Opening New Worlds – Samsung Newsroom Canada

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

The Samsung merchandise and options talked about on this press launch usually are not accessible in Canada.

 

• First step of Android XR ecosystem: Galaxy XR introduces a brand new class of Samsung AI-native units.
• Immersive but comfy design: Engineered with steadiness between light-weight design and robustness for every day use, Galaxy XR delivers immersive experiences with long-term consolation.
• Future of discovery, play and work: Natural interactions by means of voice, imaginative and prescient and gesture offer you new methods to find, play and work along with your favorite Android apps — all optimized for Galaxy XR and able to use proper out of the field.

 

 

Samsung Electronics right now unveiled Galaxy XR to be accessible solely within the United States and South Korea, introducing a brand new class of AI-native units 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 get pleasure from pure, deeply immersive experiences — from every day duties to daring new frontiers. It’s step one in Samsung’s long-term XR journey.

 

 

“With Galaxy XR, Samsung is introducing a brand-new ecosystem of mobile devices,” stated 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”, stated 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,” stated 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 convey new use circumstances throughout numerous 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 every day lives.

 

To convey 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 degree, Galaxy XR doesn’t really feel like a software 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 completely 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 business.

 

 

Co-developed with Google and Qualcomm, Android XR is a robust platform that places AI on the middle of the expertise. Galaxy XR advantages from the power of its open, scalable ecosystem. All apps constructed on the Android platform work out of the field on Galaxy XR, guaranteeing customers can get pleasure from acquainted cellular experiences they already love and making the gadget 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 convey their experiences to Galaxy XR — providing them extra methods to scale and giving customers extra decisions.

 

Discover, Work and Play Without Boundaries

 

Galaxy XR has been fastidiously 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 every day use. The headset’s balanced body distributes strain throughout the brow and the again of the pinnacle. The battery pack is separate from the headset, making the gadget extra compact, mild and cozy to put on. Galaxy XR additionally encompasses a removable mild protect, providing consolation when eliminated and deeper immersion by blocking exterior mild when hooked up. These considerate improvements enable Galaxy XR customers to totally interact in XR experiences with ease.

 

 

Galaxy XR opens completely new dimensions of discovery, offering a big selection of experiences optimized for XR akin to 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 anyplace on Google Maps and ask for customized options 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 search out content material they wish to see in YouTube and get extra details about the video they’re watching, unlocking richer studying and leisure experiences.
• See extra with video go by means of and Circle to Search: In go 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 pictures into 3D: Bring pictures and movies to life by changing 2D photos into 3D, turning reminiscences into immersive experiences or reimagining them in completely 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 really immersive. The gadget’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 leisure — together with sports activities and gaming — with its highly effective {hardware} and efficiency.

 

• Immersive viewing experiences: Users can stream their favorite exhibits on a 4K Micro-OLED display screen 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 taking part in 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 era immersive experiences with visible readability and superior AI by means of the Qualcomm® Hexagon™ NPU. Combined with its immersive sound and ultra-high-resolution shows, Galaxy XR locations customers on the middle of prolonged worlds optimized for XR.

 

Samsung can be dedicated to assembly a variety of use circumstances for enterprise wants. 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 convey their purposes to Galaxy XR and create new alternatives for the enterprise world to undertake enterprise options optimized for Android XR. Together, these collaborations convey XR capabilities that allow superior coaching, co-design of options and safe distant collaboration.

 

In collaboration with Google, Samsung is working with pioneering way of life model Warby Parker, identified 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 convey fashionable, fashion-forward eyewear that blends intuitive AI-native expertise with cultural affect and design management. Seamlessly related to the Android XR ecosystem, these units will pair superior XR capabilities with fashion, consolation and practicality, bringing boundary-free discovery, work and play into every day life.

 

 



 

Availability

 

Galaxy XR shall be accessible beginning October 21 within the U.S. and Korea solely. 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 (Upto, 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 gadget 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 function 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 normal 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 plenty of different components. General utilization examined with Wi-Fi connection turned on, video playback from YouTube taking part in 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
Weight	545g* (w/ brow cushion) Weight could fluctuate relying on whether or not mild protect is hooked up or not   Separate battery weighs 302g.   *The weight of the product specified above contains the burden of the gadget with the Forehead cushion solely. The weight of the product was measured with out different attachments akin to Cushion dimension adjusters and Light shields.

 

 

You should be 13 (or the relevant age in your nation) or over to put on Galaxy XR. Battery pack connection is required to make use of the gadget. Refrain from utilizing the gadget whereas in movement inside autos akin to vehicles, buses, or trains. Using the gadget whereas in a transferring automobile could trigger the monitoring perform to not work correctly, rendering the gadget inoperable below these situations.

Some apps could require obtain from the Google Play Store and will require subscription or fee. App availability and options could fluctuate by nation and languages.

Some apps may require download from the Google Play Store and may require subscription or payment. App availability and features may vary by country and languages.

Actual performance will depend on user environment, conditions and pre-installed software and applications.