Samsung, Google Launch $1,800 Mixed-Reality Headset

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00:00Tell me about this project. It's a first step, right? But you've been able to get an insight

00:05into Samsung and Google's mixed reality capabilities. That's right. Yeah. So Samsung's

00:11been working on this for quite a while. It'll directly compete with Apple's Vision Pro headset.

00:17You know, it works very similarly. You put it on. There are two different main areas, ways to sort

00:23of engage with the device. One is sort of a pass-through experience where you kind of see

00:27your home screen apps in front of you using gestures to point and touch your fingers together

00:33almost like pinching to open up apps and experience things that way. You can also have a more immersive

00:39experience such as, you know, watching Netflix or watching an NBA game where you feel like you're

00:45immersed. They're also, you know, because Google is involved too, you can experience Google Maps in a

00:50certain way where you're on Street View and kind of go into different restaurants. And of course,

00:54the big thing here is AI. AI hasn't really had a major place on headsets before. And now you can

01:00communicate with Gemini, ask it questions. If you're watching a movie, you could circle an actor's

01:05face and say, who is this actor? Where do I know him from? So that adds a new layer to headsets in

01:11general. Let's turn our attentions to Apple. Bloomberg has some reporting around Apple's plans for a

01:18foldable iPad quickly. It's hit some snags. What do we know? Yes. So Apple's been working on this

01:24for a while. It was projected to come out in 2028. Now Bloomberg is hearing that will be pushed back

01:30to 2029 or even beyond. So the concept is just an iPad that will, it opens up, it folds, kind of look

01:38more like a MacBook when folded, but some challenges around the engineering related to the display, also

01:44related to the weight. You know, to keep these things light is a big challenge. Now Apple's trying

01:50to make it lighter. It also comes at a time when Apple's trying to, you know, drum up sales around

01:55iPad and also just bring new innovation into its product lines in general. We're seeing it experiment.

02:01Right. The iPhone Air just came out recently, too. So new form factors, but we might have to wait a little

02:06bit longer.