3 Firms Join T-Mobile's 5G-Based AR Accelerator Program

T-Mobile announced Friday three more companies joined its accelerator program for augmented-reality smart glasses experiences. The firms are: (1) Foundry Six and its Arealm, a role-playing game metaverse; (2) Stops, with a location-based platform for helping businesses and influencers share locations with customers and followers in the metaverse; and (3) WeR, with an AR/AI platform for monetizing and optimizing retail space. The T-Mobile Accelerator is working on 5G AR smart glasses using heads-up displays, spatial awareness and computer vision across industries. Participants work with T-Mobile engineers and business leaders while using Lenovo ThinkReality A3 AR smart glasses, which support Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces. Other participants in the program include Beem, Krikey, Mawari, Mohx-Games, Pluto and VictoryXR. T-Mobile is accepting applications from developers interested in building immersive 5G experiences for AR glasses on Snapdragon Spaces, it said. “5G and Augmented Reality have the potential to transform gaming, education, training, the way we communicate and so much more,” said John Saw, executive vice president-advanced and emerging technologies at T-Mobile.