Meta Joins MediaTek, Makes Chips For Smart Glasses
Meta is partnering with MediaTek to make chips for augmented reality (AR) smart glasses.
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At the MediaTek 2023 Summit in Laguna Beach, California, MediaTek executive Vince Hu announced a collaboration with Meta to develop chips for AR glasses or mixed reality, as quoted from 9to5Google, Sunday (11/19/2023).
Next Generation Smart Glasses Will Feature a Viewfinder
Currently, Meta already has smart glasses in collaboration with Ray-Ban that are equipped with cameras and microphones to send and receive messages. But the next generation of smart glasses will be equipped with a kind of viewfinder to combine the real and virtual worlds.
With this technology, users will be able to do more activities. For example, scanning QR codes, reading messages, and much more.
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But to achieve that goal, there are a few things that need to change from Meta's current smart glasses. First of all, the glasses must remain slim but still be able to store many components in them.
For this reason, MediaTek is partnered, to make custom chips specifically for AR use. So MediaTek's role here is to develop a power-efficient chip that has the performance to process AR computing, as well as low latency and a fairly small size. And, according to Meta, MediaTek is a key partner that can make that achievable.
For information, Ray-Ban smart glasses that exist today use the Snapdragon AR1 chip from Qualcomm. Meanwhile, MediaTek also previously had experience in the realm of AR and VR. Their chip is used by Sony in PSVR2.
Not many details were revealed by Mediatek regarding this SoC, but what is clear is that they show off PSVR2 as a device that will use this SoC. Interestingly, although Mediatek chips are widely used in various devices, this is the first time they have a special chip for VR headsets.