In addition, the company believes that this technology will allow them to innovate in a genre all their own.
Although it is very common to hear the phrase “everything has been invented”, the video game industry has been showing us that it can still innovate itself. From the looks of it, one of the next steps is to. blurring the line between reality and fiction.something that has left us with the success of Meta Quest and a great expectation for the upcoming PlayStation VR2, which has already shown its first official images.
It’s the right time for the XR to innovate games in a genre we’re known forBen TaylorOne of the companies that has observed such a trend in the industry is. Square Enixand that is why it is now announcing a collaboration with Qualcomm. The collaboration with Qualcomm, known for the design and manufacture of the Snapdragon processors (widely used in cell phones), will allow for a more comprehensive exploration of experiences in the Extended Reality (XR), which includes areas such as VR or AR.
This will be carried out through the program. Snapdragon Spacesspecializing in the search for experiences mentioned above. In addition, Square Enix intends to use everything it learns to improve its own games, focusing especially on one genre: “We have been investing in XR and hope to build on Snapdragon Spaces. Specifically, we believe that the time is right for the XR to innovate in games of a genre for which we are particularly well known“, explains Ben Taylor, technical director at Square Enix.
Thus, we will have to wait for Square Enix to announce releases that will take advantage of all the work with Qualcomm. As for more recent video games, the company has triumphed with Triangle Strategy and its RPG particularities, although it has also suffered a slump with Babylons Fall and poor sales that, in spite of it, no change in plans of the developer.
