Through the MediaTek Summit 2023, MediaTek’s Vice President Vincent Hu and Meta Actuality Labs’ Vice President Jean Boufarhat introduced an unique partnership between the 2 corporations.
The 2 corporations, MediaTek and Meta, have joined arms to develop customized silicon for AR use circumstances and glasses. This partnership marks an fascinating transfer, as the present Ray-Ban Meta glasses already include a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset.
Through the announcement, Boufarhat highlighted the necessity for brand spanking new silicon to be developed to convey AR glasses to actuality. He emphasised that the brand new silicon may have excessive efficiency, low energy consumption, low latency, and a compact design to suit contained in the glasses’ type issue.
Since this partnership is unique, any chipset developed for Meta won’t be out there to different makers.
Initially, Meta had deliberate to develop customized silicon for its personal Quest headsets, however these plans have been in the end scrapped. Lately, some members of Meta’s Fb Agile Silicon Crew (FAST), which was liable for constructing the Quest headsets, have been laid off. Nonetheless, it’s anticipated that the remaining workforce members will work carefully with MediaTek in the course of the partnership.
Again in July, it was reported that Meta had postponed the launch of its first AR glasses till 2027 as a result of points with the product’s type issue. It’s probably that the customized silicon developed by MediaTek remains to be years away, and may very well be used within the upcoming AR glasses.
The small print of the upcoming AR glasses should not but revealed. Nonetheless, it was introduced that Meta will probably be launching MediaTek-powered AR glasses sooner or later. In line with earlier leaks, the following era of sensible glasses would have a viewfinder, and the one popping out in 2027 would have a extra superior characteristic set.
This isn’t the primary time MediaTek is making a chip for an AR/VR machine. Final yr, the corporate introduced that powers the PSVR 2 and the PS5.
The 2 corporations, MediaTek and Meta, have joined arms to develop customized silicon for AR use circumstances and glasses. This partnership marks an fascinating transfer, as the present Ray-Ban Meta glasses already include a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset.
Through the announcement, Boufarhat highlighted the necessity for brand spanking new silicon to be developed to convey AR glasses to actuality. He emphasised that the brand new silicon may have excessive efficiency, low energy consumption, low latency, and a compact design to suit contained in the glasses’ type issue.
Since this partnership is unique, any chipset developed for Meta won’t be out there to different makers.
Initially, Meta had deliberate to develop customized silicon for its personal Quest headsets, however these plans have been in the end scrapped. Lately, some members of Meta’s Fb Agile Silicon Crew (FAST), which was liable for constructing the Quest headsets, have been laid off. Nonetheless, it’s anticipated that the remaining workforce members will work carefully with MediaTek in the course of the partnership.
Again in July, it was reported that Meta had postponed the launch of its first AR glasses till 2027 as a result of points with the product’s type issue. It’s probably that the customized silicon developed by MediaTek remains to be years away, and may very well be used within the upcoming AR glasses.
The small print of the upcoming AR glasses should not but revealed. Nonetheless, it was introduced that Meta will probably be launching MediaTek-powered AR glasses sooner or later. In line with earlier leaks, the following era of sensible glasses would have a viewfinder, and the one popping out in 2027 would have a extra superior characteristic set.
This isn’t the primary time MediaTek is making a chip for an AR/VR machine. Final yr, the corporate introduced that powers the PSVR 2 and the PS5.
