Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Samsung’s 2023 Unpacked event was all about the company’s Galaxy S23 hardware, although at the end of its hour-long presentation the South Korean tech giant announced it was working with Qualcomm and Google to develop an XR device. Samsung was one of the first truly massive tech companies to develop VR hardware.

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VRScout

JANUARY 22, 2022

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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AR Insider

JANUARY 6, 2022

The post Reality Bytes: Apple, Samsung & CES appeared first on AR Insider. What are the biggest insights and observations in AR and adjacent sectors this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round video commentary from AR Insider partner, M7 Innovations.

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AR Insider

JUNE 16, 2022

This week on Reality Bytes, we discuss Samsung building gaming into their televisions, Crypto’s cryptic crash, and Jack Dorsey’s promise of Web…5!? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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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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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 27, 2023

Today, international electronics vendor Samsung released its Q2 earnings report, highlighting massive financial losses as the firm moves towards producing XR devices and components. In its recorded earnings , Samsung revealed that its Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2020

With the end of Samsung Gear VR, it seems the South Korean tech giant is also doing away with its VR video apps as well. The company is ending service for all of its Samsung XR apps across the web, mobile, and VR headset platforms. Image courtesy Samsung. The news was first covered by CNET.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Samsung early on Friday revealed the world's first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die. The chip will allow Samsung to build record 1 TB RDIMMs for servers as well as lower costs of high-capacity memory modules. So while Samsung has 1 TB RDIMMs in its future, it will take some time before we see them in shipping servers.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Researchers at Stanford and Samsung Electronics have developed a display capable of packing in greater than 10,000 pixels per inch (ppi), something that’s slated to be used in VR/AR headsets and contact lenses of the future. Image courtesy Stanford University, Samsung Electronics.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 27, 2020

Samsung recently filed patents with China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) office that shows off a few new designs in what appears to be two fairly similar PC VR headsets. Otherwise, the render shows off a very similar design and strap system to the Samsung HMD Odyssey, which also features integrated audio.

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Anand Tech

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

But it looks like the days of soldered-down LPDDR memory are soon at an end, as this evening Samsung is announcing a new standard for removable and modular LPDDR memory: LPCAMM.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 14, 2023

This week, reports emerged claiming that Chinese news publication Gyro Technology leaked the design specifications of Samsung’s upcoming MR headset. According to the leaks, Samsung’s MR device will cost roughly between $1000-$2000. Samsung’s Q2 net profits fell by 84.5 percent from last year to $1.4

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Road to VR

APRIL 20, 2020

DigiLens , the Silicon Valley-based waveguide maker, today announced that Samsung’s venture capital group Samsung Ventures is increasing its stake in the company. Samsung Ventures is a partner who fully understands all the different challenges of the XR ecosystem.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 24, 2023

When Samsung launched its 990 Pro family of SSDs for retail market last year, it only introduced 1 TB and 2 TB models, surprisingly omitting premium high-capacity 4 TB version. Since Samsung's 990 Pro is a family of SSDs with a PCIe 4.0 You wanted it so badly, we had no choice but to deliver. Stay tuned for more details.

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Upload VR

JULY 6, 2023

Samsung is reportedly redesigning its in-development headset. In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android. Google is handling the software for Samsung's hardware. A year later Facebook formally abandoned Gear VR.

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Upload VR

AUGUST 13, 2023

Images and specs of a prototype of Samsung's upcoming headset have seemingly leaked. In February Samsung officially announced it was working on an XR headset, with Google handling the system software via a new variant of Android.

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Upload VR

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Samsung reportedly plans to send out an AR/VR headset to developers next year. South Korean outlet Electronic Times reports Samsung has already built prototypes and is testing samples for production. In late 2017 Samsung launched Odyssey , a Windows VR headset, and a year later the successor Odyssey+.

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Anand Tech

MAY 8, 2023

The head of Samsung's semiconductor unit acknowledged last week that the company's current mass production, leading-edge process technologies are a couple of years behind TSMC's most advanced production nodes. But Samsung is working hard to catch up with its larger rival in five years. "To

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Anand Tech

JUNE 27, 2023

Samsung Foundry revealed its latest process technology roadmap today at its annual Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2023. To make its SF2 technology more competitive, Samsung intends to offer the node with a portfolio of advanced IP for integration into chip designs, including LPDDR5x, HBM3P, PCIe Gen6, and 112G SerDes.

