Samsung not too long ago introduced that it’ll totally unveil its first XR headset on October 21. This system could be the world’s first to run Google’s Android XR working system. Simply days earlier than the launch, Google unintentionally revealed what it might be like to make use of the headset.

A brand new editorial web page on the Google Play Retailer was not too long ago noticed by a Reddit consumer. It reveals what immersive experiences (apps and video games optimized for XR) we will anticipate on the Galaxy XR headset. Moreover revealing the design of Samsung’s headset, the web page discusses about 4 such experiences, together with Asteroid, Naver CHZZK XR, NFL Professional Period, and Trip Simulator.

Asteroid is an immersive puzzel recreation the place you must piece collectively clues to resolve an area thriller. Naver CHZZK XR is a VR video streaming service the place you may watch immersive movies from a number of creators. NFL Professional Period is a recreation that allows you to play american soccer from the standpoint of the participant (FPV) itself.

Trip Simulator is a leisure recreation in which you’ll be able to go on a digital trip. You’ll be able to chill out or “be part of the gig financial system to assist fund your digital journey.” Because the firm is predicted to showcase among the finest apps and video games it has in its editorial web page, the launch does not appear very promising, a minimum of in comparison with the launch of the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional.

The Imaginative and prescient Professional debuted with 600 apps and video games, together with Disney+, HBO Max, IMAX, Microsoft Workplace, Microsoft Groups, MLB, Paramount+, PGA Tour Imaginative and prescient, TikTok, Tubi, Webex, and Zoom. It might additionally stream a Mac’s display screen wirelessly. Nevertheless, regardless of such robust assortment of apps and desktop streaming, Imaginative and prescient Professional is broadly thought-about a flop as a result of low gross sales.

Google has developed immersive first-party apps like Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Meet, Google TV, and YouTube. A current leak revealed apps like Calm, MLB, and Netflix as nicely. It is going to be capable of run all Android apps and video games in a windowed mode. It stays to be seen how the headset will promote and if there’s a killer app that might entice folks to purchase the headset.

The Galaxy XR is predicted to be priced anyplace between $1,800 and $2,500. That will make it a minimum of $500 extra inexpensive than the Imaginative and prescient Professional.

Samsung’s first Galaxy XR contains a pair of Micro OLED shows with a 90Hz refresh fee, a minimum of 16GB RAM, and quite a few sensors and cameras for environmental understanding and gesture recognition. Whereas its {hardware} is corresponding to the Imaginative and prescient Professional, the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 just isn’t as highly effective because the M2 chip within the first-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional, and it falls in need of matching the M5 chip within the second-generation Imaginative and prescient Professional headset.