Qualcomm’s Boundless XR is a clear vision of the future

The potential of 5G is immense. What we got to see at the Qualcomm booth regarding this new generation of cellular wireless technology laid down a clear path to the future. Part of that future is what Qualcomm calls "Boundless XR". XR is short form for extended reality and it includes both virtual reality and augmented reality. So, what is "boundless"? Well, this is where Qualcomm's expertise comes into play. Using 5G and powerful chips in smartphones, the IP-heavy company demonstrated its plans to break the XR experience from the shackles of wires and beefy computers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIS_5h6sF50 The first demo I had was of the Snapdragon 855 powered AR glasses called the nreal light. These glasses offloaded their computing entirely to the phone, making it cheap and affordable as a solution and creating some really unique experiences. The glasses have two 1080p screens reflected onto the eyes through mirrors and using two RGB cameras, a depth sensor, an IR camera, it can calculate depth and overlay digital holograms on to the real world. First I was greeted with a menu of items, with a couple of demos I could try. The first demo was 3D objects placed on a flat surface and I ...