Stefan Mileschin

With dedicated 7nm SoC

Qualcomm has big plans for XR. Recently, there was a lot of press that Apple is working on a new device that is two or three years ahead and could replace your phone. Qualcomm is working on that for more than a half-decade. The new Snapdragon XR2 with 5G support is the VR and XR chip you will start seeing in XR designs in late 2020 and onward.

Qualcomm scored all the major design wins in eXtended Reality (XR), both VR and AR so far. The company's dedicated SoC for Virtual and Augmented Reality is in Facebook, Microsoft AR, Lenovo, Pico and many others. Facebook is getting aggressive with its Oculus Go and Crest line and it keeps getting better and XR2 will give it enough power to get things to the next level.
Snapdragon XR2

The new SoC will enable the new era of augmented, virtual and mixed reality experiences that are more immersive, intelligent and connected. The XR2 is the premium tier platform designed specifically for XR, AR, and MR (Mixed Reality).

Compared to the Snapdragon 835, the one in the Oculus Quest, you get the two times the performance in both CPU and GPU. The XR2 enables two times more video bandwidth, 6x higher resolution and 11x AI improvement. The list of improvements above is the textbook "what we need in order to get to immersive devices".

https://fudzilla.com/news/49922-qual...atform-goes-5g