According to reports, this product, called Samsung XR Headset, could be available to developers in October this year. The South Korean tech company unveiled its augmented reality (XR) platform at its recent Galaxy Unpacked event, and TM Roh, president and head of Samsung Electronics’ mobile experience business, said the platform will be “launched later this year.” “come to market”. Now a new report speculates that it could be available to developers in the second half of 2024, but general availability could be delayed until 2025.
Samsung XR headset
According to Business Insider, Samsung’s XR headset is being developed in collaboration with Google. So we suspect that it will run on a variant of the Android operating system (currently under internal development) (Android XR) provided by the latter. However, the device is apparently not ready yet and its launch could be delayed until the first quarter of 2025, possibly March next year.
Before the general release of this device, Samsung plans to present the first version of its XR headset (codenamed “Moohan”) to developers by October this year. The report also adds that this is not the first time that the headset’s release date has been pushed back as there are several delays due to improving technology.
Specifically, XR is an umbrella term that includes all three visual technologies: Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR). Samsung is entering the world of virtual reality with the Gear VR, but this is the first time the tech giant has introduced an XR headset. It is likely to be powered by a Qualcomm processor, which is believed to be the Snapdragon XR2 Gen2+ platform, designed to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver AR and MR experiences on the device.
There is speculation that Samsung’s headset is intended to compete with companies like Apple and Meta, which already have their own mixed reality headsets on the market. According to a November 2023 report, Samsung (at the time) was initially targeting sales of 30,000 units of its XR headset. It has been suggested that the OLEDOS (OLED on Silicon) display used in the headset is developed by Samsung Display, the company’s display manufacturer.
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