Apple Vision Pro rival Samsung Galaxy Glass ought to launch early subsequent year

In a nutshell: Apple unveiled its Vision Pro combined fact headset in advance this 12 months following years of rumors and hypothesis. The tool is predicted to hit the marketplace in 2024, but it may cede the primary-mover benefit to a competing product from Apple's biggest rival within the cell area - Samsung.

According to a document out of South Korea (thru NotebookCheck), Samsung is planning to release its 'Galaxy Glass' combined truth headset during the primary half of next year to compete with the Vision Pro. While it become at the start scheduled to hit the marketplace at the stop of 2024, the agency is reportedly shifting up the release date to get a head start over the Apple product.

The Galaxy Glass will reportedly be powered by way of a Qualcomm processor, while the working device may be created in collaboration with Google. The partnership among Samsung, Qualcomm and Google is elevating speculations that the Galaxy Glass may be Android's solution to the Vision Pro. The report similarly provides that Samsung has secured an indicator for the phrase 'Flex Magic,' but it is not without delay clear how in an effort to be used to market the upcoming tool.

If the present day facts holds up, it could suggest that the contention among Samsung and Apple will handiest get more excessive within the coming months. That stated, there may be no reliable assertion in this challenge from Samsung, and the Korean ebook best cites a few unnamed enterprise assets for its info, so take the document with a grain of salt for now.

It is well worth noting that Samsung confirmed its blended reality plans in February 2023 when it introduced that it is working on an XR headset in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm. Later in the yr, the organization filed a brand new trademark utility for 'Samsung Glasses' at the UK's Intellectual Property Office. The trademark description mentions 'Virtual fact headsets' and 'Augmented fact headsets' as of the categories, suggesting the brand new tool could be a whole new addition to Samsung's portfolio.

While the Galaxy Glass continues to be inside the developmental level, it'll be interesting to peer how it will likely be priced at release. The Vision Pro will only be a spot device because of its astronomical $3,500 rate tag, so Samsung ought to have an possibility to nook the lion's percentage of the marketplace if it can fee its device greater cheaply.