Opening New Worlds – Samsung Newsroom India

Built on an open, scalable platform with multimodal AI at its core, Galaxy XR marks the start of the Android XR ecosystem, unleashing a way forward for discovery, play and work

Samsung Electronics at this time unveiled Galaxy XR, introducing a brand new class of AI-native gadgets designed to ship immersive experiences in a kind issue optimized for multimodal AI. As the primary product constructed on the brand new Android XR platform developed collectively by Samsung, Google and Qualcomm Technologies, Galaxy XR showcases the way forward for discovery, play and work, enabling customers to take pleasure in pure, deeply immersive experiences — from each day duties to daring new frontiers. It’s step one in Samsung’s long-term XR journey, with improvements to come back throughout the total spectrum of XR kind elements, together with AI glasses.

 

 

“With Galaxy XR, Samsung is introducing a brand-new ecosystem of mobile devices,” mentioned Won-Joon Choi, Chief Operating Officer of Mobile eXperience (MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. “Built on Android XR, Galaxy XR expands the vision for mobile AI into a new frontier of immersive and meaningful possibilities, allowing XR to move from concept to everyday reality, for both the industry and users.”

 

“Android XR is the first Android platform built entirely for the Gemini era, and we are incredibly excited to take a significant leap forward today with the launch of Galaxy XR,” mentioned Sameer Samat, President of Android Ecosystem at Google. “Through our partnership with Samsung, Android XR will unlock entirely new ways to explore, connect and create, building an open, unified platform for the next evolution of computing.”

 

“Galaxy XR embodies our vision for the future, where the synergy of AI and XR transforms the possibilities of personal computing,” mentioned Alex Katouzian, Group GM of Mobile, Compute & XR at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “We’re thrilled to be collaborating on this initiative, as Galaxy XR will assist to carry new use circumstances throughout varied industries and pave the best way for thrilling multi-device experiences, all enabled by our work with Samsung and Google.

 

Designed To Unlock the Full Power of Multimodal AI

Galaxy XR is unlocking new prospects with multimodal AI, remodeling how folks join with the world by means of expertise of their each day lives.

 

To carry Samsung, Google and Qualcomm’s imaginative and prescient for AI to life, Galaxy XR is the primary product constructed on the brand new Android XR platform, which has Gemini embedded proper from the beginning. With Gemini built-in on the system stage, Galaxy XR doesn’t really feel like a instrument following customers’ instructions however a brand new sort of AI companion that helps them handle their duties, delivering pure and intuitive interactions by means of voice, imaginative and prescient and gesture. In the type of a headset, it understands customers’ environment by seeing what they see and listening to what they hear. This permits Galaxy XR to reply in conversational ways in which really feel pure and human, giving customers solely new methods of interacting with expertise.

 

Open Collaboration Brings a Scalable Android XR Ecosystem

As a part of a long-term imaginative and prescient for XR, Samsung has constructed a brand new XR ecosystem in partnership with Google and Qualcomm, opening new prospects for the trade.

 

 

Co-developed with Google and Qualcomm, Android XR is a strong platform that places AI on the heart of the expertise. It is designed to scale throughout quite a lot of kind elements, from headsets to AI glasses and past, and Galaxy XR advantages from the energy of its open, scalable ecosystem. All apps constructed on the Android platform work out of the field¹ on Galaxy XR, guaranteeing customers can take pleasure in acquainted cell experiences they already love and making the system as helpful day-to-day as it’s groundbreaking. Since the platform is constructed on OpenXR requirements, it’s simple for builders utilizing OpenXR, WebXR or Unity to carry their experiences to Galaxy XR — providing them extra methods to scale and giving shoppers extra decisions.

 

Discover, Work and Play Without Boundaries

Galaxy XR has been rigorously engineered with a human-centric design to ship long-term consolation. Through a mixture of its form, superior supplies and the structural optimization of every part, Galaxy XR achieves an optimum steadiness between light-weight design and robustness for each day use. The headset’s ergonomically balanced body distributes stress throughout the brow and the again of the pinnacle, minimizing facial discomfort whereas offering regular assist. The battery pack is separate from the headset, making the system extra compact, gentle and cozy to put on. Galaxy XR additionally encompasses a removable gentle defend, providing consolation when eliminated and deeper immersion by blocking exterior gentle when hooked up. These considerate improvements enable Galaxy XR customers to totally interact in XR experiences with ease.

 

Galaxy XR opens solely new dimensions of discovery, offering a wide selection of experiences optimized for XR reminiscent of Google Maps, YouTube, Circle to Search and Google Photos.

 

• Travel and search with Google Maps: Users can use Gemini as a information to navigate to anywhere on Google Maps and ask for personalised ideas about close by locations whereas exploring the world in immersive 3D maps.
• Deep-dive into content material with AI: Users can naturally ask Gemini to seek out content material they need to see in YouTube and get extra details about the video they’re watching, unlocking richer studying and leisure experiences.
• See extra with video move by means of and Circle to Search²: In move by means of mode, customers can see the bodily world round them and draw a circle with their hand to immediately seek for details about something in entrance of them.
• Auto-spatialize movies and photographs into 3D³: Bring photographs and movies to life by changing 2D photographs into 3D, turning reminiscences into immersive experiences or reimagining them in solely new methods.

