Hugo Swart, Qualcomm engineer, discusses Qualcomm's work in XR and the metaverse. He explains their role as an ecosystem enabler and highlights perception technologies. Swart sees open standards and interoperability as crucial for the metaverse vision. He anticipates major advances in AR, VR, and MR hardware in the next few years. While sleek AR glasses are still years away, incremental improvements are expected in the near term.