1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:08,720 I've been told that inside this box is concrete proof that no matter how bad 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:11,840 Apple's idea is, no matter how colossal 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:16,320 Apple's failure, Samsung will never miss 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:20,400 an opportunity to copy their home. Okay, 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:22,880 it's the Galaxy XR. Samsung's spin on 6 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:29,359 the Apple Vision Pro. And to their credit, there are some things to like 7 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:31,279 about it immediately. For one thing, 8 00:00:29,359 --> 00:00:36,719 while the front looks very similar with its eight outward- facing cameras, six 9 00:00:34,399 --> 00:00:42,160 for positional tracking, and then two for high quality pass through, it 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:44,480 doesn't have the creepy like eye pass 11 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:49,600 through thing. That sucked and added additional weight. And to their credit, 12 00:00:46,480 --> 00:00:51,120 it seems a little bit less heavy. Hey, 13 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:55,199 is that an Apple Vision Pro? Can I see it? 14 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:59,199 Yeah, not by enough that it's likely to make a huge difference, but at least 15 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:03,440 it's less expensive, coming in at around half of the price of the Apple Vision 16 00:01:01,199 --> 00:01:08,479 Pro. With that said, I feel like the functionality might be somewhere on the 17 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:13,520 order of half as well. Instead of using Apple's extremely powerful M series 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:17,840 silicon, it uses a Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2, which to its credit, Qualcomm 19 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:24,000 claims is much faster than last gen, about 20% on the CPU and 15% faster on 20 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:28,720 the GPU. but it ain't an M5. Let's take a look at the rest of the exterior. So, 21 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:32,560 also in the front is a depth sensing camera that's supposed to help map out 22 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:36,799 the world around you. So, your floor, ceiling, walls, that sort of thing. Two 23 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:42,640 of those outwardly facing spatial cameras seem to be dedicated to hand 24 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:44,240 gestures. So, of course, it's a 2026 25 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:49,360 product, which means it's chalk full of AI, including Gemini integration, as 26 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:51,439 well as AI assisted motion controls. 27 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:55,439 Though to Samsung's credit, they do give you the option of using controllers. 28 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:59,600 Then again, so does the Apple Vision Pro now. And the cost of Samsung's 29 00:01:57,119 --> 00:02:02,799 first-party controllers is about the same as the cost of the PSVR2 30 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:08,479 controllers that you need for the Vision Pro. What else we got here? Ah, yes, 31 00:02:05,439 --> 00:02:10,800 four inward-facing eyetracking cameras. 32 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:14,239 These are for gaze detection as well as interfacing with the menu, which I 33 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:18,640 haven't tried yet, but I am really looking forward to. Couple of stereo 34 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:25,200 speakers. one of these ratcheting style headbands 35 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:30,080 as well as now I saw in my notes there's supposed to be like a removable oh yeah 36 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:34,239 there you go removable gaskets so you can decide if you want more of a 37 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:40,239 completely immersed VR experience or more of a mixed reality XR experience 38 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:44,319 but apparently everything is XR now I don't know since we're in here though 39 00:02:42,319 --> 00:02:48,959 one of the biggest highlights is of course the screens regardless of what 40 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:54,000 label you find on the outside of a box. If it's got a screen on it, Samsung is 41 00:02:51,519 --> 00:02:58,879 very likely responsible for it if it's on the cutting edge. And this is on the 42 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:00,640 cutting edge. We've got two 4K micro 43 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:05,680 OLED displays that run at anywhere from 60 to up to 90 hertz depending on the 44 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:09,840 experience and your settings. Was someone using this already 45 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:13,200 >> or another reviewer? >> Did they wear a lot of makeup? 46 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:19,120 >> Was it a lady? >> That's after I cleaned it, too. >> Really? 47 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:26,680 Huh? How about that? I don't think this brown marking here is a foundational 48 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,680 part of the product. 49 00:03:32,239 --> 00:03:41,000 It's unfortunate we can see it there. In spite of Belle's efforts to cover up 50 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,000 its presence, 51 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:48,080 we've got spacers here. So, depending on how close you like the lenses to sit to 52 00:03:46,159 --> 00:03:53,120 your eyes, you can either put a thick one, a thin one, or no spacer at all. I 53 00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:58,959 don't know if I'm going to get away with no spacer because of my uh 54 00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:02,640 lashes. I hate it when they smudge up the lenses, but the closer you can get 55 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:06,000 them to your eyes, the better your field of view and the better your immersion. 