Samsung’s Project Moohan XR Headset: A Bold “Vision Pro Killer” or Next Big Flop?
Introduction Samsung is gearing up to make a splashy comeback in the immersive tech arena with its first XR (extended reality) headset, internally code-named Project Moohan. Unveiled in prototype form at 2025’s Galaxy Unpacked event, this device represents Samsung’s answer to the likes of Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Quest series techradar.com techradar.com. Project Moohan (meaning “infinity” in Korean) embodies Samsung’s vision of “unparalleled, immersive experiences within an infinite space” news.samsung.com. Backed by a deep partnership with Google and Qualcomm, the headset is built on an entirely new Android XR platform – a collaborative effort Samsung calls one of its
Meta Connect 2025’s Smart Glasses Demo Fiasco – CTO Reveals the Real Reason (It Wasn’t Wi‑Fi!)
Meta Connect 2025: Big Stage Set for Smart Glasses and AI Meta’s annual developer conference, Meta Connect 2025, was meant to showcase the company’s latest breakthroughs in augmented and virtual reality. In the keynote, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced three new smart glasses products aimed at bringing AI to users’ faces: an upgraded Ray-Ban Meta (the second-generation of Meta’s camera glasses), a new Meta Ray-Ban Display with a built-in heads-up display and neural wristband controller, and the Oakley Meta Vanguard sports glasses techcrunch.com. These devices, priced up to $799 for the Ray-Ban Display model, promise to overlay digital info in your
Meta’s Hyperscape Unveiled: Transforming Real Spaces into Virtual Worlds (Is This the Next XR Revolution?)
What Exactly Is Meta’s Hyperscape? Hyperscape is Meta’s latest leap in VR technology – it turns real-world places into explorable VR spaces. Think of it like capturing a 3D “photograph” of a room or location, except you can then step inside that photo with a VR headset. Meta first demoed Hyperscape at the 2024 Connect conference as a tech showcase, and in September 2025 they finally launched it to users techcrunch.com. The system allows developers and everyday creators to build photorealistic virtual environments by simply scanning real ones techcrunch.com. In essence, your physical room becomes a VR world, rendered with
From VAR to VR: How High-Tech is Revolutionizing the 2025 Champions League
Officiating Tech: VAR, Offside AI and More When it comes to refereeing, the Champions League is more high-tech than ever. VAR (Video Assistant Referee) was first introduced to the competition in 2019 and has since become a fixture of every match uefa.com. VAR focuses only on game-changing situations (goals, penalties, direct reds, mistaken identity) and steps in for “clear and obvious” errors refrsports.com. Over the years, UEFA has worked to make VAR quicker and less disruptive – a response to early criticisms that reviews took too long and broke the flow of the game. UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin himself urged
Smart Pucks, AI Refs and VR Fans: All the Cutting-Edge Tech Powering the NHL in 2025
Player and Puck Tracking: Real-Time Data Becomes Reality Not long ago, hockey’s real-time stats were limited to what a human could scribble down. In 2025, every movement of the puck and players is digitally tracked and recorded. The NHL’s EDGE Puck and Player Tracking system uses a combination of sensor and camera technologies to capture the game in unprecedented detail. Each game puck is embedded with a microchip, and players wear radio-frequency tags tucked into their shoulder pads – these emit signals that antennas around the arena pick up 100 times per second aws.amazon.com. Meanwhile, an array of 14–20 high-speed
Ultimate XR Headset Showdown: PlayStation VR2 vs Meta Quest 3/3S vs Apple Vision Pro (2025)
PlayStation VR2 released on February 22, 2023, at a launch price of $549.99 and was reduced to $399.99 in March 2025, with a new PS VR2 PC Adapter enabling SteamVR. Meta Quest 3 launched on October 10, 2023, and Quest 3S followed on October 15, 2024; the 128GB Quest 3 is $499 and the 512GB model is $649, while Quest 3S is $299. Apple Vision Pro arrived in the US on February 2, 2024, priced at $3,499 for 256GB, weighs 600–650 g for the visor, and uses an external battery pack. Displays include: PS VR2 OLED at 2000×2040 per eye
Digital Zen: How VR Meditation Is Becoming the Next Big Stress-Relief Trend
In early 2024, Headspace launched its first VR experience, Headspace XR, on Meta’s Quest headset, developed with funding from Meta. In 2024, TRIPP announced an expansion to Apple’s Vision Pro, blending virtual meditation worldscapes with mixed reality. In its first two years, TRIPP users logged over 5.5 million meditation sessions. TRIPP acquired EvolVR, which had 40,000 participants in its online group meditations in 2020. A 2023 Texas A&M University study found VR-enhanced meditation reduced anxiety and depression more than traditional meditation, using Oculus Quest 2 headsets. A 2024 Mayo Clinic randomized trial with 100 open-heart surgery patients found VR meditation
XR Revolution Unfolds: Major Spatial Computing News (July 23–24, 2025)
Apple WWDC 2025: Vision Pro gains visionOS 26 with integrated generative AI, smarter 3D widgets, enhanced photos and videos, and multi-user FaceTime in virtual spaces, plus support for external controllers including PlayStation VR2 Sense for 6DoF tracking and haptics. Bloomberg reports an upgraded Vision Pro with a faster M4 chip and lighter design could arrive as early as this year, though likely not at a lower price. Google and Samsung’s Android XR alliance centers on Project Moohan, a secretive headset running Android XR with ultra-high‑resolution micro‑OLED displays and a limited initial run of about 100,000 units in 2025, powered by
VR/AR Weekly Roundup June 16, 2025: Apple’s Vision Pro 2 Plans, ByteDance’s New XR Goggles, and Massive Prime Day Deals
During Prime Day, Meta’s Quest 3S dropped to $250 for the 128GB model and $330 for the 256GB model, with an Amazon Gorilla Tag Cardboard Hero bundle for the 128GB and a Walmart Arkham Shadow plus three months of Quest+ bundle. Quest 3S, launched last October as a budget variant of Quest 3, uses the same Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 chipset and most apps but relies on older Fresnel lenses and offers longer battery life. XREAL Air 2 Pro price dropped to $299 on Prime Day, with the headset weighing about 75–84 grams and delivering a 1080p per-eye display at
Virtual Reality in 2025: Latest Trends, New Releases and Industry Outlook (Updated: June 27th, 2025)
Meta’s Quest 3, released in late 2023, is a standalone VR headset with mixed reality capabilities that is roughly twice as powerful as its predecessor and features high-resolution pancake lenses plus full-color passthrough for MR. Apple’s Vision Pro, announced in mid-2023 and released in early 2024, costs about $3,500 and uses dual 4K micro-OLED displays with advanced eye- and hand-tracking and passthrough AR for spatial computing. Samsung and Google’s Project Moohan XR headset is slated for late 2025, uses Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, reportedly delivers up to 4.3K per-eye displays with pancake optics and color passthrough, and runs an