Qualcomm is launching a chip tailored for children’s smartwatches, a growing niche in the wearable technology market, particularly in China. Snapdragon Wear 2500 comes with 4G LTE and uses sensor fusion technology to deliver more precise location tracking than GPS alone. It is smaller than Qualcomm’s current smartwatch chip package, uses less power and supports fitness and activity sensors. […]
Qualcomm Aims To Spark Virtual Reality Market With Its First Standalone AR/VR Chip
Qualcomm is rolling out a dedicated chip targeting virtual reality/augmented reality headsets in hopes of driving the nascent market into the mainstream. The new chip from Qualcomm, which primarily makes smartphone semiconductors today, targets virtual reality/augmented reality gear at affordable prices—in the $200 range. That is similar to the $199 pricetag for Facebook’s new Oculus Go virtual reality […]
What To Watch For At The CES Technology Show
Every year one or two breakout technologies capture the imagination of consumers. Eighteen months ago, it was Pokemon Go, the first augmented reality mobile app to really catch fire. A few years before that, it was 3-D printers. Last year, it clearly was digital assistants—Amazon Echo, Google Home and others—that tapped cloud-connected artificial intelligence to […]
The Long Road to Autonomous Vehicles
Back in 1995, the NavLab 5 team at Carnegie Mellon University launched an autonomous vehicle on a trip from Pittsburgh to San Diego. The vehicle navigated itself, without intervention from a human driver, for 98 percent of the 2,800 mile journey. It averaged speeds above 60 mph. So if self-driving technology worked on a cross-country […]