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Sarah Chaney

Watch out Apple Vision Pro! Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip will power some strong VR/AR challengers

Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 .

Apple's Vision Pro headset is expected to be a huge leap forward in the VR market, and it could be launching in just a few weeks. Ahead of the Vision Pro's launch, Qualcomm announced its new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chip (via Ars Technica), which features plenty of upgraded specs over the XR2 Gen 2 chip that released in 2023 and was used in the Meta Quest 3.

While Apple users will only have one expensive VR/XR headset to choose from, Android users will probably have at least five VR/XR headset options, all of which will utilize Qualcomm's new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 SoC and most likely take advantage of the XR experience Google is basing on Android. There's no clear announcement or release date for any of these possible headsets, but here's what we know about the chip's specs. 

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