In this episode of Connected in 3D, host Ashley Crowder sits down with Ziad Asghar, SVP & GM of XR & Spatial Computing at Qualcomm, to explore how Qualcomm is shaping the future of XR, AI, and spatial computing. Ziad shares his journey into the XR space and how Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platforms, 5G, and AI innovations are enabling next-generation AR/VR experiences.

They discuss the challenges of latency, power consumption, and device form factors, how AI is revolutionizing real-time scene understanding and rendering, and what needs to happen for lightweight, all-day wearable AR devices to become mainstream. From digital twins in enterprise to the role of 5G in untethered XR, this episode dives into the key trends that will define the next five years of spatial computing.