Samsung has been toying with the concept of releasing its personal XR (prolonged actuality) headset for round a yr. In a just lately launched earnings name, it stated it goals to “enhance connectivity amongst merchandise, together with upcoming XR units.” This probably factors in the direction of us lastly getting an Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional and Meta Quest 3 rival by the South Korean big.
Simply final month, Every day Korea reported (through Add) that Samsung is now exhibiting urgency to launch its XR headset, given LG’s dropping its plan to launch a premium Meta Horizon OS headset in 2025 and Apple’s pausing work on an equally exorbitantly priced Imaginative and prescient Professional 2 to as an alternative give attention to a price range model first.
Based on Tom’s Information predictions, Samsung will associate with Qualcomm for the chip that may energy its upcoming XR headset, and Google will probably deal with the platform it should run on. This reiterates Google’s Rick Osterloh’s assertion on the finish of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 when he confirmed that “a brand new XR platform is coming later this yr.”
Apparently, as per SBS Biz, Samsung restarted its design course of for the XR headset from scratch when the Imaginative and prescient Professional was revealed and considerably exceeded its expectations. It additionally talked about that Samsung felt underconfident about its idea and that it was not spectacular sufficient to “dazzle customers.”
Nonetheless, the most recent experiences counsel that Samsung is lastly engaged on its model of a headset just like the Meta Quest. A latest Android Authority piece claimed that Google will quickly begin internet hosting apps particularly designed for XR headsets. This explicitly provides away Samsung’s plans since there aren’t every other main Android-based XR headsets available in the market for the time being. The Data experiences that Google has been pitching the Android XR platform to different {hardware} makers, however nobody has proven a lot curiosity but.
These little tidbits of knowledge from varied experiences are all we all know in regards to the headset. It’s nonetheless unclear what options it should provide or how a lot it should price. Nonetheless, Tom’s Information says {that a} June 2023 report pointed in the direction of the corporate producing a headset that may retail between $1,000 and $1,500 whereas exceeding what Apple affords on its virtually thrice-as-much-priced headset when it comes to options. As large of a declare that’s, how quickly the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional’s gross sales have just lately been declining, it would truly occur. Samsung and Google promised us that we’ll be taught extra about their collaboration earlier than 2024 ends, so let’s we’ll maintain a watch out for additional bulletins.
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