At IFA2022 in Berlin, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and MetaPlatforms, Inc. announced a multi-year strategic agreement to collaborate on a new era of spatial computing empowered by the Snapdragon XR platform and the MetaQuest platform powered by

 

 

The two companies are said to have collaborated on cutting-edge VR innovations for more than seven consecutive years. With the recent release of Meta Quest 2, for example, this signed agreement will solidify their mutual commitment to empower multiple generations of top-notch devices and experiences through the adoption of a custom VR platform in the years to come.

 

Meta has for years relied on Qualcomm chips for its virtual reality devices, including its latest Quest2 headset device. Market data shows that the global VR headset market shipments grew 241.6 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of last year, with Meta's latest product, Quest2, capturing approximately 90 percent of the virtual reality hardware market.

 

Our partnership with Meta brings together two global metaverse leaders that will transform computing for billions of people in the coming years," said Qualcomm President and CEO Ann Monk. Building on our mutual leadership in XR, this agreement will help both companies build the industry's best devices and experiences that will transform the way people work, play, learn, innovate and connect, fully realising the vision of the metaverse."

 

It is understood that the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR platform is a dedicated extended reality platform that integrates Qualcomm's heterogeneous computing architecture, including ARM-based multi-core CPUs (Kryo), vector processors, graphics processors (Adreno) and Qualcomm's artificial intelligence engine AIEngine. the Snapdragon XR platform metaverse is designed to meet the needs of the metaverse, incorporating connectivity and AI performance, as well as spatial audio, graphics processing and imaging capabilities to help VR device manufacturers create immersive experiences. More than 50 commercial XR devices with the Snapdragon platform have been released.