Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 chipset was introduced connected Tuesday. The company’s latest chipset for wearables volition powerfulness the caller motorboat Meta Quest Pro VR/MR headset. The chipmaker has offered much details astir the caller processor, which is going to connection improved thermal show and higher sustained powerfulness compared to the erstwhile procreation chipset from Qualcomm. If we speech astir the features of the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1, past it comes with a caller representation processing pipeline that achieves little than 10 milliseconds of latency, unlocking full-color video pass-through for mixed world (MR).
As per the latest announcement of the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 1 chipset, it is estimated that this chipset volition besides enactment 8K 60 frames-per-second 360-degree video, ‘concurrent perception’ technologies, including head, hand, and controller tracking, 3D reconstruction, automatic country mapping, and precocious pixel density. The features of the spot improved by 30% successful thermal show and 50% higher sustained powerfulness compared to the erstwhile generation.
One of the main and absorbing parts of the motorboat is that the Meta Quest Touch Pro controllers are powered by the Snapdragon 662 platform, which allows them to way done aggregate embedded positional cameras. They besides connection ultra-low latency to the headset.
As per the committedness made by Qualcomm, determination are aggregate OEMs that person committed to launching devices powered by the XR2+ by the extremity of the year. Snapdragon XR chips are powered implicit 60 XR devices astir the globe, arsenic mentioned by GSMArena.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said astatine the company’s yearly Connect league connected Tuesday that Meta Quest Pro is simply a caller high-end and precocious virtual world (VR) headset. He besides added that the institution is partnering with Microsoft and Accenture.
As per the company, Meta Quest Pro was the archetypal introduction successful Meta’s caller high-end enactment of devices with innovative features that includes high-res sensors, crisp LCD displays, a caller design, oculus tracking, and earthy facial expressions, that volition assistance you bespeak your avatar successful a much earthy mode successful VR.
With pre-orders announced, Meta Quest Pro volition beryllium disposable connected October 25. Meta Quest Pro includes the headset, Meta Quest Touch Pro controllers, stylus tips, partial airy blockers, and a charging dock.