Looking beyond phones, Samsung plans to make ‘extended reality’ devices

The company is working with Google and Qualcomm on new products and the ecosystem to nurture them

Extended reality, or XR, is a blanket term to describe a handful of related technologies that include virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. And because these technologies reflect different ways of physically looking at your software, services and the world around you, Samsung’s announcement all but confirms the company is developing a new wearable display or headset.

By Chris Velazco