Apple, Facebook and Microsoft – Google’s plan remains unclear – are all working on augmented reality wearables. Samsung’s RA work has possibly leaked today, but there are many unknowns about “Lite Glasses”.
WalkingCat, a Twitter account with a known history of leaking Microsoft and Samsung products, posted two videos over the weekend. Given the history of the source – mainly revealing recently the Galaxy Tab S7 Lite and Galaxy Chromebook 2, this is probably a genuine Samsung video. However, the important caveat is that this may just be an internal concept, rather than an actual future product. WalkingCat not sure and tweeted with a “R&D vision concept?“Subtitle.
The first video starts with a title card that says “Samsung Glasses Lite” and is the style of the company’s product videos. We have a good view of glasses that are much thicker than normal eye frames, but immediately familiar. The last photo in this sequence is of lenses that clearly have a transparent screen embedded in them.
Next, we see the actual product being used and used, with a simulation of what the person is seeing through the Lite glasses. The first use case is to play a car game on what appears to be a Samsung phone attached to a controller accessory.
It also shows an example of “Integrated Control”, where a Galaxy Watch is used to switch from gameplay to “Video” display. It starts off perfectly in Glasses Lite, with Samsung calling it “Portable Media”. Then, the person changes to “Dex Display” and responds to an email with a physical keyboard, while a floating desktop appears in front of them. A “video call” scenario is also shown.
That person then goes out and activates the “Sunglasses mode” to hide the AR displays and color the curtains. While outdoors, this model comes to control a drone as part of a “New Dimension Screen” feature with flight HUD.
It’s unclear what display technology Samsung is taking advantage of, but there are realistic details here – like how the AR screen is almost a square and that the top edge of the lens is darkened to hide technical components – that increase the likelihood that it is a more developed product and not purely a concept.
The second video is from Samsung’s “Next Wearable Computing” vision. The conceptual nature of this is very apparent and includes:
- AR Office: Complete with a designed keyboard that only the user sees and can use to type. 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 with “Samsung AR Glasses.”
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