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Google Is Making An AR Headset With New Qualcomm Chips (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-and-improved dept.

Google is reportedly working on a standalone augmented reality headset that will use new Qualcomm chips. "It will be built by Taiwanese computer maker Quanta," reports The Verge. "The project is still in its early stages, according to documents obtained by WinFuture." From the report: The AR headset is supposed to be similar to Microsoft's HoloLens, a headset that came out in 2016 and is aimed at design, training, and industrial use. The Google AR headset that's in development will reportedly be self-contained and powered by a Qualcomm chip, rather than tethered to another device. It will also include cameras and microphones. The headset is currently going by the name "Google A65." There's no release date yet for the Google A65 as it's still in the prototype stage, according to WinFuture. The headset won't only operate like a HoloLens, but it will use the same chips. HoloLens is rumored to be getting an update this year, with a new ARM-powered design and an improved field of view. The Qualcomm chips that will reportedly be used in both the new HoloLens and the new Google headset are the Qualcomm QSC603 four-core chips, based on ARM architecture.

11 comments

  1. AR = not Assault Rifle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    First thing I thought was of Assault Rifles. Hear about the new school shooting today? Thanks TRUMP. We need a firearms BAN to keep the weapons of war off our streets.
     
    -=BeauHD=-

    1. Re:AR = not Assault Rifle by technosaurus · · Score: 1

      Or Armalite Rifle ... the AR in AR-15

    2. Re:AR = not Assault Rifle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      AR = Assault Rifle.
      We cannot continue to let machine guns be used on our streets, something needs to be done. The school shooting today wouldnt of happened.
       
      -=BeauHD=-

    3. Re: AR = not Assault Rifle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Show me an article where someone used a real MACHINE GUN, and I will believe you.

  2. VR, but not great? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For great VR, you need an HTC Vive (or *cough* Oculus Rift) and a really powerful graphics card. Like a GTX 1080 Ti. This card takes 300 watts. So.... somehow... "magically"... they've put the power of these chips into the chips they will be using, in order to give the Augmented Reality headset the same great 3D experience, overlaying the real world? What? They didn't? They went with really slow mobile phone 3D chips because of power constraints? Hahahahhaa.

    Yep. For now, GOOD VR will still need a 300 watt card. Until we can do the same thing in 3 watts, don't count on putting it into an augmented reality headset without it being really REALLY crappy.

    1. Re:VR, but not great? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

      In AR, you don't try to fill the field of view, you're adding things to the real world. That requires a lot less pixels.

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      #DeleteFacebook
  3. shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it's shit

  4. All data sent to Google? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So, we may assume that EVERYTHING it saw or heard will be uploaded to Google and stored forever, even when it was "turned off"?

  5. What happened to Google glass? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I hope this iteration is more available.

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