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Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 Is A Higher End Chip For The Samsung-Google Headset & More

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It inherits all the advantages of the base XR2 Gen 2 architecture, including the hardware acceleration for camera passthrough that is said to reduce end-to-end latency to around 12 milliseconds. GPU performance, on the other hand, took a huge leap with the Gen 2 architecture. Details here: UploadVR David Heaney

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Spatial Computing Experts Unite at SPIE 2024

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The event sees leading XR firms such as Meta, Google, and Magic Leap actively participating in many of the event’s esteemed keynotes and exhibition spaces. Yesterday, Google and Mojo Vision representatives introduced the event, kicking off the monumental event with an opening keynote. .”

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What Are the Seven Layers of the Metaverse?

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According to renowned author and entrepreneur Jon Radoff , who has written extensively on Web3 and related issues, the Metaverse consists of seven fundamental layers that reflect several stages of the metaverse economy and collectively provide a systematic method for outlining its architecture. The infrastructure layer. Closing thoughts.

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The Hottest Trends for Cloud Edge Computing in 2022

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Analysis of this evolving market shows companies are rapidly becoming more focused on Edge Computing as a way of keeping IoT devices connected, improving network security, and reducing latency in digital content streams. Internet technology giants such as Google, AWS, and Microsoft are also making their own investments into the “Edge” space.

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How Will Xiaomi’s AR Smart Glasses Square Up with Rivals?

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It also hosts a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 processor for offloading processing power, streamlining app functionality for low-latency connectivity between the two devices. Both companies and Microsoft, Google, Snap, Amazon, and many other US tech firms launched a massive wave of workforce layoffs in recent months to streamline operations.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.09.07): new Quest is coming at $299 and $399, NVIDIA RTX3070 is powerful and affordable and more!

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These new pieces of hardware are based on the new Ampere architecture , which offers a big boost in performance compared with the previous Turing one. Google releases a tool for body tracking on your phone. Finally, NVIDIA has announced the new RTX30 graphics cards , surprising us all with their prices and performances. More info.

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NVIDIA’s big news: Cloud XR goes to AWS, Omniverse open beta is starting, and more!

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We all know that the new Ampere architecture gives NVIDIA GPUs much more horsepower, especially for what concerns AI and ray tracing. The most skeptical of you may wonder “What about latency?”: ”: if Virtual Desktop already adds latency at home, what you can expect from a server somewhere in the cloud?

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