Qualcomm’s big augmented reality project with Samsung and Google is… glasses

The partnership announced by Samsung, Qualcomm, and Google last year is developing a pair of mixed reality smart glasses that link to the wearer’s smartphone, according to Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon. “It’s going to be a new product,” Amon told CNBC News in a recent interview.

“What I really expect to come out of this partnership, I want everyone that has a phone to go buy companion glasses to go along with it,” said Amon. “I think we need to get to the point that the glasses are going to be no different than wearing a regular glasses or sunglasses. And then with that, we can get scale.”

Information about the project has been extremely slim since the XR partnership was announced back in February 2023. While the companies never specified…

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