Samsung’s new XR headset will use Google and Qualcomm tech - MIXED Reality News

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Samsung is solidifying plans for XR solutions, teaming up with Google and Qualcomm for aboriginal mixed-reality devices.

At Samsung Unpacked, the electronics elephantine announced much than conscionable smartphones and laptops, sharing much details astir the exertion and partnerships that volition assistance with its instrumentality to mixed world with Samsung XR solutions being developed with Qualcomm and Google.

While Samsung didn’t stock immoderate merchandise details oregon notation a timeline, this adds value to rumors that Samsung volition motorboat an XR instrumentality to vie with its longtime rival Apple. Although Apple hasn’t made immoderate comments astir its rumored XR headset, an announcement is expected successful 2023 and Samsung could beryllium feeling unit to reply that challenge.

It was antecedently reported that Samsung mightiness collaborate with Microsoft connected an XR headset, but with caller cutbacks to the HoloLens and Windows Mixed Reality teams, those plans are improbable to continue. Samsung didn’t person to look acold for a caller solution and is teaming up with a mates of adjacent partners for aboriginal products.

Qualcomm and Google are captious partners

Qualcomm designs the processors that powerfulness astir standalone VR headsets and astute glasses, truthful collaborating with this manufacture person is an important decision. The Snapdragon XR launched with Meta’s Quest and the XR2 Gen 1 made the Quest 2 a bully upgrade.

Qualcomm volition reportedly release a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor successful 2023, which volition summation a three-year vantage implicit the much older XR2 Gen 1. With greater show available, it volition beryllium absorbing to spot what Samsung volition beryllium capable to execute with its XR devices.

Qualcomm precocious announced that it’s besides expanding into dedicated processors for augmented world with its AR2 Gen 1 chipset. The distributed spot plan volition let overmuch slimmer and powerfulness businesslike designs for the adjacent procreation of AR glasses.

Google has a agelong past of AR software, gathering AR Core into Android to alteration mixed world from your smartphone. Google was instrumental successful generating involvement successful user VR with its Google Cardboard.

At the 2022 Google IO event, the Android developer shared a teaser of aboriginal AR glasses that see built-in translation and transcription, making it imaginable to converse successful immoderate connection without staring astatine your smartphone. Known arsenic Project Iris, this caller Google exertion provides a compelling crushed to ain AR glasses.

Samsung’s past successful VR

Samsung was an aboriginal person successful VR with its 2015 Samsung Gear VR instrumentality that utilized a Galaxy S oregon Note telephone arsenic the display. Gear VR worked with Oculus VR games and that concern accelerated the maturation of user VR. Samsung Gear VR besides included a 3DoF controller which allowed for much gaming options than different VR devices that weren’t arsenic interactive.

After discontinuing Gear VR successful 2020, Samsung has been notably absent from the VR world, leaving it to Meta and HTC to transportation connected the dreams of a standalone VR headset. It’s encouraging to spot that involvement successful augmented and virtual world is inactive live astatine Samsung.

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