56 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:10,319 So, I'm going to I'm going to try for it. Was there something that used to be 57 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:13,519 here? Who knows? Cuz we're the second ones to 58 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:18,320 unbox this. Comes with a cleaning cloth. 59 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:22,880 Apple would charge you $50 for this. I don't know if Samsung could say that's 60 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:24,240 like a $50 value in the box, though, cuz 61 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:27,840 they don't charge that much for their cleaning cloth. Oh, speaking of ideas 62 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:34,160 they got from Apple, what do we got here? We've got a type-C to type-C cable 63 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:36,800 that we can use for charging the Yep, 64 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:40,720 you heard it here first, external power brick. 65 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:45,199 Love it. To their credit, it's kind of cool that the cable's detachable. That's 66 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:48,720 That's nice. Which means you can use it for other devices if you want to. So, 67 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:54,240 you just charge this thing up and it's basically just a battery bank. Then, 68 00:04:51,600 --> 00:05:00,479 when you want to use your Galaxy XR, you pop this locking type C in here. Oh, 69 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:05,800 yeah. That's pretty nice. Okay. And then 70 00:05:00,479 --> 00:05:05,800 you clip this onto the side of the unit. 71 00:05:05,919 --> 00:05:11,120 Four microphones. 72 00:05:09,039 --> 00:05:16,479 ventilation for cooling. There's apparently a touch interface. This must 73 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:23,280 be it. I haven't tried it yet, but we'll give that a shot. Is it six microphones? 74 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:26,080 Wow, that's pretty cool. Oh, it turned 75 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:29,440 on just like I'm turned on telling you about our sponsor. Are you looking to 76 00:05:27,759 --> 00:05:34,479 save some more money on your phone bill every single month without losing any 77 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:36,240 coverage? Well, our sponsor, Tesrations. 78 00:05:34,479 --> 00:05:42,639 They offer flexible phone plans for up to, yeah, up to up to $25 a month, and 79 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:47,360 that is on America's largest network with 5G coverage. If you don't need that 80 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:51,360 full 50 gigs of data, you can save even more money by building a plan that works 81 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:55,919 better just for you. So, a wireless service that doesn't drive you crazy, 82 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:58,960 let us tell you all about it. See what I did? Use our link in the video 83 00:05:57,919 --> 00:06:04,560 description. >> I can immediately tell that Samsung is a 84 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:08,400 South Korean company. you know, in my usual way that I can 85 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:14,720 tell with anything that goes on my face, they did not account for a more um 86 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:20,240 prominent human horn. So, it just like rests like on my nose. 87 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:24,000 Oh, calibrate eye tracking. Yeah, we can do that. Okay. Do I? Of course, it's the 88 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:28,400 same gesture as Apple because why would it be a different gesture? Apple already figured it out. They solved the problem 89 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:34,400 for you, Samsung. So, this was how I opened up the home menu and then 90 00:06:31,039 --> 00:06:37,759 eyetracking and then Oh. Oh, and that's 91 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:40,080 a pointer dot, not a gaze dot. I don't 92 00:06:37,759 --> 00:06:44,880 mind that. Oh, this is a good opportunity to show you guys the hand 93 00:06:41,919 --> 00:06:48,560 tracking. So, maybe we can sync up what you guys are seeing and what the 94 00:06:46,080 --> 00:06:53,039 camera's see. Okay, that >> there's nobody there. I'm on a beach by 95 00:06:50,479 --> 00:06:58,960 myself. Okay, I'm I'm touching the sand. Relax. Anyone ever wonder why this never 96 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:01,120 took off as an interface? Oh, right. 97 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:04,560 because resting your hand like this is just 98 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:07,919 way easier. Okay. 99 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:12,960 Hand for gesture navigation. Oh, right hand or left hand. The hand interface is 100 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:18,240 okay. Let's switch over to gaze for a bit. The 101 00:07:15,919 --> 00:07:23,280 gaze is a little bit slow. I guess I haven't really talked about the pass 102 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:26,880 through quality yet. It's fine. 103 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:28,400 Yeah, I would even say pretty good. Ooh, 104 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:33,440 you can get notifications from your phone on it, assuming you have a Galaxy 105 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:39,599 phone. And oh, this is another important thing to talk about. While you can use 106 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:45,599 it as a as a as a virtual screen for your device right now, that seems to be 107 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:49,360 mostly supported on Samsung Galaxy Books, which anyone know anyone with a 108 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:54,319 Samsung Galaxy Book? >> No. >> Yeah. Is is not most people. or there's 109 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:57,840 a beta app that allows you to do it on other devices. And that just came out 110 00:07:56,160 --> 00:08:03,759 like a week ago. So, I'm going to try that in a little bit. First, I want to 111 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:07,759 go with some kind of native experience here just so I can evaluate the screens 112 00:08:05,759 --> 00:08:13,360 a little bit better. Okay. Which of these avatars looks most like me? I'm 113 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:15,840 thinking this one. No, probably not. Probably this one. 114 00:08:14,479 --> 00:08:21,759 >> Yeah. See, this is the kind of thing that just 115 00:08:19,599 --> 00:08:29,680 Apple gets right and the people who copy them don't. I'm clicking on this avatar. 