Road to VR

JULY 6, 2023

Samsung’s upcoming XR headset, which is meant to compete with Apple Vision Pro, has been delayed by “one to two quarters” from its reported early 2024 release target, according to an SBS Biz (Korean) report. That’s apparently been delayed by about “one to two quarters,” or three to six months.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Samsung and Google announced in early 2023 that, along with Qualcomm, they’d be releasing an “XR platform” based on Android , which could also see the release of a high-end mixed reality headset. It was said Google created several smartglasses prototypes in a bid to interest manufacturing partners, such as Samsung.

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2023

eMagin, the US-based developer and manufacturer of OLED microdisplays for AR/VR headsets, announced a merger agreement with Samsung Display, a subsidiary of the Korean tech giant. The company announced in a press statement that Samsung will acquire all outstanding shares of eMagin common stock on a fully diluted basis for $2.08

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Sony vs Samsung skirmish is nothing new. Both Sony and Samsung have clearly demonstrated an interest in extended reality over the years. Samsung introduced the Gear VR headset in 2015, followed by the Odyssey headset. Samsung, on the other hand, hasn’t revealed a lot of information about its headset at all.

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2023

It’s been rumored that Samsung is working on a smart ring that can be used in tandem with a pair of custom augmented reality (AR) glasses, and based on a recently uncovered trademark filing by Samsung registering the names “Galaxy Ring” and “Galaxy Glasses,” it appears as though the gossip could be true.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

I’m sorry about that, but it’s still a miracle I’ve managed to write it… Top news of the week (Leaked image from Samsung video) Samsung is back to XR with Google and Qualcomm The big news of the week is that Samsung is back to XR. This is huge because we know that Samsung is able to always deliver good hardware.

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Road to VR

MARCH 13, 2025

Android XR is ostensibly set to debut on Samsung’s Project Moohan mixed reality headset, which still has no release date or price. Google has summarily cancelled a number of XR projects in the past, including its Daydream VR platform in 2019, Google Glass for Enterprise in 2023, and its Iris AR glasses project in 2024.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 3, 2024

Apple Announces Vision Pro Image courtesy Apple The News Apple announced is Vision Pro headset in June of 2023 marking the company’s first public step into the XR headset space. While Vision Pro has yet to launch, it has certainly been the most talked about story in 2023.

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Road to VR

JUNE 28, 2023

Provided the report is true, it appears Google will now need to rely on Samsung to compete with Meta and Apple in XR. Still, it seems its Samsung XR headset partnership and AR software development has become the main focus.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 14, 2023

Top news of the week (Image by VRTUOLUO) A leak shows a prototype of the Samsung XR headset We finally have a leak of the Samsung headset that makes us see something about it. The report talks about Samsung wanting to target the $1000–2000 range, which in my opinion risks being neither expensive nor affordable.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2025

” Googles announcement of Android XR last month represents a critical shift in the competitive landscape, as Samsung will ostensibly be the first to launch a headset running Android XR. That said, HTC has dabbled with non-XR devices in the recent past, although very little to hang its hat on.

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Samsung Foundry has filed documents with authorities in Arizona, New York, and Texas seeking to build a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing facility in the USA. If everything goes as planned, it will go online by the fourth quarter of 2023.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2025

There was also a rumor in late 2023 that Nintendo was partnering with Google to create a standalone headset, although we’ve heard nothing since. Instead, Google seems to be focusing on developing its Android XR operating system for the upcoming Samsung Project Moohan mixed reality headset.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2024

In late 2023 however, Microsoft deprecated support for WMR. Meanwhile, Google and Samsung are releasing an XR headset at some point, which not only promises to return Samsung to the XR headset space, but also allow Google its first opportunity since Daydream to release its own first-party Android-based XR operating system.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung, in partnership with Qualcomm and Google, has announced plans to develop a new extended reality product. I myself switched from Apple to Samsung in 2015 specifically for Samsung’s Gear VR headset. But when Samsung cancelled the project, I switched to the Google Pixel to stay close to Google’s VR platform.

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Upload VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Samsung's upcoming headset could be delayed again. In July 2024 Samsung publicly announced its XR platform" is coming "this year" and Google confirmed it's still involved. Just a few days before Langley's report, Samsung publicly announced its XR "platform" was coming "this year" and Google confirmed it's still involved.

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Upload VR

JULY 11, 2024

At its Galaxy Unpacked event this week Samsung appeared to give a timeline for its upcoming Android XR headset. Samsung’s Google-Powered Headset Set To Launch Late 2024 Samsung’s Google-powered XR headset is set to launch, in very limited quantities, in late 2024.

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Digital Trends

JANUARY 24, 2022

Samsung and LG may be losing the battle to manufacture the 2023 iPhone's OLED screen to a little-known Chinese company.

