- Samsung is holding a digital occasion on October 21 to announce an Android XR machine
- Consumers who reserve one now can get $100 credit score for different Samsung gear
- Samsung, with Qualcomm and Google, has been teasing Challenge Moohan for months
Samsung has introduced that it will likely be unveiling its new XR headset operating Android XR. The brand new machine and doable Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional competitor, at present known as Challenge Moohan, will likely be revealed on October 21 at 10pm EDT (or 11am Wednesday in Samsung’s dwelling city Korean time) at an occasion titled Worlds Vast Open.
We don’t know a lot concerning the machine or Samsung’s launch plans, but when your curiosity is already piqued, you’ll be able to register to purchase the headset now and get a small bonus in your religion – all for free of charge to you.
Samsung has been teasing Challenge Moohan for fairly some time, and the machine made a cameo look final month on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit… beneath glass, and we used one at Google I/O. The brand new headset will presumably use Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon XR2 chipset, however many questions stay about its specs and capabilities.
Hopefully, these questions will all be answered in a single week, as a result of Samsung is able to begin taking cash for this headset. For those who reserve a Moohan – and that in all probability gained’t be the headset’s last identify – Samsung provides you with a $100 credit score in the direction of different Samsung gear, after you full your buy.
What we learn about Challenge Moohan: not a lot!
That tells us a number of issues. First, actual merchandise will likely be in hand quickly. Samsung in all probability wouldn’t provide a pre-launch bonus for a product that gained’t be obtainable till subsequent 12 months. Will the brand new headset be obtainable on October 21? I hope so, but when it’s not, I’d count on it to be in hand for the vacation procuring season.
Second, we’ve got a barely higher thought of what Challenge Moohan may cost, or what it gained’t price. That’s, it gained’t be low-cost. Samsung wouldn’t give a $100 bonus for a headset that prices $500 and competes with Meta Quest 3. That is going to be a costlier – and hopefully extra succesful – XR headset.
The outcomes of Challenge Moohan may also launch Android XR, Google’s new platform for XR software program improvement. We don’t know a lot concerning the apps and options that may launch with Android XR, however we will assume Samsung would be the first of many machine companions for Android XR, similar to Android.
Once we say XR, we normally imply a mixture of digital actuality and augmented actuality. The latter entails utilizing cameras to put digital objects so they seem in your real-world area. After all, sensible glasses are thought-about a holy grail for XR {hardware} developments.
We haven’t seen sensible glasses among the many Challenge Moohan information and hints, nevertheless it’s doable we may study extra, and even see the primary Samsung sensible glasses, subsequent week.
The Worlds Vast Open occasion is digital, so you’ll be able to watch on Samsung’s YouTube channel, nevertheless it gained’t be occurring dwell. We’ll attempt to get our palms on the brand new Challenge Moohan Android XR headset as quickly as we all know what to name it, if not sooner, so verify again subsequent week to see if we all know something extra.
