The MKBHD video gives the first overview of the Android XR headset in Samsung

The latest MKBHD video gives the first real overview of the next to come from Samsung and the Android XR operating system that it will work.

Ian Hamilton of uploadvr became practical with the Samsung helmet last month, but we were not allowed to take photos, videos or screen recordings, so that we can only show an Android XR rendering provided By Samsung and Android XR simulation sequences provided by Google. to select applications.

Now Samsung and Google have given YouTuber Marques Brownlee An exclusive practice With helmet, including permission to capture and share images of the hardware and software.

Regarding the equipment, Brownlee notes several times on the separate similarity of the helmet with Apple Vision Pro, saying that during teasing before the exit with an image of it carrying the helmet, many of its fans wondered why it made another professional video vision video.

However, he notes four significant differences in the equipment: the facial cushion, the strap, the lack of view and the open periphery (by default).

Apple Vision Pro has the same type of ski mask facial interface as Meta Quest and Pico helmets, where pressure is distributed all over the forehead, cheeks, temples and nose. The Samsung helmet, on the other hand, has a gentle halo strap, similar to Meta Quest Pro and PlayStation VR2, where the majority of the pressure applies to your forehead and at the front of the top of your head. Another difference with the facial pavement is that by default, the Samsung helmet does not block your real world views of the sides and below. Exactly as Quest Pro has done it, Samsung offers an optional light shield tie for that.

Regarding the strap, there are also significant differences. The two straps included with Apple Vision Pro are made of soft tissues, which do not provide a lot of counterweight to the weight of the helmet. The Samsung helmet uses a padded rigid plastic strap, similar to the elite strap accessory for Meta Quest helmets. This provides a counterweight, but comes with an important compromise: you cannot really rest your head on a sofa, a bed or a chair to relax.

Apple Vision Pro also offers a unique feature that has not been shipped in any other helmet: view. This function uses an curved OLED panel with a lenticular lens at the front of the helmet to show a view of your eyes on the others in the room with parallax, imitating transparency. But it is relatively low, the parallax does not work vertically and this adds a cost and a weight to the product. The Samsung helmet, on the other hand, seems to have no form of display before.

On the software side, Brownlee had several of the same dishes to take away as Ian Hamilton of uploadvr.

The two found that the implementation of the assistant Gemini AI was far beyond Meta Ai on the quest helmets or Siri on Apple Vision Pro.

Although it is possible to ask Meta Ia what you see, in the United States and Canada at least, the assistant only responds with speech. Gemini, on the other hand, allows you to take a tour surrounding objects from the real world, and can look for the web or open Google Maps locations depending on what he sees. Gemini can also perform a wide variety of tasks in the operating system and Google applications, while Meta AI is still quite limited

In addition, Meta Ai on quest helmets simply capture an image on your request, and currently see only applications. Gemini on Android XR, on the other hand, can perform a live session, continuing to see what you see while you ask questions, both on the real Passhrough and the content of the applications.

Siri on Apple Vision Pro offers a strange common ground. Although he can perform many visionos tasks, he does not yet have visual capacities, so I do not see what you see.

Speaking of Google Maps, Brownlee and Ian were very impressed by its implementation on Android XR, with the possibility of switching between the view of traditional flat -screen application and the immersive virtual reality, recalling Google Earth VR at any time.

Regarding the Android XR application launcher and the system menus, Brownlee’s overview shows that it strongly recalls Apple Visionos. By pressing the upper button or opening your palm and pinching, reveals a floating grid of circular application icons which can be paraded horizontally while pinching and dragging.

Samsung says that his helmet is still on the right track to be launched later this year, but there is no word in a specific month yet.

And although the Samsung helmet is the first to execute Android XR, it will not be the only one. Sony, Lynx and Xreal also build Android XR devices, and other companies, including Play For Dream, say they want to use it in the future.

We will bring you any other news or revelation of the Samsung and Android XR helmet, the new operating system ready to shake the industry by offering direct competition on Meta OS – and perhaps even to competition direct to his quest helmets.