Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon Reality Elite platform, a new system-on-chip designed for mixed reality (MR), virtual reality (VR), and emerging spatial computing devices. The company presents the chipset at Augmented World Expo (AWE) as a successor to the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, positioning it as Qualcomm’s flagship XR compute platform. Qualcomm says the platform targets both all-in-one video see-through (VST) headsets and lightweight optical see-through (OST) smart glasses, aiming to improve on-device AI performance and graphics while maintaining power efficiency.
Multiple outlets report that Qualcomm claims up to 48 TOPS of AI compute, intended to support advanced on-device generative AI workloads, including large language models and large vision models. The chip is also described as improving visuals, battery life, and tracking for next-generation XR hardware.
Several reports also connect the announcement to upcoming Android XR devices, including XREAL’s “Project Aura” glasses, which are described as being powered by the new Snapdragon Reality Elite. In parallel, Qualcomm introduces a separate software or framework offering for AI glasses development, reported as a white-label toolkit meant to help manufacturers build XR glasses.
