Samsung Officially Teases Moohan Headset Launch For Next Week

Samsung is yet astir to uncover much specifications astir its Project Moohan mixed reality headset. The institution just announced a caller “Worlds Wide Open” Galaxy arena that will return spot connected October 21st astatine 10PM ET, wherever it’s promising to uncover specifications astir nan device.

The headset will tally connected Android XR, a caller mixed reality level developed by Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm, and Samsung says that it is “designed to standard crossed shape factors, bringing AI to nan halfway of immersive, mundane experiences.” My workfellow Victoria Song initially sewage to effort nan headset and Android XR in precocious 2024, and astir a twelvemonth later, it seems Samsung is fresh for nan headset’s afloat launch.

“Project Moohan is nan groundbreaking first merchandise built for nan unfastened and scalable Android XR platform, and it seamlessly blends mundane inferior pinch immersive caller experiences,” Samsung says. “This is wherever nan existent imaginable of XR comes alive, unlocking a full caller magnitude of possibilities.”

The arena is being announced arsenic Apple is reportedly adjacent to launching a caller type of its Vision Pro headset that’s powered by a faster chip. A headset that looks to beryllium a caller Vision Pro has also appeared successful FCC filings. But Apple whitethorn beryllium starting to look beyond headsets toward a caller type of product; it has apparently sidelined work connected a lighter type of nan Vision Pro to prioritize improvement connected smart glasses instead.

Update, October 14th: Added specifications from Samsung.