First PC Emulator Launched for Galaxy XR

For thise who, like me, needed context:

"Samsung XR" is a VR headset running "Android XR". Being called "XR" I would expect it would have AR abilities but the website makes no mention of it, or even passthrough, that I could see.

simonjgillespie · 7 days ago

The PC is in a passthrough environment with the screen floating in mid air. I use it on a daily basis.

This is our promo video and its very clear it's in XR with passthrough. https://studio.youtube.com/video/At7KdrGfTTg

We also have a number of XR widgets which are not enabled by default (Holodeck for example). They will be turned on soon in a pro version so if thats what you're looking for I am delighted!

Try the download if you don't believe me.

two_handfuls · 7 days ago

Thank you! I believe you. If you work at Samsung, maybe you can get them to make the "Galaxy XR" landing page mention passthrough then? Because if it does, I missed it.

While we're at it, Samsung may have its reasons to mention "Google Photos" prominently as the first concrete application, but to me as a user that decoded as "ok they have no games to speak of." (I don't know if that's true, but that's how it comes across).

gavinray · 7 days ago

Fixed YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At7KdrGfTTg

OP, this is a neat tech demo, but I'm curious what the practical use would be?

simonjgillespie · 7 days ago

FYI- If you look very closely at the video tile on the bottom left you will see XR inside XR. You can't get that capability anywhere else.