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Vision Pro Has Apps and Quest Has Games, What Can Samsung Bring to XR to Compete?

Road to VR

Samsung has partnered with Google to make an XR headset, although the South Korean tech giant hasn’t tipped its hand on what to expect just yet. That’s a patently Apple recipe though that Samsung may not be able to easily replicate. The question is: what can Samsung bring to the table that Apple and Meta can’t?

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‘Catan VR’ On Oculus Quest Is Proof We Need More VR Board Games

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Catan VR , a modern adaptation of the original 1995 board game Settlers of Catan is finally available on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets. Cross-platform support allows you battle other players on Rift/Rift S, Go, and Samsung Gear VR. Catan VR is available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets for $14.99.

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Samsung Reveals 4K ExynosVR Standalone Reference Design With Eye-Tracking

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All-in-one VR headsets are set to become a reality by the end of the year, and Samsung has finally revealed its take on the concept. The company showcased its new standalone reference design, the ExynosVR III , at the Mobile World Congress in Shanghai last week. We actually caught sight of this surprising reveal by way of Visual Camp.

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Modders Are Bringing The Original 1993 DOOM To Oculus Quest

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Beef and baggyG—the same team responsible for bringing Half-Life , Quake , and Quake 2 to VR via the Oculus Quest—teased the arrival of another classic franchise on standalone headsets. Though the video doesn’t actually specify what game they are referring to, the music is unmistakable. Happiness is a warm shotgun!

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Leaked Concept Videos Show Samsung’s Take On AR Glasses

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Project virtual screens, fly drones, and dim the lights with ‘Samsung Glasses Lite.’ Referred to in the videos as ‘Samsung Glasses Lite,’ this proof-of-concept represents what a pair of AR glasses made by the company could look like in the years ahead. Image Credit: WalkingCat.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.01.27): Samsung may be working on a new headset, Half-Life: Alyx will ship on time and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Samsung, taken from Upload VR). Samsung may launch a next-gen Samsung Odyssey. A recent filing at the Chinese IP offices makes us speculate on a new PC VR headset in the works by Samsung. But this opens another debate: if it uses 4 cameras, does it mean that it won’t be based on WMR reference design anymore ?

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Samsung hints at a future mixed reality headset (and at unsolvable problems for Gear VR)

The Ghost Howls

When in 2015 I had my first Samsung Gear VR, I was amazed: finally, I could enjoy high-quality tether-less virtual reality. But now, these days are over and while the standalone headsets like Vive Focus and Oculus Go are rising, the mobile headsets are becoming always more something of the past. The first issue is content.

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