The Morning After: Samsung’s Galaxy Xr Enters The Chat

This week, Samsung showed disconnected Galaxy XR, its Vision Pro-troubling headset, and you tin stake we’ve done a heavy dive. Sam Rutherford sewage 1 of these strapped to his caput and has plentifulness of feelings astir nan caller hardware.

The headset is lighter, much comfortable and easier to unrecorded pinch than Apple’s Vision Pro, moreover if it lacks galore of its header features. The package ecosystem is already beautiful broad, acknowledgment to Google making a existent effort pinch Android XR, but dedicated apps are still a spot rare.

Samsung’s introduction into nan marketplace mightiness supply immoderate much-needed impetus for this type of augmented reality headset. That it’s half nan value of Apple’s Vision Pro whitethorn besides loosen immoderate wallets eager to get into this world.

But it’s difficult not to spot this arsenic Samsung moving down nan aforesaid cul-de-sac Apple is now lurking astatine nan extremity of. It has allowed different companies, for illustration Meta, to waltz successful and drawback an early lead successful nan overmuch much useful smart glasses market.

— Dan Cooper

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