Samsung introduced final month it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop an XR machine, one thing the corporate stated on the time was “not too distant.” Whereas we’re nonetheless left guessing as to what kind of headset the Korean tech large has in retailer, a brand new trademark submitting has come to mild which can recommend the headset’s naming scheme.
As reported by 9to5Google, Samsung filed a trademark request with the United States Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) on February twenty seventh for the identify ‘Galaxy Glasses’.
In its description, the trademark registration is alleged to cowl the classes of “digital actuality headsets; Augmented actuality headsets; Headphones; Smartphones; Sensible glasses.”
In keeping with a current Washington Submit interview with TM Roh, the president and head of Samsung’s cell expertise enterprise, an upcoming Samsung XR machine is “getting there, however we’re not too distant.”
Roh instructed WaPo that the XR headset’s chipset goes to be “a strategic collaboration with Qualcomm.” Google is constructing the software program, whereas Samsung builds the {hardware}.
Offered the trademark isn’t only a defensive measure, and can truly be utilized to an actual product, Samsung can be pitching the proposed machine as part of its Galaxy line, which incorporates its smartphones, tablets, notebooks, smartwatches, and earbuds.
Notably, the corporate has by no means positioned its VR units straight underneath its Galaxy branding, with Samsung Gear VR and its PC VR headset HMD Odyssey marketed individually from the Samsung mothership of cell units.
It shouldn’t come as any actual shock the Korean tech large is prepping XR {hardware} now. In 2021, two leaked movies surfaced that includes Samsung AR idea units, though we haven’t heard something since in regards to the firm’s XR ambitions till Samsung introduced it was throwing its hat again within the sport with Google and Qualcomm by its aspect.
In the meantime, Apple’s rumored combined actuality headset is reportedly set to reach someday this 12 months at round $3,000, with a lower-cost model of Apple’s combined actuality headset reportedly set to observe someday in 2024 or early 2025.
And though Apple is basically seen as essentially the most current risk, Meta just lately launched phrase it isn’t solely prepping an enthusiast-targeted Quest 3 headset for launch this 12 months, and a “extra accessible” shopper model in 2024, however probably one other ‘Professional’ branded Quest headset “means out sooner or later,” Mark Rabki, Meta’s VP of VR, allegedly instructed 1000’s of staff in a memo final week.