Meta cooperates with MediaTek to develop a dedicated chip for AR glasses

(Nweon November 17, 2023) At the MediaTek 2023 Chip Summit held in Laguna Beach, California, USA, Meta and MediaTek announced that they will jointly develop chip products for AR glasses. It is worth mentioning that MediaTek emphasized that this is an exclusive partnership, which means that any chips developed by MediaTek for Meta will not be provided to other AR glasses brands

Vince Hu, deputy general manager of MediaTek Corporation, and Jean Boufarhat, vice president of Meta Reality Labs

Meta has always hoped to follow Apple and achieve full-stack independence in the field of XR headsets, such as chips. But that vision has been repeatedly thwarted. According to The Information, due to the setback of its self-research plan and in order to avoid Qualcomm's dominance, Meta once cooperated with Samsung on AR glasses chips, but it eventually broke down due to differences. Now, Meta has found a new partner: MediaTek.

In fact, MediaTek is no stranger to AR/VR. Sony’s PSVR 2 head display is equipped with the XR dedicated chip developed by this chip company

At the Chip Summit, Meta proposed that AR glasses require high performance, low power consumption, low latency and compact design requirements, so they stated that they need to develop a new chip. To achieve this goal, they chose MediaTek as a key partner

Currently, the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses developed by Meta and Ray-Ban use Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 SoC. It's important to note that these glasses are not true AR glasses. At the meeting, Meta emphasized many times that the chips they developed in cooperation with MediaTek were specifically designed for augmented reality

However, the two parties did not disclose more details, including the specific time of release and functions. It just means that AR glasses equipped with MediaTek chips will meet everyone at some point in the future. But according to earlier news from The Information, Meta plans to release their first AR glasses in 2027

It should be noted that it is currently unclear whether Meta will continue to cooperate with Qualcomm to develop chips for AR glasses. It’s unclear whether Meta will choose to advance through multiple lines, or simply rely on MediaTek to develop AR chips.

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