As 5G and XR devices continue to mature, the concept of a metaverse seems to have become the focus of national attention overnight. As a virtual extension of the real world, the metaverse is likely to open up an unimaginable "parallel space" for us in the future. In this virtual three-dimensional space, everyone can have an immersive experience through the XR terminal, opening a new era of the Internet.
XR devices need XR chip support to function, just like smartphones need mobile phone chips. The quality of the mobile phone chip directly determines the use experience of the mobile phone, and the XR is the same. XR terminal equipment manufacturers, more than love Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR series chips, especially the Snapdragon XR2 as the world's first XR device dedicated chip that supports 5G connectivity, not only supports terminal manufacturers to create a variety of advanced XR equipment, but also becomes an important breakthrough in the industry to enter the meta-universe.
To realize the grand virtual world of the metaverse, it requires billions of XR device support, which not only puts forward harsh requirements for the performance of the device itself, but also increases the demand for network connectivity by several orders of magnitude. In fact, before the emergence of 5G networks, the concept of metaverse has long appeared, but there are no feasible conditions, so it has always existed as a science fiction concept. After the advent of 5G networks, especially the arrival of XR chips that can achieve 5G connectivity, the metaverse has gradually transitioned from conceptualization to the real world.
As an important participant in 5G and label maker, Qualcomm's advantages in the 5G field are obvious to all, the world's first 5G baseband is brought by Qualcomm, and the world's first XR chip that supports 5G is also built by Qualcomm. XR devices are extremely demanding on network connectivity, and low latency, high speed and large capacity are the necessary foundations, which happen to be 5G. The Snapdragon XR2 mobile platform skillfully integrates Qualcomm's advanced chip technology with 5G network technology to bring a more realistic surreal experience to XR devices. In particular, the Snapdragon XR2 platform can support a larger number of 5G mmWave bands, with the development of 5G the advantages of the millimeter wave band gradually emerged, it has a more powerful energy than Sub-6, providing a perfect network connection solution for XR devices.
In addition to the need for networks, XR devices also require powerful AI computing power. The Snapdragon XR2 mobile computing platform has made a substantial improvement in AI, exceeding the AI computing power of the previous generation by 11 times, which can support XR terminal equipment to exert its powerful intelligent perception ability more freely, improve the sensitivity of human-computer interaction to a new level, and make the presentation of the virtual world more realistic.
At present, a number of terminal equipment manufacturers, including Pico, iQiyi, HTC and Oculus, have released XR devices built with the Snapdragon XR2 platform, of which the Quest 2 released by Oculus has sold 10 million units, becoming the hottest VR terminal at present. In addition, Pico Neo3, HTC VIVE Focus3, iQIYI Adventure 3, NOLO Sonic, Nreal Light, and Film Innovation Honghu with Snapdragon XR series chips also have considerable market recognition.
Obviously, with the popularity of XR devices, people feel that the metaverse is really getting closer to reality step by step. Just as we could not imagine the world dominated by smartphones today 20 years ago, the world that belongs to the metacosm 20 years later, we still can't imagine, but no one can stop its arrival.