entertainment<\/a>. Wearers can view Android apps on a much larger virtual screen than a TV or computer monitor. Certain apps also work differently from what you\u2019d experience on a smartphone; images and videos in Google Photos can be viewed in 3D, similar to the Vision Pro\u2019s spatial photos.\n <\/p>\n\n Navigating the software involves using hand gestures and speech, although the headset also has a button for summoning Google\u2019s Gemini and a touchpad.\n <\/p>\n
\n But what really makes Samsung\u2019s headset stand out is the way it works with Gemini.\n <\/p>\n
\n When I asked questions about photos such as: \u201cWhat part of the world does that tree grow in?\u201d or \u201cWhat\u2019s the best time of year to go to this location?\u201d Gemini not only responded but offered to book flight tickets.\n <\/p>\n
\n I had a similar experience when using Google Maps on the headset. As I panned around New York, I asked Gemini about points of interest without having to specify the location since it knew what I was looking at. Users must choose to share their screen with Gemini before asking questions about content they\u2019re viewing.\n <\/p>\n
\n The headset felt relatively light to wear during my roughly 30-minute demo, and it was easier to adjust the headband\u2019s size compared to previous virtual reality headsets I\u2019ve tried. But it\u2019s still far heavier than a pair of glasses, so it\u2019s unclear how comfortable it will be to wear for long stretches of time.\n <\/p>\n
\n Using Gemini in the Galaxy XR headset feels like a bigger shift toward using AI to get things done that may have previously required multiple steps or more than one app. Google has been reorienting its Android smartphones\u2019 software around this concept, with features like Circle to Search, which performs a Google search based on what\u2019s on your phone\u2019s screen.\n <\/p>\n
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\n Still, Samsung and Google are wrestling with a difficult question: Is there room for yet another gadget in people\u2019s lives?\n <\/p>\n
\n Virtual reality headsets haven\u2019t taken off because the use case doesn\u2019t justify the price for most people. While $1,800 is far less expensive than the Apple Vision Pro, it\u2019s still a splurge for most households.\n <\/p>\n
\n But Drew Blackard, senior vice president of mobile product management for Samsung Electronics America, said he thinks $1,800 could draw in consumers who weren\u2019t interested in virtual reality before.\n <\/p>\n
\n However, he acknowledged it\u2019s still a steep cost.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cIs that, you know, enough to drive mass market adoption? Probably not,\u201d he said in a CNN interview. \u201cYou probably need to see it come down over time.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n Samsung and Google see the Galaxy XR headset as a starting point for a new wave of AI-powered eyewear, including upcoming smart glasses.\n <\/p>\n
\n Google is already thinking about future use cases: Gemini will one day be able to track a user\u2019s expressions, said Izadi, although that functionality is currently in a prototype stage. Doing so could make chatting with Gemini feel more natural, he said, which could be key for a product like the Galaxy XR that was designed primarily with AI usage in mind.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cYou can imagine a world where, by understanding the user\u2019s emotions or their expressions, you can react accordingly,\u201d he said. \u201cMuch like the conversations that we\u2019re having in the real world.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can already use Google Maps to virtually \u201cexplore\u201d a city on the other side of the world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2306,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-217091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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