Samsung could announce the Oculus Rift competitor this year in an effort to beat Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus in the virtual world. Given Samsung’s propensity to compete in every conceivable product category, this isn’t too surprising.
The virtual reality based headset will reportedly be used with Samsung’s Galaxy devices, much like its Gear smartwatches. Samsung has even shipped prototypes of the device to some developers already, according to a report in Engadget. Rather than being a PC or game console peripheral, Samsung’s headset links to a Galaxy phone to create its virtual environment. It’s a demanding device, though: The consumer version will require the power of next-generation flagship processors, the report states.
So far, there are no photos of the alleged prototype headset, but the report has a few details.It is said to feature an OLED display that is “as good or better” than the 1080p OLED in the latest Oculus Rift. The headset won’t run Tizen, the OS in the new Gear watches. Engadget predicts it will use a wired, rather than wireless, connection to minimize things like lag.It will likely have a wired rather than wireless connection to Samsung’s current smartphones and tablets
The virtual reality handset will also be used for Android gaming, but we’ve got no details right now on just what games would qualify as handset-compatible. What we do know, surprisingly, is that Samsung looks to price its virtual reality handset competitively in order to win customers. The company has taken a somewhat premium pricing scheme with its Gear smartwatches and its Gear Fit fitness band, Sony’s Morpheus project looks to be priced around $500 – and Samsung may price its virtual reality handset anywhere from $250-$400 in order to make inroads in the mobile virtual reality platform.
Samsung is developing Oculus Rift-like VR headsets for Galaxy devices: Report
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