Samsung occupies a pivotal position in the audiovisual field, and it is natural that it will not be absent from the trend of VR. In addition to participating in the live broadcast of the Olympic Games, Samsung has also invested in a series of VR video technology companies, and created the Milk VR video platform and VR movie studio.
With the industry's most advanced OLED screen manufacturing technology and its subsidiary, Harman International Industries, acoustics, creating VR glasses was not a challenge for Samsung. However, Samsung does not currently have its own VR hardware platform, and among the three VR glasses on sale, the Gear VR is created in collaboration with Oculus, and the two Xuanlong MR are OEM for Microsoft's WMR platform.
The Gear VR is built for Samsung phones, and unlike the cheap mobile phone VR box, the Gear VR is equipped with an inertial measurement unit that can be connected to the phone to improve the positioning effect for better immersion. At present, the Gear VR can support the S6 and subsequent flagship models, but after 2017, this device has not been further updated and upgraded, and the number of resources available to domestic users is small, so it is not recommended for consumers to buy.
After the Gear VR stopped updating, Samsung turned to the WMR platform developed by Microsoft, and OEM two computer VR models for Microsoft. Thanks to Samsung's industry-leading OLED technology, the resolution of the first-generation Xuanlong reached the 3K level, but this product is poor to wear, and the padding will compress the face when used. The upgraded Xuanlong has been upgraded for this point, which is not only more comfortable to wear, but also better breathable. In addition, Xuanlong's screen uses Samsung's latest Anti-SDE technology, which also effectively mitigates the screen screen effect.
At present, the price of the two XuanlongMR is about 4000 yuan, thanks to the optimization made by Microsoft at the system level, Xuanlong and Xuanlong do not have high performance requirements for the computer, but the VR glasses of the WMR platform are positioned with built-in trackers, and the accuracy is not as good as the external locator. In addition, the WMR platform has not been started recently, the number of games and applications available is very limited, and the overall quality is far inferior to that of the three major console VR.
