(via YouTube by bestjobsever )In an effort to lure developers to create applications for the Snapdragon chipset, Qualcomm is offering up some attractive capabilities for developers. They are:
AllJoyn: A technology for P2P interaction that doesn't require Internet access. Instead it uses near field device-to-device communications. The open source technology avoids latency issues common with sending traffic over the Internet. Could be a boon for games, maybe on airplanes.
Snapdragon Mobile Development Platform (MDP): Just a mobile development platform they sell. They have a closed unit and one that's opened up on a board allowing for greater development flexibility, such as switching out different chipsets and peripherals for testing. You can get the full kit for under $500 at BSQUARE.
One such technology they showed off in the booth is the ability to do a 3D game conversion in real time just using hardware processing via Snapdragon.
Augmented reality: Using a device's camera to superimpose something virtual onto the physical world. We've had this technology for a while, and we've seen some test apps, but none has really become the augmented reality killer app. Hopefully we'll see something soon.