In early January 2026, VIAVI Solutions launched an AR-based RF Viewer for its OneAdvisor 800 Wireless platform and introduced what it calls the industry's first all-in-one medium- and long-range ...

Qualcomm, maker of chips and technologies for mobile devices, today announced a reference design for a tethered AR headset which is tethered to a phone or PC but also contains its own chips to handle ...

Qualcomm has launched its latest augmented reality (AR) prototype platform based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform. The platform provides hardware developers with all of the tools they need to ...

With the introduction of its XR1 platform, Qualcomm indicated that AR would be something of a big focus for it, and now it has announced a new AR Smart Viewer reference design. We've already seen ...

Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon XR1 AR Smart Viewer reference design, which will help hardware designers create powerful AR smart glasses for the consumer and enterprise markets. Qualcomm's ...

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Chip maker Qualcomm has announced a new augmented reality (MR) headset for enterprise users, the Snapdragon XR1 AR Smart Viewer. It is optimized for Qualcomm's mobile chip series, Snapdragon-equipped ...

Qualcomm, a chip maker that provides Snapdragon XR2, a 5G-enabled SoC for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), has announced that it has developed a completely wireless AR device, the ...

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. Chip ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anshel Sag is an industry analyst covering XR, 5G, mobile and PCs. To facilitate the acceleration of AR, this week Qualcomm ...