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Samsung XR headset features could be revealed at Google I/O 2024
Last updated: April 16th, 2024 at 07:19 UTC+02:00
Google has announced that it will be holding the next Google I/O event on 14 May 2024. In a post on X/Twitter, the company also revealed that at this event, it will be making “AR announcements.” Considering that Google is working with Qualcomm and Samsung on Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, the announcements that Google will make about AR headsets may be directly related to the upcoming XR headset from Samsung. In other words, Google might reveal some of the features of Samsung’s upcoming XR headset at Google I/O 2024.
In February 2023, Samsung revealed that it was developing an XR headset in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Since then, we’ve had many leaks and rumors related to the upcoming product, including that the South Korean tech giant has created a separate team for it and that the brand might launch it alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and the Galaxy Z Flip 6 in July this year. Samsung’s upcoming XR headset might use Google’s Android-based platform for XR headsets, Qualcomm’s latest and flagship chipset for XR headsets, the Snapdragon XR 2+ Gen 2, and Sony’s micro-OLED display.
The general expectation is that Samsung might launch its upcoming XR headset at a much lower price than the Apple Vision Pro, which means that it could cost similar to the Meta Quest 3. As such, Samsung’s upcoming XR headset might compete directly with the Meta Quest 3 rather than the Apple Vision Pro. That being said, people will pit it against the one from Apple, even though there will be a lot of price difference between the two. Recently, Samsung launched another kind of wearable, the Galaxy Ring. You can learn all about it in our video below.
Samsung’s first XR headset could use Sony’s micro-OLED display
Last updated: March 16th, 2024 at 13:25 UTC+01:00
In February 2023, Samsung Electronics announced that it was developing an extended reality (XR) headset in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Fast forward to January 2024, Samsung Display unveiled its first-ever micro-OLED display (also known as OLED microdisplay and OLEDoS). Since then, everyone has been expecting Samsung Electronics to use this display from Samsung Display in the company’s upcoming XR headset. However, that might not be the case.
At the Omdia Korea Display Conference 2024 in Seoul, South Korea, a senior researcher at Omdia, Minsoo Kang, claimed that Samsung Electronics will use an OLEDoS display from Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (SSS) for the company’s upcoming XR headset (via Daily Korea). According to the analyst, this display will have a size of 1.3 inches and a WRGB sub-pixel structure.
Reportedly, Samsung Electronics had earlier planned to source displays for the upcoming XR headset from Samsung Display but decided to go with Sony around the end of last year as it realized that Sony’s micro-OLED display was better than that of Samsung Display.
Samsung's XR headset could arrive this year
In August 2023, Sony unveiled an OLED microdisplay with model name ECX344A. It has a 1.3-inch size, a 3,840 x 3,552 pixels resolution, a 90fps refresh rate, and a 1,000cd/㎡brightness. Considering the report from Korea, it’s possible that Samsung could use this display in the company’s upcoming XR headset. For your reference, Apple also sources micro-OLED displays from Sony, for the company’s mixed reality (MR) headset, the Vision Pro.
Reportedly, Samsung has created a separate team called ‘Immersive Team’ for the development of its first XR headset. The product is expected to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2+ chipset and run on a version of Android that’s modified for XR headsets. The company is expected to unveil the product in the second half of this year alongside the launch of the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and the Galaxy Z Fold 6.
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