A talk from the Main Stage at AWE USA 2019 - the World's #1 XR Conference & Expo in Santa Clara, California May 29-31, 2019. Hugo Swart (Qualcomm, Inc.): How 5G, Distributed Processing and Technology Advancements are Accelerating the Timeline to a Ubiquitous XR World XR has the potential to become one of the world’s most disruptive computing platforms in the coming decade. Over the past year, we’ve seen significant strides in technology and with the introduction of new XR form factors such as standalone, tethered viewers and dual-mode HMDs – there has been an acceleration of XR opportunities, use cases and adoption. In this keynote presentation, Hugo Swart, Head of XR at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. will speak to cutting-edge technological developments and how Qualcomm has met previous challenges, with a forward outlook on how strong ecosystem collaboration, the proliferation of 5G and AI will fast-track the industry timeline to an XR ubiquitous world. https://awexr.com

1. Accelerating an
XR World
Hugo Swart
Head of XR
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
@HugoSwart_QCOM
@qualcommMay 30, 2019 Augmented World Expo

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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

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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

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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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Holographic
Telepresence
Real time social
interaction
Spatial
computing
9

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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

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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

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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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components or devices referenced herein.
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