A Niantic, developer of the acclaimed Pokémon Go, revealed the prototype of what could become its next big step in the augmented reality gaming market. It is an AR glasses, demonstrated during the Snapdragon Summit 2022🇧🇷 In the trailer released by the company, it is possible to see some players using the device in external environments, interacting with virtual objects, including game elements. 1v2u2s
Something that draws attention right away is the design of the device, which adopts a relatively thin transparent screen and a much less bulky body than some models available on the market. The hardware components appear to be housed on the rear of the AR glasses. In the released trailer, some players still appear to be interacting via portable motion controls, but there's no sign that anyone needs to directly use a smartphone to play.
The prototype is powered by Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 da Qualcomm and has two very apparent cameras on the rods. The chipset is the first from the manufacturer designed exclusively for augmented reality glasses. For some time now, even Qualcomm tries to make the chip small and energy efficient — and it seems to have succeeded.
As disclosed during the event, the AR2 Gen 1 includes AI performance improvements and is nearly three times more cost-effective than the XR2 Gen 1🇧🇷 The chipset is designed to be able to split its processing load between a few different processors within the glasses itself, as well as a PC or smartphone connected via Wirelink. wireless. Still according to Qualcomm, the processor s the new Wi-Fi 7 standard and the connection between the wearable and a second device can reach less than 2ms.
Beyond the Niantic, Qualcomm said that Lenovo, LG, Nreal, OPPO, Pico, QONOQ, Rokid, Sharp, TCL, Tencent, Vuzix e Xiaomi are in “various stages of development” to AR2 Gen 1. Meanwhile, the Microsoft collaborates with Qualcomm in AR2 Gen 1 for some time, providing its cloud (Azure) to help power AR experiences.
More than six years have ed since Pokémon Go took the world by storm, but despite releasing many flashy tech demos, none of its other titles managed to have the same impact. Hopefully, more stylish AR glasses can help Niantic to recapture some of that magic if these glasses truly become consumer-focused devices.
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Source: 9 to 5 Google.