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JULY 15, 2024

Samsung headset development kits will be available in October before a consumer launch in March, Business Insider reports. Langley's report comes just days after Samsung publicly announced its XR platform is "coming this year" and Google confirmed it's still involved. It's unclear how widely available this developer kit will be.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Initially kicked off in 2017, Microsoft was well positioned to make Windows a home to a fleet of PC VR headsets , which were notably some of the first headsets with inside-out tracking, including entrants from Acer, Asus, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and Samsung. Up until now, that is.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Carmack was the driving force behind the original mobile VR efforts at Oculus, spearheading the software side of the Samsung Gear VR partnership and Oculus Go, which was essentially a standalone version of it.

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Road to VR

APRIL 17, 2023

Pimax announced that Portal, its hybrid VR headset based on a Nintendo Switch-style console, is almost ready for launch, as the company prepares to ship to all Kickstarter backers in April 2023.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Ray-Ban Meta glasses launched in October 2023, and a few weeks ago Mark Zuckerberg told staff that 1 million were sold in 2024. This suggests the launch quarter, Q4 2023, saw 1 million units sold out of the gate. EssilorLuxottica owns the Ray-Ban brand.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Six years on from Affected: The Manor , Fallen Planet Studios has revealed that direct follow up Affected: The Asylum launches in 2023. We had positive impressions in our Affected: The Manor review for Samsung Gear VR. Set inside Red Park Asylum, strange occurrences like ghosts have recently been spotted in this abandoned building.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

First announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in 2023, these specs seemed to have a lot of potential – promising a unique wireless experience, complete with spatial computing capabilities and a potentially affordable price tag. However, it wasn’t until MWC 2023 that the company tried to break the mold.

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Road to VR

JUNE 20, 2023

The company confirmed as much in its WWDC 2023 developer talk titled Meet Safari for Spatial Computing , in which the Apple explained the version of Safari running on Vision Pro is “truly is Safari with the same WebKit engine underneath, plus some thoughtful additions for [Vision Pro].”

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This month, Samsung continued its recent history of leaking details on an upcoming XR wearable when it filed for a “Samsung Glasses” trademark in the UK. Reports suggest that Samsung plans to unveil a new device at its Unpack event next year, with initial production quantities expected to be around 30,000 units.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 20, 2021

According to Statista , by 2023, there will be 1.4 The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. According to some sources , Apple is planning to launch Apple Glass AR glasses in 2022 or 2023. In 2020, the AR marketplace was valued at US$14.7 billion by 2026. 5G Network.

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Road to VR

MAY 22, 2024

.” Holding out hope for specific developer interest has basically been Meta’s modus operandi since the release of Samsung Gear VR in 2015—an ongoing side effect of not being able to tempt Google into bringing Play store to its Android-based VR headsets. It may be getting ready to compete with the help of Samsung.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 8, 2024

Interestingly, Microsoft is ordering the OLED panels from Samsung Display, a sub-division of Samsung, which aims to debut its own XR headset later this year or early next. The recent Microsoft patents highlight that the company has worked on the potential product since at least 2023.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 15, 2023

Jake Steinerman spoke with XR Today last week, addressing the firm’s most recent user-generated content toolkit, company vision, and the state of the Metaverse in 2023. The spatial line-up of brand partners represents a range of enterprise end-users, such as Adidas, Vogue, Ready Player Me, OpenSea, Polygon Studios, and Samsung.

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Road to VR

APRIL 22, 2024

What’s more, all of the OEMs working with Meta have built VR headsets before, the most notable of which were the fleet of Windows Mixed Reality PC VR headsets released in 2017, which included manufacturers Lenovo, Asus, Samsung, Acer, HP, and Dell. Microsoft subsequently shut down the Windows Mixed Reality platform in late 2023.

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Anand Tech

JULY 9, 2021

Samsung Foundry has made some changes to its plans concerning its 3 nm-class process technologies that use gate-all-around (GAA) transistors, or what Samsung calls its multi-bridge channel field-effect transistors (MBCFETs). From the slide, we can see that MBCFET-based 3GAP will enter its HVM phase sometime in 2023. "As

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Anand Tech

JUNE 13, 2024

Samsung this week has unveiled its latest process technologies roadmap at the company's Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) U.S. Samsung Foundry's key announcements for today are clearly focused on the its 2nm-class process technologies, which are set to enter production in 2025 and will span to 2027, when the company's 1.4-nm

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 6, 2023

According to this report, this is the plan that Meta has for the upcoming years in VR: Release Quest 3, focused on Mixed Reality, in 2023. I’m pretty excited by these growing rumors about Samsung because Samsung has always proposed interesting XR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

More info (Sam Altman returns as CEO of OpenAI) More info (The Q* algorithm could be the reason why Altman was fired) News worth a mention Samsung trademarks “Samsung Glasses” Samsung has filed a trademark for “Samsung Glasses” in the UK.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 24, 2024

It was only on the platform for a few years however, and was gone long before Microsoft shut down Altspace VR in March 2023. Wizards of the Coast partnered with now-defunct social VR platform Altspace VR in 2015 to bring the actual D&D tabletop game to VR for the first time officially.

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