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Qualcomm China (NASDAQ:QCOM) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Chinese internet search giant Baidu to cooperate on extended reality, or XR, technology and jointly create a new platform for metaverse and compatible services.
Baidu added the companies will also work on generative artificial intelligence, or AI, to build a new generation of metaverse infrastructures, according to a report from Reuters.
In a post on local messaging service Weixin, Baidu noted that it will be able to build XR applications and content more rapidly by integrating Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces XR developer platform and related XR technologies into its XiRang metaverse platform, Mobile World Live reported.
Baidu said it will combine its cloud and AI technologies and other platforms to explore applications for a range of industries, citing tourism, education and sports, the report added.
