00:00Remember Project MUHAMM, that big project that was Samsung, Google, and Qualcomm all
00:09together?
00:10Forget it.
00:11This is Samsung Galaxy XR, the product of that collaboration.
00:16And we're about to get an up-close look and try it out for ourselves.
00:20So here we have it, Samsung Galaxy XR.
00:22I'm getting, you know, I'm going to start with the price, $17.99.
00:25So that is a very exciting price point for a mixed reality spatial computer because that's
00:32what it is basically.
00:33So it's got both pass-through and fully immersive.
00:36At the center of all of this is Gemini, Google Gemini.
00:40So that's kind of the secret sauce.
00:42Yes, you'll be using gestures to move things around, to touch and move and grab, but you'll
00:47be talking to this device.
00:49And because it has Google Gemini AI inside of it, it'll understand.
00:53You'll be able to interact with different apps, of course, all of the Google apps, but also
00:57other third-party apps, even gaming.
01:00If you're playing a game, you'll be able to circle to search and ask questions.
01:04If you're confused about how to use an app, you can ask.
01:06It's all going to work here.
01:08The other thing is you might notice I'm just holding this with one hand like this, 536 grams,
01:12right?
01:13This is super light.
01:14It's a mixture of aluminum, glass, and a bunch of other plastic materials.
01:18One thing that I'm not showing right now that is missing from here is the battery pack.
01:22It looks up right there.
01:24Don't know how much battery life it has yet.
01:25We're going to try that out, but we do know that it's dual 4K AMOLED displays right here.
01:30It's a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chip inside of it.
01:34So that is powering pretty much everything that goes on inside of it.
01:37Also, as I said, 536 grams and really easy to put on, really lightweight.
01:44It actually feels pretty good.
01:46You know, we're going to try things out like audio, but I'm going to be using gestures
01:51to control it, my voice to control it.
01:53The fact that this is starting at $1799.
01:57Now when you buy the $1799 and get the Explorer pack, you're actually going to get a bunch
02:02of things with it, like Gemini Pro for a year.
02:05You're going to get a bunch of things, which after the time expires, you'll have to pay for
02:09them.
02:10And then October 21st, it's called Samsung Galaxy XR.
02:12And now we're going to dive in and see what it's like to use this experience.
02:17So I just had my first full hands-on experience with the Samsung Galaxy XR.
02:22In some ways, it's instantly familiar because I spent so much time with Apple's Vision Pro.
02:26There's a bunch of little gestures, you're pinching, you're zooming, you turn your finger
02:30around the pinch and the whole menu comes up and the menu, yes, it again, feels similar.
02:35You've got your icons floating in space, it's full of icons that are familiar to you.
02:39And of course, all of the Google apps are already in there.
02:42We had a lot of different experiences.
02:45I looked at a map.
02:46I looked at a map because I was looking at photos, spatial photos, photos that started
02:50out as regular photos are now spatial photos, full 3D.
02:54And I asked questions.
02:55I interrogated Gemini, which is part of it.
02:57What is this?
02:58Where is it?
02:59What is the building behind them?
03:00They told me about the hotel.
03:01What are the mountains behind them?
03:02They told me it was Yosemite Park.
03:04I said, take me to the hotel.
03:06I instantly opened up Google Maps, located in space.
03:09Now I could look at Google Maps that way, or I could take a journey on a beautifully rendered
03:143D space, the whole map over the terrain.
03:17Again, I'm always using my hands.
03:19I'm doing this.
03:20I'm pinching.
03:21I'm zooming.
03:22One of the differences between this and Vision Pro is that we've oftentimes got this tether
03:25to things.
03:26So you've got this little line and you see it there.
03:29In some ways, super similar, you know, taking the window and moving it around.
03:33You grab it, move it here, take it, resize it.
03:36Mostly I was able to really capture it easily and move things around.
03:40On the pass through, it looks great, clear.
03:42I did notice when I turned my head side to side, it seemed to almost pixelate a little
03:46bit.
03:47I couldn't quite figure that out.
03:48Just the moment, but not a big deal.
03:50I also did a full immersion.
03:52Now this doesn't start with these little covers here.
03:56You put them on.
03:57Magnetic gives you a better seal.
03:59I had an experience with like a black hole.
04:01Basically, I learned all about a black hole beautifully rendered.
04:04The spatial audio is excellent.
04:07So it's really, you know, visually really high quality.
04:11As far as the fit and feel of it, it feels lighter than, for example, the Vision Pro, even
04:16the Quest 3S.
04:17It feels well balanced.
04:19The pressure is mainly here.
04:21I tightened it well enough that the lens would sit.
04:24It felt like it's that high, but that's how I lined this up to my eyes.
04:27Oh, and the ones that they had for me, yes.
04:29We did put in prescription lenses, which are about $99.
04:34You know, that's going to be an extra expense, but generally I liked the experience of it.
04:38It felt good.
04:39I could wear it if I wanted for two hours, two and a half hours if I'm just watching video,
04:45but two hours is generally going to be the thing.
04:47And then finally, this was the attachment for the battery pack, which sat, which tethered
04:52a line sat next to me.
04:54If the battery went on here, it would be much heavier.
04:57Glad it's not.
04:58Overall, good experience.
05:00That's what it's like to wear Samsung's new Samsung Galaxy XR headset.
05:06Stick with techradar.com for all the details about pricing, availability, and our experience.
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