At IFA 2022 in Berlin, Qualcomm Technologies and Meta Platforms, Inc. announced a multi-year agreement to collaborate in a new era of space computing powered by Snapdragon Extended Reality (XR) platforms and technologies for the Meta Quest platform.
Companies have been collaborating for over seven years on cutting-edge innovations in the field of virtual reality (VR), most recently with Meta Quest 2, and this agreement consolidates the mutual commitment to provide more generations of superior devices and experiences powered by custom VR platforms for years to come.
“By partnering with Meta, we're uniting two of the world's metaverse leaders to revolutionize the future of computing for billions of people in the coming years, ”said Cristiano Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated. | ); }
“We are working with Qualcomm Technologies on custom virtual reality chipsets - powered by Snapdragon XR platforms and technologies - for our future Quest product roadmap,” said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta.| ); } As we continue to build ever more advanced capabilities and experiences for virtual and augmented reality, it has become increasingly important to build specialized technologies to power our future VR headsets and other devices. "
Unlike phones mobile phones, the creation of virtual reality involves new and multidimensional challenges in terms of spatial calculation, costs and form factor. These chipsets will help us push virtual reality to its limits and deliver extraordinary experiences ”.