Samsung Partnering With Google And Qualcomm For Developing Its Own Metaverse Hardware

The South Korean electronics firm, Samsung, has disclosed that it is working on developing its own metaverse as well as extended reality devices.

The company also hinted that the near future could also see it introduce a VR headset. The head of the mobile experience business at Samsung, TM Roh said that they would develop the device in partnership with Qualcomm and Google.

Metaverse entry

Samsung revealed that it soon intends to join the metaverse race and would also launch its own virtual reality (VR) headsets in the near future.

The Korean mobile company announced that it was already working on the development of ‘extended reality’ hardware, which is a hint that a VR headset could come soon.

This was confirmed by TM Roh, who revealed that they were indeed working on such a device, but he did not disclose a potential launch date for the hardware.

But, the leader of Samsung mobile experiences said that they had partnered with the fabless chip maker Qualcomm and Google.

Roh said back on February 1st that a number of companies had been announcing their work on different realities and they did not intend to stay behind, so they were also making preparations.

Samsung’s move

According to Ro, Samsung had taken its time to enter the market because it did not believe the market had been ready.

Moreover, similar devices that had been introduced by rivals had not been able to enjoy the success they had expected.

Now, Samsung will join a number of other manufacturers who have already rolled out metaverse devices, such as HTC and Meta, and there are others, such as Apple, which are planning to do so.

Ro disclosed that Qualcomm’s chip would power the new device that Samsung is working on, which has been specifically designed for delivering better performance in virtual reality applications.

The OS of the device will be powered by Google.

Expansion push

Samsung appears to be determined to dive into what is turning out to be a rather crowded market and it may be an expansion push to something different than the traditional smartphone market.

Another phone tech firm, Nokia has predicted that smartphones would be replaced by metaverse tech in this decade’s second half.

But, Ro does not appear to agree with Nokia’s stance and does not think that the new family of metaverse devices is any threat to the smartphones that are available today.

He said that smartphones would continue to exist and add features according to the needs of the consumers and would deliver newer experiences over time.

In fact, Ro believes that there could be a possible integration between smartphones and the metaverse that can actually complement the experiences these two technologies are capable of delivering.

It should be noted that it is not the first step that Samsung has taken to delve into the metaverse, as the tech giant has already made investments in different projects related to this market.