Hugo Swart, General Manager and Vice President of XR at Qualcomm, has announced his departure from the company at a pivotal moment in the industry.
Hugo Swart, who has been with Qualcomm for 20 years, this week announced that he’s leaving the company. Swart was the company’s GM & VP for XR more recently than six years. During his tenure, the division was closely associated with Meta. Not only are Snapdragon chips in every single one of Meta’s standalone XR headsets, the two companies
.publicly announced a multi-year collaboration around XR chipsets back in 2022Hugo Swart reveals Snapdragon XR2 | Image courtesy Qualcomm
. It was an incredible 20 years, from driving EVDO technology adoption in Latin America up to managing Qualcomm’s XR Business. Looking forward to the next phase, but first I will take some time off and update you then.” Looking forward to the new phase but I will take some time off first and update you when I return. The expectation is that Qualcomm would make the chips and Samsung the hardware and Google the software. The collaboration with Meta highlights the importance of strategic partnerships in driving XR innovation and adoption, especially as competitive pressures are increasing in a manner that the XR market has never seen before. Swart’s successor’s effectiveness will determine Qualcomm’s future in the XR space.