- Samsung will hold a virtual event on October 21 to announce the Android XR device.
- Customers who reserve it now can receive a $100 credit toward other Samsung gear.
- Samsung, along with Qualcomm and Google, has been teasing Project Moohan for months
Samsung announced that it will introduce its new XR headset running Android XR. New device and possible Apple Competitor to Vision Pro, currently called Project Muhanwill be unveiled on October 21 at 10:00 PM ET (or 11:00 AM KST Wednesday in Samsung's hometown) at an event called Open world.
We don't know much about the device or Samsung's launch plans, but if your interest has already been piqued, you can register to buy the headset now and get a small bonus for your faith – all at no cost to you.
Samsung has been teasing Project Moohan for a long time, and last month the device made a cameo appearance at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit… under glass, and we used one at Google I/O. The new headset will supposedly use the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset, but many questions remain about its specifications and capabilities.
Hopefully, all these questions will be answered in a week, because Samsung is ready to start charging money for this headset. If you reserve Muhan – and it probably is there won't be be the final name of the typeface. Once your purchase is complete, Samsung will give you a $100 credit towards other Samsung equipment.
What we know about the Muhan project: not much!
This tells us several things. First, the real products will be available soon. Samsung likely won't offer a pre-launch bonus for a product that won't be available until next year. Will the new headset be available on October 21st? I hope so, but if not, I expect it to be ready for the holiday shopping season.
Second, we have a little better idea of ​​what Project Muhan might or won't cost. That is, it will not be cheap. Samsung won't give a $100 bonus for a headset that costs $500 and competes with Meta Quest 3. It will be a more expensive and hopefully more capable XR headset.
The results of Project Moohan will also enable the launch of Android XR. Googlenew platform for XR software development. We don't know much about the apps and features that will launch with Android XR, but we can assume that Samsung will be the first of many device partners for Android XR, just like Android.
When we say XR, we usually mean a mixture of virtual and augmented reality. The latter involves using cameras to place virtual objects so that they appear in your real space. Of course, smart glasses are considered the Holy Grail for XR hardware development.
We haven't seen smart glasses among the news and hints about Project Moohan, but it's possible that next week we could learn more or even see the first Samsung smart glasses.
The Worlds Wide Open event is virtual and can be viewed on a Samsung TV. YouTube channel, but this will not happen live. We'll try to get our hands on the new Project Moohan Android XR headset as soon as we know what to call it, if not sooner, so check back next week to see if we know anything else.
