Qualcomm announces new Snapdragon Spaces feature

May 31, 2023 – Qualcomm Technologies New features have been announced for it Snapdragon Space XR Developer Platform, and noted strong momentum for building a cross-device, extended reality (XR) ecosystem to create a truly open headset future.

Dual render fusion on Snapdragon Spaces

The company helped pioneer augmented reality (AR) for smartphones more than 13 years ago, and with Snapdragon Spaces, Qualcomm is reimagining smartphone-powered AR combined with AR glasses. According to the company, the latest Snapdragon Spaces SDK version helps unlock the next evolution of smartphone-powered AR with a new feature called Dual Render Fusion.

The new capabilities will allow developers to easily extend their 2D mobile apps into world-class 3D experiences without any XR experience, combining the simplicity and familiarity of smartphones with the power of AR glasses to enable An immersive experience. Dual Render Fusion is designed to unleash the full potential of smartphone AR and make it accessible to a wider range of developers than ever before.

Developer First Community

With the thousands of developers as well as Red Bull and Kittch and other brands using the Snapdragon Spaces platform, the community has become enhanced platform capabilities of key components, to help break through personal limitations. The XR field of the most innovative companies are using the Snapdragon Spaces in an enterprise and consumer virtual reality(VR), Mixed Reality(MR)and AR variety of applications in class to build, including:

• Business cooperation: Arthur Digital, Arvizio, ENGAGE, Scope AR, Sphere, Taqtile
• productivity: Glue Collaboration, MSM.digital, Nomtek, ShapesXR, vSpatial
• games and entertainment: AmazeVR, DB Creations, Mirrorscape, Resolution Games, Survios, Vertical Robot, Wave, Mirrorscape
• Health, Wellness and Fitness: eXRciser, FitXR, Litesport, TRIPP, XRHealth, eXRciser
• train: Pixo, Roundtable Learning, Strivr, Talespin, Transfr, Uptale
• educate: Phibonacci, Prism, VictoryXR
• WebXR: Icaria, Pluto VR, Wonderland
• others: ArborXR, BadVR, Designium, Echo3D, Lamina1

In addition to announcing new dual-rendering fusion capabilities for its Snapdragon Spaces developer platform, Qualcomm made several other announcements today during its keynote at AWE 2023, delivered by Hugo Swart, the company's vice president and general manager of XR, including:

Cooperation with Niantic

Building on Qualcomm Technologies' partnership with Niantic, a team of 10 pioneering AR developers will have early access to Lightship VPS with Snapdragon Spaces starting in the second half of 2023, leveraging the benefits of both platforms for indoor and outdoor AR. Create a head-mounted experience. The selected developer group includes Artifice, DB Creations, Foundry Six, Hot Dark Matter, Immuse, Kinfolk, LifeCache, Loak, Sugar Creative and Trigger. Qualcomm said these developers will have early access to new features, influence product roadmaps, and help define the next generation of AR experiences.

Qualcomm Ventures

as part of Snapdragon Yuanjie FundQualcomm Ventures 投资了 VR 游戏开发商和软件发行商 Survios、中国 XR 生态系统推动者 EnlightXR 和远程团队虚拟工作空间开发商 Absurd Joy。 该公司表示，其 Snapdragon Metaverse 基金继续通过 Qualcomm Ventures 对领先的 XR 公司的风险投资和 Qualcomm Technologies 对内容项目的开发者生态系统资助来支持和促进创新。

More Snapdragon Spaces-ready devices

OPPO, TCL RayNeo and DigiLens have announced new devices that support Snapdragon Spaces, expanding their portfolio of XR devices to enable developers to turn head-mounted ideas into reality. These devices join a number of Snapdragon Spaces Ready devices, including the Lenovo ThinkReality VRX, an all-in-one VR headset designed for enterprises that has just been announced for global availability.

• OPPO MR Glass uses binocular video pass-through technology and is equipped with two RGB cameras in front of the user's eyes to provide a three-dimensional view of the physical world. OPPO MR Glass will be available as a Snapdragon Spaces development kit and distributed through EnlightXR in the second half of 2023.
• TCL RayNeo is developing a wide range of cutting-edge AR features and is committed to supporting Snapdragon Spaces to create an AR ecosystem for consumers around the world. TCL RayNeo X2 true AR glasses are expected to be launched in Q2 2023.
• DigiLens will launch ARGO, an all-in-one Snapdragon Spaces Ready AR device designed for enterprise and streamlined industrial workers.

Through Snapdragon Spaces, Qualcomm continues its efforts to expand and create an open ecosystem that enables developers to create innovative experiences for next-generation immersive technologies. For developers interested in learning more about Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces platform for AR development, visit the company's website.

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