Samsung imagines how its first AR glasses would possibly look in these leaked idea movies

Samsung has been toying with AR glasses for years, most lately trotting out a particularly primary set of image-projecting goggles on the CES 2020 stage, however I’ve by no means seen the corporate counsel it would prefer to construct an really bold augmented actuality wearable computing machine — till maybe at the moment.

WalkingCat, a reasonably dependable supply of gadget leaks, has published two new concept videos that showcase a number of the enjoyable issues a pair of “Samsung Glasses Lite” may do, like projecting an enormous digital display screen the place you’ll be able to play your video games, letting you sit back in your personal movie show, provide you with an enormous digital laptop monitor, fireplace up an auto-dimming “sun shades mode,” or act as an immediate first-person-view display screen on your DJI drone, full with telemetry.

The second video exhibits off the very related “Samsung AR Glasses” idea, although this time it’s letting the person “see” 3D digital objects seem in the true world, a visible that needs to be immediately acquainted to you if you happen to’ve ever seen any of Microsoft’s HoloLens advertising.

In the event you’ve by no means tried a Microsoft HoloLens or Magic Leap, although, it’s best to know that actuality is an extended methods away from the visualizations you see right here. In the present day’s waveguides, lasers, projectors and micromirror combos normally provide you with a fairly small subject of view with see-through AR glasses like these. In the event you’re standing proper subsequent to a digital laptop monitor, you’d solely be capable to see a part of it at a time — the remaining can be out of your subject of view.

To me, essentially the most fascinating a part of these movies is how Samsung imagines you’ll be utilizing a smartwatch to navigate the interfaces. Quick-term, that may be extra lifelike than attempting to faucet on issues that don’t really exist or make midair gestures together with your palms, and smartwatch management is a paradigm that different corporations engaged on AR headsets are little doubt contemplating. Apple has each a smartwatch and an AR headset in improvement, after all, and the Fb {hardware} division that’s constructing AR glasses is reportedly now engaged on a smartwatch, too.

Talking of Samsung and smartwatches, two recognized leakers are actually saying Samsung could return to Android for its subsequent smartwatch, as a substitute of its personal Tizen platform it’s used for watches for years now.