Qualcomm Technologies announced another milestone by making extended reality (XR) the next computing platform with the Wireless AR Smart Viewer Reference Design, powered by the Snapdragon XR2 platform. The wireless reference design helps OEMs and ODMs more seamlessly and cost-effectively prototype and bring premium, lightweight AR glasses to market to enable immersive experiences that unlock the metaverse.
Higher performance
The purpose-built premium Snapdragon XR2 platform now delivers powerful performance in a thin, smaller AR Glass form factor. AR reference design hardware, developed by Goertek, features a 40% thinner profile and more ergonomically balanced weight distribution 3 for greater comfort.
SeeYA provides dual micro-OLED binocular display enabling 1920 x 1080 per eye and frame rates up to 90 Hz and a no motion blur feature to deliver a seamless AR experience.
Dual monochrome cameras and an RGB camera on the Smart Viewer enable six degrees of freedom (6DoF) head tracking and hand tracking with gesture recognition for AR precision.
Wireless without compromise
Taking a system-level approach, the reference design enables a wireless split processing architecture to distribute computing workloads between the smartphone and AR Glass. For truly immersive AR experiences, the device achieves <3ms latency between the smartphone and the AR glass. With the FastConnect 6900 solution, the reference design delivers uncompromising Wi-Fi 6/6E and Bluetooth connectivity, enabling users to receive the fastest commercially available speeds and greater range.
Paired with the new FastConnect XR Software Suite, systems integrators and application developers gain optimized capabilities that:
- Enable better control and preferential channel access for XR traffic to improve M2R2P (motion to render to photon) latency, reduce jitter, and avoid unwanted interference.
- Include specific power modes for low-power operation without impacting latency performance for longer, more sustained XR experiences. Through the combination of premium technology and form factor innovation, Qualcomm Technologies will continue to empower the diverse needs of consumers and businesses to help scale AR to the masses.
- The Wireless AR Smart Viewer reference design is available to select partners, with increased availability expected in the coming months.