On September 15, Qualcomm China and Baidu announced their partnership in the joint improvement of augmented reality (AR) technologies and its application in many industries, such as tourism and education. This cooperation is supported by a non-binding MoU on strategic cooperation. To improve the metaverse user encounter, Baidu plans to integrate Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Spaces™ KSR platform for developers and cutting-edge KSR technologies into its XiRang platform. Launched in 2021, the XiRang platform was developed by Baidu to help the improvement of the metaverse.