Samsung To Launch 'Extended Reality' Headset Next Year

Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Friday it will launch an "extended reality" (XR) headset jointly developed with Alphabet’s Google and Qualcomm in global markets next year.

The extended reality headset is part of wearable devices to be powered by the new version of Google's Android software -- called Android XR -- developed in tandem with Samsung.

"The XR headset product will arrive in global markets sometime next year. No further details are available about the product for now," a company spokesperson said over the phone, reports Yonhap news agency.

Extended Reality is a blanket term that refers to a range of virtual-, augmented- and mixed-reality technologies.

The new headset, code-named Project Moohan, taken from the Korean word for "infinity," will have Google's Gemini chatbot built into its core, allowing users to control their apps with conversational commands and physical gestures.