The next era of mobile technology will turn everyday Americans into “walking cameras” as AI-powered smart glasses monitor everything they see and hear, according to Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon.
During an appearance on “Mornings with Maria,” Amon described a future in which ultra-fast 6G networks will allow smart glasses to stream information to AI models in real time. He said the shift could reshape both the technology industry and everyday life.
“6G is going to transform all of us into walking cameras because we have the ability to, everything that we see, send it to AI models that will interact with us and get intelligence right away,” Amon said Friday. “And that’s an exciting new device category.”
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Qualcomm is known for creating technology inside devices such as smartphones, allowing them to connect to the internet. Earlier this week, Qualcomm announced its latest partnership with Meta to support the company’s rapidly growing computing needs.
Amon pointed to smart glasses as a key device for the future, saying they allow people to interact with technology close to their faces while AI processes what users see and hear.
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“There’s a very interesting thing about glasses, and Meta is correct, and there’s many other companies investing in this,” he said.
“As we humans start to interact with the computers the way we interact with ourselves, glasses is a very important real estate because it’s close to our eyes, our ears, our mouth. And AI is [going to] see what we see, hear what we hear, read what we read. And then you have this intelligence very quickly.”
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Meta, Google and Apple have all invested in developing their own smart glasses, with newer models incorporating artificial intelligence. On Tuesday, Meta announced a new line of lower-cost AI glasses powered by the company’s AI technology, Muse Spark.
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Qualcomm has also expanded its focus into data centers and AI software. It introduced a new “Dragonfly C1000” central processing unit that it says Meta is using. The company also plans to acquire AI startup Modular.
“I was reading a lot of the analyst reports from Investor Day, and there’s one headline that really, I really liked it and it caught my attention. There’s a headline that said, ’This is not your father’s Qualcomm anymore,’” Amon said of the changes. “And I think that’s kind of the story of the company.”
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