Metaverse wearable devices ‘could be as big as phones,’ Qualcomm CEO says

The corporate whose chips energy Fb’s Oculus virtual-reality headset has already tapped into the metaverse alternative. Now Qualcomm’s CEO says glasses may ultimately be as widespread as smartphones. 

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon is aware of smartphones effectively. The corporate’s fundamental enterprise is offering semiconductors for these gadgets. As Apple turns towards manufacturing its personal chips for its telephones, Qualcomm has been engaged on diversifying its income into services for the automotive trade, the Web of Issues — and the metaverse. They’re not new entrants into the market. 

“For the entire gadgets which are being commercially deployed, you could have one factor in all of them — which is Snapdragon XR,” Amon advised Yahoo Finance Stay, referencing Qualcomm’s prolonged actuality model of its fundamental Snapdragon platform. “So we’re very enthusiastic about that chance, and it could possibly be as large as telephones, you probably have companion glasses that you just carry collectively along with your smartphone.” 

Amon pointed to Fb’s title change as one marker of success for that firm’s XR system: “Even taking a look at how the corporate is now known as Meta is a mirrored image of how profitable Oculus has been,” he stated.

Metaverse merchandise have been one facet of the diversification technique Amon laid out throughout Qualcomm’s investor day on Tuesday. He outlined how Qualcomm is engaged on lowering its reliance on Apple, and is focusing on $46 billion in income by 2024, together with $9 billion from the Web of Issues. 

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Buyers appeared satisfied, bidding the shares as much as a document following the presentation. Amon stated the inventory’s efficiency this 12 months represents recognition of its “unimaginable expertise.”

After all, Qualcomm is not alone: the marketplace for servicing the metaverse is changing into more and more crowded. However there could also be room for a lot of contributors. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang not too long ago advised Yahoo Finance that the economic system of the metaverse could possibly be far bigger than that of the bodily world. 

Julie Hyman is the co-anchor of Yahoo Finance Stay, weekdays 9am-11am ET. Observe her on Twitter @juleshyman, and read her different tales.

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