Qualcomm not too long ago announced its new Wireless AR Smart Viewer reference design for builders. The concept is to display what the next-generation AR gadgets may (or ought to) seem like and what the Snapdragon XR2 Platform can do.
It is gorgeous and extremely useful for one thing that’s supposed to supply a technological baseline. At the very least, it could possibly present AR functionalities just like the very cool Lenovo AssumeReality A3, which might exchange 5 exterior screens.
But this Wireless AR Smart Viewer does it with out the twine and feels a lot lighter on you. They have a 40% thinner profile, and the 1080p shows (one per eye) present an glorious AR expertise on par with bulkier gadgets.
When I attempted it, it was a world away out of your typical AR expertise by which the headset is distracting due to its bulk and weight.
It was like sporting a pair of sports activities sun shades, and the shortage of wire (even going from the glasses to the telephone in my pocket) launched an unprecedented sensation of freedom. (Thanks to Judie @ Geardiary for the picture!)
Qualcomm has accurately recognized main AR ache factors and is working aggressively to handle them inside its ecosystem by utilizing a intelligent mixture of computing and telecommunication.
Electronics embedded within the glasses package deal the sensor information and talk it through Wi-FI 6E (Qualcomm FastConnect 6900) and Bluetooth 5.3. On the opposite finish, a smartphone receives the stream and does the heavy computing (3D, AI, video encode), all with a 20ms movement to photon latency, in response to Qualcomm. The glasses decode the video stream despatched by the smartphone, and the method repeats for each body.
The communication occurs on a devoted WiFi band, so your WiFi Internet entry is just not occupied by the communication between glasses and telephone. By the best way, the 650 mAh battery can hold the expertise going for ~30mn. It’s additionally potential to make use of USB-C for energy.
Enabling such a design is a necessary step towards the mass-market adoption of AR glasses. The most crucial side of any wearable know-how is to get individuals to…. Wear it. Previous generations have been just too cumbersome.
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