Name: Samsung copied Apple’s worst idea - Samsung Galaxy XR
Uploaded: 2026-03-01T21:31:52.000Z
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I've been told that inside this box is concrete proof that no matter how bad Apple's idea is, no matter how colossal Apple's failure, Samsung will never miss an opportunity to copy their okay, it's the Galaxy xr, Samsung's spin on the Apple Vision Pro and to their credit there are some things to like about it immediately.

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For one thing, ah, while the front looks very similar with its eight outward facing cameras, six for positional tracking and then two for high quality pass through, it doesn't have the creepy like eye pass through thing that sucked and added additional weight.

And to their credit it seems a little bit less heavy.

Yeah, not by enough that it's likely to make a huge difference, but

at least it's less expensive coming in at around half of the price of the Apple Vision Pro.

With that said, I feel like the functionality might be somewhere on the order of half as well.

Instead of using Apple's extremely powerful M series silicon, it uses a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2, which to its credit Qualcomm claims is much faster than last gen, about 20% on the CPU and 15% faster on the GPU.

Let's take a look at the rest of the exterior.

So also in the front is a depth sensing camera that's supposed to help map out the world around you.

So your floor, ceiling walls, that sort of thing.

Two of those outwardly facing spatial cameras seem to be dedicated to hand gestures.

So of course it's a 2026 product, which means it's chock full of AI including Gemini integration as well as AI assisted motion controls.

Though to Samsung's credit they do give you the option of using controllers.

Then again so does the Apple Vision Pro now and the cost of Samsung's first party controllers is about the same as the cost of the PS VR 2 controllers that you need for the Vision Pro.

Ah yes, four inward facing eye tracking cameras.

These are for gaze detection as well as interfacing with the menu which I haven't tried yet, but

I am really looking forward to a couple of stereo speakers, one of these ratcheting style headbands as well as now I saw in my notes they're supposed to be like a removable.

Oh yeah, there you go, removable gaskets.

So you can decide if you want more of a completely immersed VR experience or more of a mixed reality XR experience, but

apparently everything is XR now I don't know.

Since we're in here, though, one of the biggest highlights is, of course, the screens.

Regardless of what label you find on the outside of a box, if it's gonn got a screen on it, Samsung is very likely responsible for it if it's on the cutting edge.

We've got two 4K micro OLED displays that run at anywhere from 60 to up to 90Hz, depending on the experience and your settings.

Was someone using this already or is another reviewer?

I don't think this brown marking here is a foundational part of the product.

In spite of Belle's efforts to cover up its presence.

So depending on how close you like the lenses to sit to your eyes, you can either put a thick one, a thin one, or no spacer at all.

I don't know if I'm gonna get away with no spacer because of my lashes.

I hate it when they smudge up the lenses.

But the closer you can get them to your eyes, the better your field of view and the better your immersion.

Was there something that used to be here?

Because we're the second ones to unbox this.

I don't know if Samsung could say that's like a $50 value in the box though, because they don't charge that much for their cleaning cloth.

Oh, speaking of ideas they got from Apple, what do we got here?

We've got a type C to type C cable that we can use for charging the.

Which means you can use it for other devices if you want to.

So you just charge this thing up and it's basically just a battery bank.

Then when you want to use your Galaxy xr, you pop this locking type C in here.

And then you clip this onto the side of the unit.

Four microphones, ventilation for cooling.

I haven't tried it yet, but we'll give that a shot.

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See what I did Use our link in the video description, I can immediately tell that Samsung is a South Korean company.

You know, in my usual way that I can tell with anything that goes on my face.

They did not account for a more prominent human horn.

Of course it's the same gesture as Apple, because why would it be a different gesture?

So this was how I opened up the home menu and then eye tracking and then.

Oh, and that's a pointer dot, not a gaze dot.

Oh, this is a good opportunity to show you guys the hand tracking.

So maybe we can sync up what you guys are seeing and what the camera see.