Thanks to its superior sensors, cameras and highly effective {hardware}, Galaxy XR can exactly observe customers’ head, hand and eye motion and make these experiences actually immersive. The system’s microphones are strategically positioned and supported by software program to filter out exterior noises and seize the wearer’s voice clearly. Through Galaxy XR, customers can discover each digital and actual worlds in XR-specialized apps utilizing pure bodily interplay, with help from Gemini.

 

 

Galaxy XR additionally opens new ranges of immersion in leisure⁴ — together with sports activities and gaming — with its highly effective {hardware} and superior efficiency.

 

• Immersive viewing experiences: Users can stream their favourite reveals on a 4K Micro-OLED display that looks like a private theater.
• Sports experiences: Sports followers can watch a number of video games on the similar time, feeling as if they’re proper within the stadium.
• AI-enhanced gaming experiences: While enjoying XR-specialized video games, customers can chat with Gemini for real-time teaching, ideas and enhanced gameplay experiences.
• Create and edit in 3D: Project Pulsar from Adobe makes cinematic video edits simple—customers can add 3D depth, and layer captions or icons behind topics on a larger-than-life canvas.

 

Powered by Snapdragon® XR2+ Gen 2, Galaxy XR delivers subsequent technology immersive experiences with visible readability and superior AI by means of the Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU.⁵ Plus, 2.5 hours of battery utilization time⁶ permits customers to take pleasure in their favourite content material in complete, uninterrupted immersion. Combined with its immersive sound and ultra-high-resolution shows, Galaxy XR locations customers on the heart of prolonged worlds optimized for XR.

 

Samsung can be dedicated to assembly a variety of use circumstances for enterprise wants reminiscent of digital coaching in heavy trade and building, together with a partnership with Samsung Heavy Industries to make the most of Galaxy XR for digital shipbuilding coaching for work productiveness and security. We additionally partnered with Qualcomm Technologies to make the most of their efforts with Snapdragon Spaces™ expertise to faucet into an Enterprise ISV ecosystem, giving builders the instruments to carry their functions to Galaxy XR and create new alternatives for the enterprise world to undertake enterprise options optimized for Android XR. Together, these collaborations carry enterprise-ready XR capabilities that allow superior coaching, co-design of options and safe distant collaboration.

 

As a part of its broader XR roadmap, Samsung is creating a number of kind elements, together with AI glasses. In collaboration with Google, Samsung is working with pioneering way of life model Warby Parker, recognized for leveraging expertise to create beautifully-designed eyewear and ship distinctive buyer experiences. At the identical time, Samsung can be partnering with Gentle Monster to carry trendy, fashion-forward eyewear that blends cutting-edge AI-native expertise with cultural affect and design management. Seamlessly related to the Android XR ecosystem, these gadgets will pair superior XR capabilities with type, consolation and practicality, bringing boundary-free discovery, work and play into each day life.

 



 

Availability

Galaxy XR can be accessible beginning October 21 USA / October 22 Korea. For extra info, please go to: Samsung Newsroom, SamsungMobilePress.com or Samsung.com.

Specifications

Galaxy XR
Memory	16GB Memory 256GB Storage
Display	3,552 x 3,840, 27 million pixels Micro-OLED 6.3‑micron pixel pitch 95% DCI‑P3 Refresh charges: 60Hz, 72Hz (Default), 90Hz (Up to, upon service request) Field of View 109 levels horizontal and 100 levels vertical
Chip	Snapdragon® XR2+ Gen 2 Platform
Camera	Supports 3D Photo & video seize 18mm / F2.0 6.5MP* *Resolution could fluctuate relying on use case
Sensors	Two High-resolution Pass-through cameras Six World-facing monitoring cameras Four Eye-tracking Cameras Five Inertial Measurement Units(IMUs) One Depth sensor One Flicker sensor
Optic (Iris)	Supports iris recognition – Use iris recognition to unlock the system and to enter passwords in sure apps.
Audio and Video	Two, 2 Way speaker(Woofer + Tweeter) Six Microphones array – Multiple microphones among the many six microphones assist beamforming characteristic relying on the use case Audio Playback – Codec : MP3, AMR-NB/WB, AAC/ AAC+/ eAAC+, Vorbis, FLAC, Opus, Dolby Digital (AC3), Dolby Digital Plus(E-AC3) , Dolby ATMOS(E-AC3 JOC, AC4) Video Playing Resolution UHD 8K(7680 x 4320)@60fps Video Playback (Supports HDR10 and HLG) – Codec : H.263, H.264, HEVC, MV-HEVC, MPEG-4, VC-1, VP8, VP9, AV1
Battery	Up to 2 hours of common use* Video watching as much as 2.5 hours** Galaxy XR can be utilized whereas charging the battery. *Actual battery life varies by community setting, options and apps used, and lots of different elements. General utilization examined with Wi-Fi connection turned on, video playback from YouTube enjoying in a digital setting, Google Chrome web browser with three web sites open and Google Meet with Avatar setting turned on. **Video playback examined in a digital setting utilizing 2D video content material from YouTube.
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 7(802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) BT 5.4 (Up to)
Interpupillary Distance (IPD)	54~70mm Vision Correction Galaxy XR helps imaginative and prescient correction by means of individually purchasable optical-inserts.* *Prescription lenses are offered individually.
Weight	545g* (w/ brow cushion) Weight could fluctuate relying on whether or not gentle defend is hooked up or not Separate battery weighs 302g. *The weight of the product specified above contains the load of the system with the Forehead cushion solely. The weight of the product was measured with out different attachments reminiscent of Cushion measurement adjusters and Light shields.

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