Samsung Teases Its Own Headset to Rival the Apple Vision Pro in 2025

Samsung has been toying with the thought of releasing its ain XR (extended reality) headset for astir a year. In a precocious released earnings call, it said it aims to “improve connectivity among products, including upcoming XR devices.” This apt points towards america yet getting an Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 rival by the South Korean giant.

Just past month, Daily Korea reported (via Upload) that Samsung is present showing urgency to merchandise its XR headset, fixed LG’s dropping its program to motorboat a premium Meta Horizon OS headset successful 2025 and Apple’s pausing enactment connected an arsenic exorbitantly priced Vision Pro 2 to alternatively absorption connected a fund mentation first.

According to Tom’s Guide predictions, Samsung will spouse with Qualcomm for the spot that volition powerfulness its upcoming XR headset, and Google volition apt grip the level it volition tally on. This reiterates Google’s Rick Osterloh’s connection astatine the extremity of Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2024 when helium confirmed that “a caller XR level is coming aboriginal this year.”

Apparently, arsenic per SBS Biz, Samsung restarted its plan process for the XR headset from scratch erstwhile the Vision Pro was revealed and importantly exceeded its expectations. It besides mentioned that Samsung felt underconfident astir its conception and that it was not awesome capable to “dazzle users.”

However, the latest reports suggest that Samsung is yet moving connected its mentation of a headset akin to the Meta Quest. A caller Android Authority portion claimed that Google volition soon commencement hosting apps specifically designed for XR headsets. This explicitly gives distant Samsung’s plans since determination aren’t immoderate different large Android-based XR headsets successful the marketplace astatine the moment. The Information reports that Google has been pitching the Android XR level to different hardware makers, but nary 1 has shown overmuch involvement yet.

These small tidbits of accusation from assorted reports are each we cognize astir the headset. It’s inactive unclear what features it volition connection oregon however overmuch it volition cost. However, Tom’s Guide says that a June 2023 study pointed towards the institution producing a headset that volition retail betwixt $1,000 and $1,500 portion exceeding what Apple offers connected its astir thrice-as-much-priced headset successful presumption of features. As large of a assertion that is, looking astatine however rapidly the Apple Vision Pro’s sales person precocious been declining, it mightiness really happen. Samsung and Google promised america that we’ll larn much astir their collaboration earlier 2024 ends, truthful let’s we’ll support an oculus retired for further announcements.