Samsung tipped to be working on a wireless AR/VR headset
Samsung may be working with Microsoft on a wireless AR/VR headset, and it could rival a similar wearable device rumored to be in production over at Apple.
This is according to a report from The Korean Times who spoke to "a Samsung official by telephone who is involved with the issue".
It believed that Samsung now thinks that a mixed reality approach will be more successful than at VR-only (virtual reality) direction.
The firm has made numerous, wireless VR headsets already with its Gear VR range which using the power and display from a Galaxy smartphone to provide the brains.
A few months away
It's thought that the new rumored AR/VR headset may not need a smartphone to power it, in a similar way to Oculus Go.
The new Samsung AR/VR headset is tipped to launch at the IFA 2018 trade show in Berlin, Germany at the start of September.
- Read our in-depth Samsung Gear VR review
Via Cnet
