XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A Sony XR headset is coming – and it’ll be unlike anything you’ve seen from the tech company before. Sony is advertising this new device as a “spatial content creation system” intended to help organizations and developers create intuitive extended reality experiences. So, what can we expect from the Sony XR headset?

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

XR is still in the early days and this year nothing mindblowing is going to happen: the major event will be the launch of Android XR headsets, but the Samsung device is too expensive to compete with Meta. Currently, Sony does not sell the controllers separately by the headset, but if the partnership is confirmed, it will start to do so.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 14, 2024

Industry analysts, XR enthusiasts, and technology fans have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new Samsung XR headset for some time now. We first discussed the possibility of an impending new headset at the beginning of 2022 , when Samsung hinted at a reignited focus on extended reality during the Mobile World Conference (MWC) event.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2024

This week, Sony officially entered a partnership with GeniusXR and The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation and Sony exemplifies our commitment to pushing the boundaries of Virtual and Augmented Reality. This partnership with the Alan B. John Wensveen , Ph.D,

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 25, 2024

It will also reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR, and Immersed’s Visor. At the beginning of this year, the US wireless technology provider Qualcomm, announced that it will be providing five companies with its new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset, including HTC.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

SBS Biz reports “dozens” of Meta executives have held private meetings in South Korea with executives at Samsung and LG’s display divisions. Meta is reportedly looking to secure next-gen microdisplays for AR glasses and future VR headsets. Panasonic (non-standalone) headset with OLED microdisplays.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 16, 2024

For Qualcomm partners like Lynx, Sony and XREAL, we are opening a path for the development of a wide array of Android XR devices to meet the diverse needs of people and businesses. Google has partnered with several hardware manufacturers for Android XR, including Samsung and Qualcomm.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most notable is Samsung’s entry into the headset space with an XR device, which leverages the AndriodXR OS. Moreover, the Samsung headset comes as other leading XR technology firms, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, and Magic Leap, are championing the AndriodXR OS. Its upcoming moves may reflect this pressure.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2024

This week saw Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, Meta, and Sony move to optimize their product offerings and business operations. Shahram Izadi, Vice President of AR at Google , notes how Android ecosystem support will enable developers to collaborate with Samsung and Qualcomm to drive the future of immersive and spatial XR.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

This week, following last month’s AndriodXR announcement and this week’s Samsung Moohan teasers, Google made a massive parrel move. Firms such as Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL are already poised to support this effort. What a HTC/Google Unitifaction Mean?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 23, 2025

This week, following last month’s AndriodXR announcement and this week’s Samsung Moohan teasers, Google made a massive parrel move. Firms such as Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL are already poised to support this effort. What a HTC/Google Unitifaction Mean?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Meanwhile, LG, Samsung, and Sony are all working towards debuting headsets. ” Peck explained: We call them wearable devices, but they’re not really wearable, depending on your tolerance for having this thing on your head. However, the rise of less invasive XR wearables presents a new hurdle.

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Mashable VR

MAY 16, 2022

SEE ALSO: Sony's newest noise-canceling headphones are available for preorder. Owners of wearables from Fitbit, Garmin, Samsung, and more can take advantage of their watch's Spotify support (including offline playback) while Apple Music only really plays well with the Apple Watch.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Furthermore, Meta has struck several joint ventures with companies like Lenovo, Samsung, and Xiaomi for the company’s Oculus Rift S, Gear VR, and Oculus Go, respectively. This would allow Apple to release cheaper designs of the premium-priced device, which currently leverages Sony’s microOLED displays.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 3, 2023

Moreover, Apple expressed dissatisfaction with its Sony and TSMC suppliers around the time it hosted WWDC 2023. Moreover, Apple is working with other major industry suppliers such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Sony for the Vision Pro debut.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

This work led him to develop a patent pending technology for non-invasive facial expression monitoring using wearable technology. The team has also been working closely as an approved content provider for Oculus (Rift), Valve (Vive), Samsung (Gear VR) and Fove, plus building release VR demos for Autodesk, AMD and The Foundry.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

Moreover, Apple works with major industry suppliers such as Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, and Sony for the Vision Pro market debut. The chosen partners are assisting Apple in integrating hardware, such as display technology.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

Ideas on the ground and on board: The airport industry first began toying with wearable technology with the release of the original Google Glass in 2013. More recently, the use of wearable augmented and virtual reality devices by airport and airline technicians to train, perform maintenance, and receive remote support has gained traction.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

” XR Device Dilution Many major hardware vendors, including Apple and Sony, plan to enter the XR device market in 2024 and beyond.South Korean company LG is rumoured to join the race this year with a XR headset. Kevin also explained that XR devices are not wholly defined as headsets or wearables. Samsung was demoing 3 models.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Facebook paid $2 billion for Oculus in 2014, and although sales figures have not been released, many analysts believe the headset is lagging behind similar offerings from HTC and Sony.

