Tech Desk
Jul 15, 2024
Samsung is reportedly to release its XR headset to developers in October, while it’s expected that the public launch will commence in 2025.
The South Korean tech giant at its recent Galaxy Unpacked event hinted at its expanded reality XR platform. Samsung Electronics President and Head of Mobile Experience Business said that it would be ‘coming this year.’
Samsung's XR headset
The XR headset is reportedly being developed by Samsung's partnership with Google. However, it’s anticipated that it runs on some form of Android firmware provided by the latter, dubbed Android XR, currently in internal development. However, the device purportedly isn't ready yet and its release may be in 2025.
Samsung is hinted to unveil an early version of its XR headset, codenamed ‘Moohan,’ for developers by October this year.
The report further included that this is not the first instance that the headset's launch date has been pushed back, with it facing multiple delays related to the improvements of the technology involved.
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XR is an umbrella term which encloses all three visual technologies: augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR).
However, Samsung has dipped its toes in the world of VR with its Gear VR, it will be the first time an XR headset is introduced by the technology giant.
It may be powered by a Qualcomm processor, which is anticipated to be the Snapdragon XR2 Gen2+ platform developed for bringing AR and MR experiences to devices, harnessing artificial intelligence (AI).
Samsung is purported to compete against companies like Apple and Meta which already have their own combined reality headsets in the market.
According to a report, Samsung (at the time) targeted selling 30,000 units of the XR headset primarily. The OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon) shows used for the headset are hinted at being developed by Samsung Display – the company's display manufacturing unit.
