Apple, Facebook and Microsoft – Google’s plan isn’t clear yet – are all working on augmented reality wearables. Samsung’s work on AR may have leaked today, but there are many unknowns about “Glasses Lite”.
WalkingCat, a Twitter account with a known history of leaking Microsoft and Samsung products, posted two videos this weekend. Given the source’s track record – usually recently the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite and Galaxy Chromebook 2, this is most likely a real Samsung video. The important caveat, however, is that this could just be an internal concept rather than an actual upcoming product. WalkingCat isn’t sure and tweeted with a “R&D vision concept?caption.
The first video starts with a title card that says “Samsung Glasses Lite” and goes well with the company’s product videos. We get a good view of glasses that are much thicker than regular eye frames, but immediately familiar. The last shot in this series is of lenses with clearly a transparent screen in them.
We then see the actual product being worn and used, with a simulation of what the person is viewing through Glasses Lite. The first use case is playing a car game on what appears to be a Samsung phone paired with a controller accessory.
It also shows an example of “Integrated Control” using a Galaxy Watch to switch from gameplay to watching “Video”. It starts seamlessly on the Glasses Lite, with Samsung calling this “Portable Media.” The person then switches to “Dex Display” and replies to an email with a physical keyboard, while a floating desktop appears in front of it. A scenario with a video call is also shown.
This person then walks out and activates “sunglasses mode” to hide the AR displays and color the shades. In the open air, this model continues to control a drone as part of a “New Dimension Display” feature with flight HUD.
It’s not clear what display technology Samsung is using, but there are realistic details here – like how the AR screen is almost square and that the top edge of the lenses is obscured to hide technical components – that increase the likelihood that this is a more developed product and not just a concept.
The second video is from Samsung’s vision “Next Wearable Computing”. The conceptual nature of this is very clear and includes:
- AR Office: Complete with a projected keyboard that only the user can see and use for typing. They can zoom in, with an unlimited field of view, unlike the first video.
- Holo Call: With full body virtual guests
- AR simulation: room-scale immersion
This video ends in “Samsung AR Glasses”.
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