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Samsung Losing Ground In VR/AR Due To ‘Obsession’ With Foldable Tech

VRScout

Company’s like Apple and Meta are leaving Samsung in the virtual dust. According to a new report by The Korea Herald , Samsung is steadily losing its position within the VR/AR space due to its unhealthy “obsession” with foldable smartphone technology. Samsung Galaxy Fold / Image Credit: Samsung.

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8 Augmented Reality Trends in 2021

ARPost

The leading OEMs such as Samsung and Apple are expected to contribute to manufacturing more AR devices. With many different devices coming up in 2021, the year is seeing AR smart glasses become more widely available. See Also: AR Apps With Artificial Intelligence in 2021. See Also: The ARPost Guide to 5G Internet and XR.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.02.22): Samsung AR glasses leaked, Kura price revealed, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

This week in XR hasn’t had any explosive news, but it was interesting nonetheless: in particular we had cool info on AR glasses, with some news from Kura, Lynx, and Samsung. Samsung AR glasses concept has been leaked. Popular Twitter leaker WalkingCat has leaked two trailer videos about two AR glasses by Samsung.

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Samsung Updates PRO Plus UHS-I Memory Cards with Improved Speeds

Anand Tech

Samsung has been marketing SD and microSD cards for a few years now under the PRO Plus lineup in the UHS-I category. In 2021, the company updated this product line with increased read/write speeds of 160 MBps / 120 MBps. On the microSD front, Samsung is touting A2 application performance class for the new cards. card reader.

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Samsung Kicks Off DDR5 DRAM Production on 12nm Process Tech, DDR5-7200 in the Works

Anand Tech

Samsung on Thursday said it had started high volume production DRAM chips on its latest 12nm fabrication process. The new manufacturing node has allowed Samsung to reduce the power consumption of its DRAM devices, as well as decrease their costs significantly compared to its previous-generation node.

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VR Locomotion Device ‘DecaMove’ Attracts $350K in Preorder Campaign

Road to VR

The device clips to your belt, sends data over to an included Bluetooth dongle, and essentially eliminates thumbstick-based locomotion. DecaMove is said to support SteamVR-compatible headsets, including Valve Index, Oculus Rift S, Oculus Quest (via Link), HP Reverb G2, HTC Vive/Pro, HTC Cosmos, Samsung Odyssey, and DecaGear 1.

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Report Predicts AR and VR Headsets Shipments to Approach 100 Million by 2021

Road to VR

In a new report from IDC (International Data Corporation), the market research firm predicts a near 10 fold increase in the shipments of augmented and virtual reality headsets in the next 4 years, bolstered by a plethora of new devices and “expanding array of content for both consumer and enterprise users.” billion in 2021.

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