Samsung and Microsoft may be working on a future augmented reality hardware

(Pocket-lint) - A caller study seems to suggest that the tech giants Microsoft and Samsung whitethorn good beryllium moving unneurotic connected a aboriginal task involving augmented reality.

Microsoft has been moving connected HoloLens for what feels similar forever. We saw teases of what it was moving connected as acold backmost arsenic 2015, but astatine the user level precise small has happened since. In information adjacent with the quality of HoloLens 2 successful 2019 and a much-improved headset things inactive haven't moved on. 

Earlier successful 2021, Microsoft's pb developer of HoloLens, Alex Kipman told The Wall Street Journal that HoloLens was not acceptable for consumers:

"The exertion is not ready—in presumption of comfort, successful presumption of immersion, successful presumption of value—for consumers. For consumers, you request glasses—socially acceptable glasses. I’m not going to beryllium lasting up connected signifier talking astir consumers until we judge we person a headset that’s comfy capable and immersive capable and socially acceptable enough."

The aboriginal mightiness beryllium antithetic though.

A study by The Elec suggests that Microsoft and Samsung are moving unneurotic connected aboriginal augmented world hardware.

Apparently, respective divisions of Samsung are progressive successful the task too, with Samsung Display, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Samsung SDI each tied in. This AR task started successful the mediate of 2021 and aims to effect successful a commercially viable merchandise by 2024. 

The aboriginal could beryllium interesting. 

Writing by Adrian Willings. Originally published connected 8 December 2021.