Hugo Swart (Qualcomm, Inc.): How 5G, Distributed Processing and Technology Advancements are Accelerating the Timeline to a Ubiquitous XR World
- 1. Accelerating an XR World Hugo Swart Head of XR Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. @HugoSwart_QCOM @qualcommMay 30, 2019 Augmented World Expo
- 2. 2 Connecting virtually everything Powering an XR world Driving smarter experiences Healthcare Transportation Training Construction Utilities Productivity Emergency response EntertainmentGaming Education Travel Healthcare Virtual world exploration Retail Social Factory The age of 5G, AI and XR Consumer Enterprise
- 3. 3 What does AI mean for XR? AI improves XR experiences on device AI Agent Virtual Assistant: Alexa-like avatar Game agents Contextual Awareness Environment Scene recognition Always-on AI powered camera When to show notifications Object detection Perception AI based SLAM Hand tracking Body tracking Eye tracking Facial expression Common Illumination Multimedia Illumination Occlusion Shader Voice Speech synthesis: text to speech or vice versa Live translation
- 4. 4 AI Agent for guided XR instruction Holographic AI Agent Hand tracking World tracking and registration for augmented objects Predictive intelligence Low latency motion tracking Ultra reliable, low-latency wireless connection
- 5. 5 Europe North America Japan South Korea Australia/SEA China Deployments happening in regions across the globe2019 is the year of 5G 5G Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. 5G is here.
- 6. 6 20+Operators announced 20+ OEMs announced 5G rollout happening faster than 4G 4Operators launched 3 OEMs launched Source: IHS Report Jan ’19, Qualcomm Technologies data Year 1 announcements underscore tremendous momentum with 5G
- 7. 77Based on ITU vision for IMT-2020 compared to IMT-advanced; URLLC: Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications; IAB: Integrated Access & Backhaul Designing a unified, more capable 5G air interface 10x Connection density 3x Spectrum efficiency 10x Decrease in end-to-end latency 10x Experienced throughput 100x Traffic capacity 100x Network efficiency Enhanced mobile broadband Diverse deployments Mid-bands 1 GHz to 6 GHz High-bands Above 24 GHz (mmWave) Low-bands Below 1 GHz Diverse spectrum Licensed/shared/unlicensed
- 8. 8 1990s Digital voice SMS 2000s Mobile data MMS and video calling 1980s Analog voice Voice call 2010s Mobile broadband Enhanced Video calling 2019+ Enhanced Mobile Broadband Holographic telepresence Evolution of social communications building on decades of breakthrough technologies
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- 11. 11 Building the vision of converged XR AR VR Existing Processing Standalone Processing Distributed Processing (Wireless Proximity) Distributed Processing (Mobile Edge Computing) Converged XR (Mobile Edge Computing) USB3-DP Distributed Processing (Cabled Proximity) 60 ghZ 5G 5G
- 12. 12 Distributed Processing (Wireless Proximity) Distributed Processing (Mobile Edge Computing) Distributed Processing (Cabled Proximity) USB3-DP 60 ghZ 5G
- 13. 13 Introducing XR smart viewers Graphics rendering Multimedia processing Perception algorithms Display processing Improved Performance Improved Power Savings Improved Thermals 5G
- 14. 14 ODMs, OEMs Platforms, Technology and Solution Providers Collaboration within the XR ecosystem Operators End Users consumer enterprise
- 15. 15 The path to convergence Compute Systems: Entertainment: Telecomm: Mainframe computer Workstation Desktop PC Laptop Tablet Smartphone Theater Movies Home Television Home Phone Large CellularPublic Phone Feature Phone Laptop Tablet Smartphone Smartphone
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