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Qualcomm Has New AR-specific Chips and a Reference Design

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm has a new chip series, the AR2 Gen 1 that is intended for use in smartglasses. The processor, co-processor, and Wi-Fi 7 system combo is said to take up 40% less …

Tags:Augmented Reality| CPUs| Qualcomm| Semiconductors

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Supports 8K60p AV1 Decoding

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm has announced its latest APU, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 which adds hardware support for decoding AV1 video at 8K60fps with HDR support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision. (Qualcomm is adding …

Tags:Application Processors| AV1 Codec| Codecs| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)

Links Week Starting 7th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. For the next couple of weeks, we …

Tags:AUO| Automotive| AVOD| Display Drivers| Keyboards| OLED TVs| Qualcomm| Video Quality| Vizio

Snapdragon XR2+ Latency Impresses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Meta has used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ chip in its new Quest Pro headset (Meta Quest Pro Revealed) and one of the key features that has enabled the passthrough AR is the …

Tags:Mixed Reality| Qualcomm| Video Processors

Meta, Qualcomm sign pact on custom virtual reality chips

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Reuters reports that Meta has signed a deal with Qualcomm who will provide custom chips for Meta’s Quest VR headsets. The companies’ engineering teams will collaborate on the platform. The chipsets …

Tags:Application Processors| | Qualcomm| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 1st August 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Application Processors| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| GPUs| HP Inc| Intel| PlayStation| Qualcomm| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| sony| Testing| TVs (TV Sets)| VideoConferencing| Virtual Reality

Links Week Starting 13th June 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

Tags:Advertising| Application Processors| ATSC| Augmented Reality| Desktop Monitors| Game Playing| Market Data| Mediatek| Metasurfaces| Optics| Qualcomm| Realtek| Samsung| TPV (TP Vision)| TVs (TV Sets)| Virtual Sets

Qualcomm’s new AR glasses are thinner and wireless

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm has new platform for AR applications that is based on the Snapdragon XR2 and was developed with SeeYa of China. It uses dual 1920 x 1080 90Hz microOLEDs and dual …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Microdisplays| OLEDs| Qualcomm

Links Week Starting 11th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. ICDT in China to be postponed because …

Tags:Advertising| Apple| Dell| Desktop Monitors| DOOH| Game Playing| iPhone| Manufacturing| MiniLED| MMD (AOC Philips)| OLEDs| Pricing| Projectors| Qualcomm| Semiconductor Market| sony| Supply Chain| Testing| Thunderbolt| TVs (TV Sets)| USB| Virtual Sets