Pictures and specs of a prototype of Samsung’s upcoming headset have seemingly leaked.
In February Samsung formally introduced it was engaged on an XR headset, with Google dealing with the system software program through a brand new variant of Android.
This week Chinese language information outlet Gyro Know-how shared photos and obvious specs of a prototype of the headset in an article masking the standing of the undertaking.
The prototype proven has 4 monitoring cameras with an analogous placement to Quest 2, however apparently makes use of pancake lenses to attain a visor thickness extra like Quest 3. And like Quest 3, it apparently has twin RGB cameras for colour passthrough and a depth sensor for environmental understanding and higher hand monitoring.
It apparently options OLED microdisplays and Samsung’s personal Exynos 2200 chip from 2022, which is extra highly effective than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 utilized in Quest 2 and Pico 4, however much less highly effective than the XR2 Gen 2 set to debut in Quest 3 later this 12 months. And as Gyro factors out, Exynos 2200 in smartphones has been criticized for comparatively excessive energy consumption and overheating.
Que es más potente que el Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 de Qualcomm utilizado en Quest 2 y Pico 4, pero menos potente que el XR2 Gen 2 que debutará en Quest 3 a finales de este año. Y como señala Gyro, Exynos 2200 en los teléfonos inteligentes ha sido criticado por un consumo de energía relativamente alto y sobrecalentamiento.
The outlet claims the headset lacks tracked controllers, as an alternative relying available monitoring and eye monitoring interplay like Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.
Final month a South Korean information outlet reported Samsung was delaying the undertaking for a redesign and specs improve prompted by the reveal of Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Imaginative and prescient Professional options the M2 and R1 chips, twin near-4K microdisplays, LiDAR, face monitoring, and a customized aluminum alloy body supporting a curved glass entrance plate.
It is unknown precisely what specs or design options Samsung plans to improve in comparison with the prototype Gyro’s report reveals and describes.
The report suggests Samsung will place its headset someplace between Quest 3 and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, across the $1000-2000 vary. At its I/O convention in Might Google mentioned it would share extra in regards to the XR undertaking with Samsung later this 12 months, however the delay for the upgrades may push that into subsequent 12 months.
