzix, and Picoare currently working on devices based on the XR1 chip platform. More could join the ecosystem soon as Qualcomm promotes the new platform during this week’s AWE USE 2018 event in Santa Clara, California, which runs from May 30th to June 1st.

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: AI, AR, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Extended Reality, Qualcomm, Virtual Reality, VR, XR

Related News & Articles

Xiaomi Brings New Redmi Note 9 and Note 9 Pro Smartphones to the UK

Samsung Focuses on Camera with Galaxy S9

Selfie Onboarding Specialist Waves Fees for Ukrainian Businesses, Relief Fund

Primary Sidebar

Learn About Mobile ID and Aviation

Tweets

Sponsored Links

facetec logo

FaceTec’s patented, industry-leading 3D Face Authentication software anchors digital identity, creating a chain of trust from user onboarding to ongoing authentication on all modern smart devices and webcams. FaceTec’s 3D FaceMaps™ make trusted, remote identity verification finally possible. As the only technology backed by a persistent spoof bounty program and NIST/iBeta Certified Liveness Detection, FaceTec is the global standard for Liveness and 3D Face Matching with millions of users on six continents in financial services, border security, transportation, blockchain, e-voting, social networks, online dating and more. www.facetec.com

FACEPHI is a global leader in Facial Recognition technology and in Mobile Biometrics technologies. With a strong concentration in the financial sector, FacePhi’s product is rapidly becoming a service used by banks all over the world. Its implementation doesn’t just save money, it is also a way to attract clients and build loyalty, while increasing the security of transactions for both the customer and the business. To learn more about FacePhi, visit https://www.facephi.com/en/

Recent Posts

  • Mastercard Solution Certified Under UK’s Digital ID Framework
  • Transatlantic Digital Traveler Identity Project Gets High-Profile Tech Partner
  • Digital Identity Tech Demo Online Event
  • Mobile ID Comes to Another US Campus
  • New York DMV Developing Mobile Driver’s License

Footer

  • About Us
  • Company Directory
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Archives
  • CCPA: Do not sell my personal info.

Follow Us

Copyright © 2023 MobileIDWorld