Qualcomm announced it has three new technology partners who will make components for its standalone virtual reality headsets.
The company is now going to work with more partners for its Head Mounted Display Accelerator Program (HAP), including sensor maker Bosch Sensortec, image sensor maker OmniVision, and controller maker Ximmerse, according to Hugo Swart, product manager for VR at Qualcomm, in a talk at the VR World Conference in Shanghai.
In a post, Swart said the new partners would help complete key technologies for better VR headsets.
Qualcomm introduced its HAP in March at the Game Developers Conference as part of its plan for improving mobile VR headsets that are connected to smartphones rather than PCs.
Then, at the Google I/O event in June, Google announced it would help create Daydream Standalone VR Headset based on the Qualcomm reference design. And both Lenovo and HTC announced that they would create Daydream-based standalone headsets.
Qualcomm said it will work with Bosch Sensortec to integrate the BMX055 absolute orientation sensor. This sensor includes the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer, for precise and high-frequency inertial measurements. It enables low-latency sensing and…
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