Many brands use Android, that's true, but they also use Apple CarPlay, including Volvo. https://www.volvocars.com/en-ca/l/apple-carplay/
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Samsung's VR Headset Looks a Lot Like Apple Vision Pro
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If all you need are virtual resizable windows, including big/wide cinema-sized screens displayed using AVP-quality optics (display panels, lenses, etc.) which can be sent to it by your computer, phone, and/or tablet, as well as wanting high-quality passthrough video (since I think most people would want that), rather than needing an entire relatively heavy computer with its own operating system and apps strapped to your face, then there are a few smaller, lighter products with a regular goggles form factor available now that begin to approach that, and more and better versions are supposedly scheduled for release throughout 2025.
I don't know if the glasses-type products can or will deliver the same kind of performance as a headset or a goggles form factor (including a wide field of view, at least 110 degrees and preferably larger), but some of today's products are trying, and maybe they'll be an even lighter, less bulky approach.
So I wonder how much of the bulk of the AVP, the Quest headsets, and apparently of this Samsung headset, is accounted for by the extra hardware needed to make them full-blown computers running their own operating system and apps, like a tablet computer perched on your face, and the eye, head, and hand-tracking hardware if that also contributes significant bulk and weight, as well as needing a larger internal battery to run it all, and how much smaller and lighter a model would be with the same superior optics that just displays virtual resizable windows and passthrough video. If the bulk of the extra hardware not needed for doing just this is substantial, then there might be a market for goggles with just these pared-down capabilities, until the technology advances to the point where eyeglasses models might be able to do all these things with the same quality.
I don't know if the glasses-type products can or will deliver the same kind of performance as a headset or a goggles form factor (including a wide field of view, at least 110 degrees and preferably larger), but some of today's products are trying, and maybe they'll be an even lighter, less bulky approach.
So I wonder how much of the bulk of the AVP, the Quest headsets, and apparently of this Samsung headset, is accounted for by the extra hardware needed to make them full-blown computers running their own operating system and apps, like a tablet computer perched on your face, and the eye, head, and hand-tracking hardware if that also contributes significant bulk and weight, as well as needing a larger internal battery to run it all, and how much smaller and lighter a model would be with the same superior optics that just displays virtual resizable windows and passthrough video. If the bulk of the extra hardware not needed for doing just this is substantial, then there might be a market for goggles with just these pared-down capabilities, until the technology advances to the point where eyeglasses models might be able to do all these things with the same quality.
So basically a copy of Apple product, with inferior specs and Bixby.
Wow, Samsung has done it again.
Wow, Samsung has done it again.
Apple hasn’t announced anything about a thinner iPhone. Rumor sites did. But whenever Apple introduces something 4 years late, some persons always find ways to defend Apple and say they copied them 😂
The rumors come from people close to Apple, most likely a marketing move.
Samsung has been copying Apple all along. Their VR is a clear proof of their shameless copying 🤣
I'm trying to work out what these 4 year late products are. I've searched and searched and all I see in your post are cow pats. No substance, and I am not surprised.
First of all, those BoM estimates are always ********, second, I’m sure costs have come down 30-50% since the AVP started shipping, and third, Samsung could drop a bunch of sensors lower resolution a little bit and still have a great product.These $1000-$1500 price estimates are pipe dreams if you want a similar experience - component costs of AVP were estimated to be over $1500. The (internal) screens/lenses were over $500 on their own.
The reason AVP is so expensive really is because it’s state of the art and expensive to make.
Apple Vision Pro’s components cost $1,542—but that’s not the full story
The OLED displays account for more than a third of the component costs.arstechnica.com
And I've got a bridge for sale, between Brooklyn and Manhattan! Low-low-fee, get it now!*
*That's if you truly believe that SAMEsung has 'created' tech on a phone which will outcompete a quantum computer! 🤣
Or, as is MUCH more likely, few software developers will make custom software for this Samsung-Vision-no-Pro, and we'll see an App marketplace similar to Android for Tablets. How many years is it now where there's still a dearth of quality apps properly configured for tablet use with the Android OS?