Qualcomm Demonstrates New Processor for AI-Based Smart Glasses

Qualcomm Inc., the top maker of smartphone processors, is making a bigger push into smart glasses with low-power components that can run artificial intelligence software.

The chipmaker demonstrated a pair of glasses at the Augmented World Expo trade show that rely on its new Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 processor. The idea is to let glasses run AI without having to be connected to the internet or rely on a phone.