What you could know
- Samsung is anticipated to ship its first XR headset in late 2024.
- Sources say the corporate is aiming to make 30,000 models for the preliminary manufacturing run with extra lofty gross sales expectations for subsequent years.
- Samsung initially made round 30,000 models of the unique Galaxy Fold in 2019 and has expanded from there.
Samsung’s upcoming Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional competitor is seeking to a bit extra of a restricted launch than we initially anticipated. Sources at JoongAng are saying that Samsung is now aiming for a December 2024 launch for its first XR headset.
This marks the second time we have heard about Samsung delaying the headset, the primary time being proper after Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional was unveiled. A number of different XR trade sources have additionally independently confirmed this new launch date, saying that builders have been informed to anticipate to have apps prepared for the top of subsequent yr.
What’s extra is that Samsung is reportedly solely concentrating on 30,000 models for the preliminary manufacturing run, which means Samsung expects to promote lower than 1/tenth the variety of models of Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple reportedly lowered its preliminary manufacturing run from a million right down to 400,000 after the corporate allegedly bumped into manufacturing points.
But it surely’s not shocking to see Samsung getting into a brand new market with conservative manufacturing numbers. The unique Galaxy Fold debuted in 2019 with a value of almost $2,000, and Samsung solely produced round 30,000 models. Just some years later, Samsung’s foldable telephone gross sales now outpace the Galaxy Notice in Europe, and the corporate expects to promote over 20 million foldables subsequent yr.
Rumors now say that Samsung may tease the headset at its upcoming Galaxy S24 Unpacked occasion alongside a brand new supercharged Qualcomm chipset someday after the New 12 months, with a follow-up demonstration at Google I/O 2024.
Samsung and Google initially introduced that they have been partnering on a next-generation XR working system and headset at Unpacked in February 2023. If all pans out as anticipated, 2025 is shaping as much as be an enormous yr for the XR trade, because the Meta Quest 3 can have been out there for round 15 months, and each Samsung and Apple’s headset gross sales can be ramping up.
The Meta Quest 3 is greater than only a gaming console. It is also an XR machine that blends digital actuality with precise actuality, serving to to enhance your world in new methods.
