For over a decade, we’ve relied on our smartphones to interact with the world around us. But if you’ve ever tried on a virtual reality (VR) headset or pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses, you probably already know how much more immersive they are than a flat display. The only problem? Fragmentation and limited app libraries. Case in point: even though you can choose from several headworn devices on the market today, many of them have walled ecosystems with few developers willing to enter.
To combat this problem and help bring XR to the mainstream, chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. has decided to take a more hands-on approach. Instead of working behind closed doors with hardware partners, the company has opened up its software tools under the banner of Snapdragon Spaces
XR Developer Platform to anyone that wants to create XR experiences on Android.