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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

MAY 11, 2023

During its I/O 2023 conference, Google said it will share more about its 'Android collaboration' with Samsung on 'immersive XR' later this year. Our partnership on WearOS with Samsung has been amazing, and I'm excited about our new Android collaboration on immersive XR. Samsung had a somewhat more successful history in VR.

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Anand Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Currently, only two foundries offer their customers 3 nm and 4 nm-class process technologies: TSMC and Samsung Foundry. But business media sometimes blames Samsung Foundry for mediocre yields on leading-edge nodes, which cannot be verified. Samsung Foundry's 4 nm-class process technology yield is now higher than 75%.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 16, 2022

Google said goodbye to Google Pay a few months ago when it introduced the revamped Google Wallet , and now it appears that Samsung is doing the same for its own ecosystem. The company today announced Samsung Wallet, which will combine Samsung Pay and Samsung Pass into one all-inclusive app. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 29, 2023

Google is currently working with Samsung to create an XR headset that directly competes with upcoming Apple’s Vision Pro, leading to a “weird bureaucratic mess,” an employee told Insider. Moreover, earlier in the month, Samsung delayed its upcoming headset. Samsung’s XR roadmap is also moving forward.

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 11, 2023

Samsung teased the industry's first 256 TB solid-state drive at the Flash Memory Summit 2023. Samsung's 256 TB SSD is based on 3D QLC NAND memory and probably uses innovative packaging to cram multiple 3D QLC NAND devices into stacks. Samsung says that its new PM9A3a SSDs increase sequential read performance by up to 2.3

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Anand Tech

AUGUST 24, 2023

Samsung has begun taking pre-orders for its new curved 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 gaming monitor, with the aim of raising the bar for ultrawide gaming displays. Samsung claims the display offers DisplayHDR 1000 compliance – indicating a peak luminance of 1000 nits in HDR mode and support for at least HDR10 format. with UHBR 13.5

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Slashgear

JUNE 16, 2022

Samsung Wallet aims to replace earlier similar solutions on Samsung smartphones. This new version has the ability to work with cards, keys, and money.

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Anand Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Samsung has announced this evening that they have completed development on their first generation of GDDR7 memory. Samsung’s announcement comes as we’ve been seeing an increase in disclosures and announcements around the next iteration of the widely-used memory technology.

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Anand Tech

JULY 28, 2023

Samsung this week reported their financial results for the second quarter of 2023, closing the book on an especially bleak quarter of the year with a massive $3.4 Though buried deep in Samsung's earnings report was a speck of good news, as well: the company has started to produce its third 3nm chip design with stable yield.

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Upload VR

MAY 17, 2023

Samsung Display entered into a "definitive merger agreement" with eMagin for $218 million. This Samsung Display deal could be the solution to that problem. It's important to note that Samsung Display is a subsidiary of Samsung, separate to the consumer devices division, and often sells panels to direct competitors too.

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Slashgear

MAY 19, 2022

Samsung popularized the tablet for users outside of the Apple-sphere. Here is the evolution of the Samsung Galaxy tablet from 2010 through today.

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Slashgear

MAY 29, 2022

Samsung is known for offering high-quality Android devices, and that's one of the reasons its explosively bad luck caught everyone by surprise in 2016.

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Slashgear

MARCH 31, 2022

Samsung is embracing the right-to-repair movement in a big way, announcing a new collaboration with iFixit that'll help consumers get official phone parts.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

During today’s Samsung Unpacked event, Samsung announced plans to create new ‘Extended Reality’ (XR) hardware in partnership with Google and Qualcomm. This new XR platform was far from the main focus of the event, which centered around the new Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra phone and other hardware announcements.

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Slashgear

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Despite the pandemic and related industry struggles, Samsung claims its newly released Galaxy S22 smartphones have seen strong demand from consumers.

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Slashgear

JUNE 1, 2022

Samsung is facing a patent-related legal fiasco that covers an Android feature capable of predicting how long the battery will last before a device turns off.

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Anand Tech

MAY 10, 2023

Samsung Foundry is set to detail its second generation 3 nm-class fabrication technology as well as its performance-enhanced 4 nm-class manufacturing process at the upcoming upcoming 2023 Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Kyoto, Japan. Though it is unclear whether the company has achieved any scaling for SRAM and analogue circuits.

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