Samsung Galaxy XR headset early report: Project Moohan beats Apple Vision Pro in 2 key ways

Samsung is staying quiet about it for now. But its mixed-reality Galaxy XR headset, code-named Project Moohan, is expected to launch very soon. Now, one early report suggests it will match Apple’s troubled Vision Pro headset in a lot of ways — and maybe even best it in others.

According to Android Headlines, the Galaxy XR’s user interface will look very similar to the Vision Pro’s UI: a launcher with friendly app icons arranged in a grid over whatever you’re seeing. More important is how many pixels the Project Moohan device appears to be displaying, and rumor has it the headset will offer a total of 29 million pixels across both eye displays.

That’s 6 million more pixels than the Vision Pro, and around 3 million more than estimated in previous Project Moohan reports — suggesting Samsung is really going to town on besting Apple. With its Snapdragon XR+ second-generation processor, the Galaxy XR headset can reportedly render more than 4K resolution — another knock on the Vision Pro, which isn’t quite 4K (the resolution, in pixels per inch, is more like 3.4K.)

Both Samsung and Apple know that device weight is crucial when it comes to headsets. And Samsung seems to have done better than its California rival here, too. While the Apple Vision Pro weighs in at a minimum 600 grams — with configurations up to 650 grams — the Galaxy XR will weigh 545 grams, Android Headlines says. Both devices shave off bulk with an external battery pack.

But is that enough, in either case? As light as Samsung’s mixed reality headset reportedly is, the new Meta Ray-Bans weigh one-tenth of that. Meta’s decision to focus on glasses, after the lukewarm response to its VR headset-driven Metaverse, is starting to look like a signpost to other tech giants.

No wonder Apple is reportedly focused on building its own smart glasses rather than rushing out a cheaper Vision Pro. Samsung has suggested it is working on Galaxy glasses, too. Which makes one still-unknown metric about the Galaxy XR, its price, so crucial. Previous leaks put the number anywhere from $1,800 to $3,000 — again, a poke at Apple, which can’t sell you a Vision Pro configuration below $3,500.

But even assuming Samsung launches Project Moohan on the low end of that estimate, we’re still talking a hefty price point. For that amount of scratch, you could buy you a Meta Quest 3 ($500), a pair of the Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses (also $500), and Meta’s first “AI smart glasses” ($379), plus all the chargers and battery packs you’d need to keep them running all day.

Mixed reality headsets may be great devices for a specific niche (gamers, I’m looking at you). But if Apple and Samsung leadership still see as big a future for them as for the coming wave of smart glasses, they may need their eyes tested.

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