A Vision Pro competitor announced on Monday January 8

While he affirmed last month that his new processordid better than Apple's M3,the builderQualcommrecently announced that it was developing a new spatial computing chip: theSnapdragon XR2+ Gen 2.

Qualcommhas been working on this new type of chip for a while now, with the aim of equipping all future competitors of the Apple Vision Pro. A first should also be announced tomorrow, Monday January 8, 2024.

Five candidates already in place

The Senior Director of Product Management atQualcomm, Said Bakadir, toldVentureBeatthat five brands are already working to compete with the Vision Pro. He specifies that all the devices they are designing are based on his new chip.The brands affected are Samsung, HTC VIVE, Immersed and Play For Dream, as well as an unknown brand.

VentureBeatfurther specifies that the announcement of the Vision Pro competitor scheduled for tomorrow will be made by the unknown brand. We also do not know if this is only an announcement of a product already finished, or one currently under development, and when it could be released.

Samsung, Google and Qualcomm join forces

Headsets using the chipSnapdragon XR2+ Gen 2are intended to be powered by a Google OS. “We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Samsung on the future of immersive and spatial XR,” said Shahram Izadi, vice president of augmented reality at Google, in a statement. “We are excited for the Android ecosystem to benefit from the capabilities of Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 and enable new experiences.»

When it comes to pricing, analysts believe thatVision Pro competitors should not match it on price, and that if they did, it would be a strategic error. They justify these allegations by the fact that Apple has a much larger customer base.high end» than other manufacturers.

In view of the possible performances announced byQualcommhowever, there is no doubt that its chip is intended for premium devices. However, we do not know at what prices headsets using it could be marketed.

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