Samsung Galaxy XR Taps Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 To Battle Apple Vision Pro

Samsung just officially unveiled the new Galaxy XR, to take the fight to Apple's Vision Pro. For the uninitiated, the Galaxy XR is an extended reality (XR) headset that Samsung claims is the first true AI-native gadget of its kind. Launching at an aggressive price point of $1,799.99 (for the base 16GB / 256GB version), Samsung hopes the Galaxy XR will reshape the spatial computing landscape by blending solid hardware with the freshly-minted Android XR platform.

As we've previously reported, the Galaxy XR is the result of a three-way collaboration between Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm. It runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 processor and is designed to directly challenge more closed platforms, by leveraging the more open and developer-friendly Android XR ecosystem with the idea that everyone's favorite Android apps can be readily optimized for the XR environment.

While high performance and leading edge ...