Hardware
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Reality Elite to power next wave of smart glasses
Tags AI · Infrastructure · Wearables
TechCrunch·
Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon Reality Elite chip for XR devices, delivering a 60% GPU performance bump. CEO Cristiano Amon said the company is working on over 40 different AI wearable devices including jewelry, earbuds with cameras, pins, and watches. The chip already powers the forthcoming Aura glasses for Android XR from Xreal and Google, signaling Qualcomm's aggressive bet that the next major computing platform won't be a phone.
Technical significance
Qualcomm's bet on 40+ wearable form factors signals conviction that the next computing platform will be distributed across body-worn devices. The 60% GPU improvement makes real-time AR rendering viable on lightweight glasses for the first time.