VR & AR Applications

Nordic’s multi-protocol Bluetooth and proprietary 2.4GHz SoCs sit at the heart of many of the world’s most popular and high-performing virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headset controllers.

These work in tandem one or more VR or AR headsets. Nordic’s low power wireless technology also gives VR and AR controllers the ultra-long battery life gamers demand, expect and deserve.

In VR and AR proprietary 2.4GHz is best

Thanks to the multiprotocol radio embedded into each Nordic Bluetooth SoC, customers can leverage Nordic’s state-of-the-art 2.4GHz proprietary technology as well as implement the highest report rate for VR and AR controllers (up to 8K). This allows seamless synchronization across devices.

Each customer can fully customize their stack and operating software too, enabling them to finely differentiate their products and add unique features and value for customers.

Nordic’s nRF Desktop reference design tool is the starting point for VR/AR applications. Currently supporting nRF52 SoCs, it is ready for Nordic’s forthcoming nRF54 Series. This enables VR and AR controllers that need to send high amounts of data – e.g. from a gyro or accelerometer – to deploy the nRF54 Series’ 4Mbps radio mode. When combined with Nordic’s 7002 Wi-Fi companion IC, this will allow mixing and matching of proprietary 2.4GHz with Wi-Fi protocols if required.

Depending on use case, Nordic SoCs can also be used with Nordic’s nRF21 Range Extender family to further increase TX transmission power and sensitivity, which can be beneficial for six degrees of freedom (6DoF) VR and AR applications.

Highlighted applications

Virtual Reality (VR)
Artificial Reality (AR)
Extended Reality (XR)

Wireless protocols for VR/AR

Wi-Fi

Nordic Semiconductor is a leading provider of low-power wireless communication solutions, utilizing decades of ultra-low-power wireless expertise to maximize Wi-Fi’s low-power potential in various applications including home automation, smart lighting, and other IoT devices.

Bluetooth Low Energy

Want to add Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) connectivity to your product? We offer high-quality BLE SoCs, Bluetooth Low Energy chips, and BT modules with ultra-low power consumption and protocol stacks, ensuring excellent interoperability.

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Bluetooth LE Audio

As the Bluetooth Low Energy market leader, Nordic is your best choice for LE Audio solutions. LE Audio is the next generation of Bluetooth Audio, making audio streaming over Bluetooth Low Energy possible. It enables new use cases and significantly reduces power consumption compared to Classic (BR/EDR) Audio.

2.4 GHz proprietary

2.4 GHz flexibity and simplicity

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Power Management ICs

Nordic Semiconductor leverages its extensive experience in ultra-low-power wireless technology to develop power management ICs (PMIC) and integrated circuits, enabling industry-leading low power wireless solutions.

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Range extenders

The range and link robustness of Nordic nRF52 and nRF53 Series SoCs fulfill the requirements of most applications and use-cases, but sometimes adding a range extender/RF front end module (FEM) is the correct choice.

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nRF54H20 wireless SoC

Sampling now: Revolutionary multiprotocol and multiprocessor SoC with world-leading processing power and efficiency, ample memory, record-breaking radio, and state-of-the-art security.

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nRF54L15 wireless SoC

Ultra-low-power wireless SoC in the nRF54L Series with 1.5 MB NVM and 256 KB RAM, supporting Bluetooth LE, Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, Amazon Sidewalk and 2.4 GHz proprietary protocols.

nPM1300 PMIC

Power Management IC (PMIC) with unique system management features

The nPM1300 is designed to provide highly efficient power regulation for Nordic’s nRF52 and nRF53 Series, as well as the nRF54L and nRF54H Series wireless multiprotocol Systems-on-Chip (SoC). The PMIC is also suitable for battery charging for applications based on the nRF91 Series systems-in-package (SiPs) for cellular IoT, by using the PMIC’s unregulated output to power the SiP's internal buck regulators.

Devices using the nPM1300 and a compatible SoC or SiP also get access to the Nordic Fuel Gauge, a highly accurate, ultra-low-power way of estimating state-of-charge of rechargeable batteries.

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Recommended software

nRF Connect SDK

nRF Connect SDK is a common software development kit for Bluetooth Low Energy, Wi-Fi, cellular IoT, Bluetooth mesh, Thread, Zigbee and Matter. It supports all our nRF52, nRF53, nRF70 and nRF91 Series wireless devices.

nRF Connect for Desktop

nRF Connect for Desktop is a cross-platform framework for development applications. It contains applications for testing Bluetooth Low Energy and LTE links, power optimization, programming and more.

VR & AR

Nordic’s ultra-low-latency and low power wireless solutions ideal for VR/AR controllers

In VR and AR proprietary 2.4GHz is best

Are you planning a VR/AR project?

Highlighted applications

Wireless protocols for VR/AR

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth LE Audio

2.4 GHz proprietary

Power Management ICs

Range extenders

Recommended hardware

nRF54H20 wireless SoC

nRF54L15 wireless SoC

nPM1300 PMIC

nRF5340 SoC

nRF52840 SoC

nRF52833 SoC

nRF52832 SoC

nRF7002 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF21540 RF FEM

Recommended software

nRF Connect SDK

nRF Connect for Desktop

Customer Success Stories

VR & AR

Nordic’s ultra-low-latency and low power wireless solutions ideal for VR/AR controllers

In VR and AR proprietary 2.4GHz is best

Are you planning a VR/AR project?

Highlighted applications

Wireless protocols for VR/AR

Wi-Fi

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth LE Audio

2.4 GHz proprietary

Power Management ICs

Range extenders

Recommended hardware

nRF54H20 wireless SoC

nRF54L15 wireless SoC

nPM1300 PMIC

nRF5340 SoC

nRF52840 SoC

nRF52833 SoC

nRF52832 SoC

nRF7002 Wi-Fi Companion IC

nRF21540 RF FEM

Recommended software

nRF Connect SDK

nRF Connect for Desktop

Customer Success Stories

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