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Robert Scoble

MAY 15, 2021

A new OS for wearable, on face, computers. Samsung has started putting UWB chips into their devices but they don’t have the M1 chip sitting next to these things, so Samsung is way behind and, really, who will buy an entire house full of stuff from Samsung? In front of you will be two 8K Sony chips, I hear.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 19, 2024

Announced specs include: Spatial computing via a Samsung processors, and an XReal custom computing unit. The glasses feature Micro OLED panels, created by Sony, with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels per eye. Additionally, XReal offered insight into what partnership opportunities would bring to the wearables going forward.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

However, reports in August surfaced that Google insiders had said original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) had received pitches from potential Project Iris developers, including Samsung Electronics. The reports added that the pitches indicated a potential release date in 2025.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 4, 2023

Those known to be taking part include Google, Microsoft, LG, Sony, ASUS, Garmin, Panasonic, Nvidia, Intel, Hisense, JBL, and AMD. Wearable technology is also set to be big news – particularly anything to do with health and fitness. These heavy hitters will be joined by around 2,400 other exhibitors of all shapes and sizes.

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VRWorld

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Other firms pursuing projects in the area include Google, Sony (with Project Morpheus) and HTC, which has a partnership with games company Valve. Samsung, working closely with Oculus VR, has also produced virtual reality devices for use with its flagship smartphones.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Most notable is Samsung’s entry into the headset space with an XR device, which leverages the AndriodXR OS. Moreover, the Samsung headset comes as other leading XR technology firms, including Qualcomm, Sony, XREAL, and Magic Leap, are championing the AndriodXR OS. Its upcoming moves may reflect this pressure.

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VRWorld

JANUARY 23, 2018

Dominating the market is Sony’s own take on virtual reality: PSVR sales exceeded 490,000, good for almost 50% of the entire market. The headsets compatible with these new “ experiences ” promoted by the Redmond giant include Samsung’s $499 HMD Odyssey, Acer’s $399 headset, and Dell’s $449 Visor.

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Infinityleap

MAY 31, 2016

Wikipedia defines smart glasses as a wearable computer that adds information to what the wearer sees. This is a crowded segment with the Epson Moverio, the Atheer Air, the Microsoft HoloLens, the Meta 1, the ODG R-7 and the Sony SED-E1 to name a few. Its Google Glass finally unlocked the market of smart eyewear in 2013.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 16, 2021

We already knew Sony’s next-gen VR headset for the PS5 is on the way, but recent reports may have revealed additional details about the next PSVR’s specs and launch date. Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A few of the largest retailers today are offering great deals on tech that makes for great gifting this holiday season, including the Apple Watch Series 7.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 29, 2024

This chipset will reportedly be integrated into Samsung and Sony headsets, Play for Dream MR and Immersed’s Visor. .” At the beginning of this year, the US wireless technology provider Qualcomm announced that it will provide five companies with its new Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 chipset, including HTC.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 15, 2024

To boost Vision Pro production, Apple is shifting away from its current reliance on Sony OLED manufacturing, which has a maximum cap of 900,000 units per year. Instead, Apple sent a Request for Information to Samsung Display and LG Display to assess their ability to fulfil Apple’s order.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 2, 2024

Apple Eyes LG and Samsung as New Display Partners Recent reports from Chinese publications have highlighted how Apple may ramp up supply chains to produce more Vision Pro devices. Instead, Apple sent a Request for Information to Samsung Display and LG Display to analyze whether either firm was equipped to take on Apple’s order.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

AUGUST 20, 2024

The report notes that the forecasted uptick hinges on various market leaders, including Google, Sony, Apple, Samsung Electronics, Microsoft, HTC, Oculus, Magic Leap, Blippar, and Upskill. The development of XR for enterprises and consumers is notably rising in the US and EU.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Google and Samsungs headset The only official image about Project Moohan (Image by Google) Talking about companies that entered the field because of Apple, Google this year launched the Android XR operating system, fully dedicated to AR, MR, and VR headsets (you can read all that we know about it in this dedicated article ).

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 3, 2025

It was followed by Sony’s PSVR2, which captured a 6.7 Sony and ByteDances dedication to headset making seem to be wavering as shipments for both vendors continue to decelerate.This in turn provides an opportunity for brands such as XREAL and VITURE who appeal to gamers while innovating on both hardware and software.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Based on our research , XR wearables, like AR glasses, are revolutionizing training strategies, enhancing collaboration, upgrading productivity, and even boosting staff engagement. Ensure your wearables are easy to set up and connect with critical apps. Ease of Use: Do you want field service employees to actually use your AR glasses?

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