116 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:32,080 My intent is very clear, right? But no, 117 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:36,880 I have to glance down there and select it. The first option is a fursuit for 118 00:08:34,719 --> 00:08:41,279 outfit. At least they know their audience. 119 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:50,720 And a whole bunch of the other options are fursuit stuff. Amazing. Amazing. 120 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:54,399 Also, skin tight leather. 121 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:56,320 Damn, Samsung. Good gravy. 122 00:08:54,399 --> 00:09:02,320 Oh, man. When you close an app, it just kind of dumps you into pass through, 123 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:05,760 which kind of makes sense. Hey, this is something it's got over the Vision Pro, 124 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:10,160 at least when it launched as a native YouTube app. All right, let's try some 125 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:16,640 just some of the basic stuff. Okay, I want to make a window bigger. Okay. 126 00:09:13,279 --> 00:09:19,360 Whoa. Oh, that's pretty nice. There we 127 00:09:16,640 --> 00:09:25,440 go. All right, let's put that giant screen over there, man. That's pretty 128 00:09:22,959 --> 00:09:29,839 nice looking. Okay, there. Strong spatiality. That sounds like it's coming 129 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:34,080 from behind me. Oh, it pauses when you look away. Okay, you know what? I don't 130 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:38,080 mind that. I can't say I love that glancing around at the interface means 131 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:40,800 that it never goes away. So, if something's bothering you and you're 132 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:47,120 like, "Oh man, that annoying interface. I can't stop looking at it. It will just simply never go away. There. If we 133 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:54,000 click. There we go. These screens are incredible. The pass through cameras do 134 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:57,120 not do them justice at all. Man, if I 135 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:59,440 lived alone and I had a smaller nose, 136 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:05,279 there would just be no reason to have a giant TV at all, cuz this is just plain 137 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:10,320 as good or better. Okay, let's fire up Google Maps. I really am getting that 138 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:14,880 bulged out toward me sense. I I don't I don't know what it is. 139 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:16,320 It does not look flat though, and I 140 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:20,959 don't remember noticing anything like that on the Vision Pro. Oh, yeah. 141 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:26,480 Immersive view. Here we go. But whoa, buddy. 142 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:32,399 I am going to enjoy this for as long as I can. 143 00:10:29,839 --> 00:10:37,519 Not going to lie, little bit disorientating. 144 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:40,720 This feels like playing with miniatures 145 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:42,560 more than I think anything I've ever 146 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:46,160 tried. Oh, I'll add a 3D effect to a photo. 147 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:50,399 Sure. Here's a random selfie from a previous ShortCircuit. Okay, go 148 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:56,079 immersive. It's spatial view. Here we go. Let it cook. Okay. Yep. It did some 149 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:01,760 background separation. Left some of my hair behind me there. Uh, honestly, 150 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:07,200 worse than I expected. Cool. Why don't we try a game? And the strap is um not 151 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,839 the most comfortable thing. There isn't really a ton of foam here and it is 152 00:11:10,079 --> 00:11:16,399 resting on my nose a little. I'd say motion sickness is pretty good when I'm 153 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:20,079 just using pass through and whatnot. Google Maps was a little bit nauseating. 154 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:27,519 Like I don't think I could be in here for another 2 hours, but I'm okay. Oh 155 00:11:24,079 --> 00:11:30,000 wow. Yeah, this is a game sort of. 156 00:11:27,519 --> 00:11:35,040 How do you defeat a worm like that? All right. Neat. Yeah, that's 157 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:38,240 going to be big fat. No thanks. PC Connect beta. This item isn't available 158 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:44,800 in your country. >> Sorry. >> Okay. Well, thanks a lot, Google. Okay. 159 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:47,360 Allows you to use your Galaxy XR as a 160 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:52,000 monitor on your Windows PC. Allows you to play games over Wi-Fi 7. That may 161 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:57,120 work pretty decent. And I can't do it. Unfortunately, 162 00:11:55,519 --> 00:12:02,079 with these displays being as good as they are, I could see something like this being quite usable as long as you 163 00:11:59,839 --> 00:12:07,040 put on some music to drown out these fans. The seal's pretty good at the nose 164 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:13,040 to their credit. That's pretty cool. But it actually leaks quite a bit here, 165 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:16,560 which is unfortunate. Okay. Um, this is 166 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:19,360 a cool tutorial. They kind of have you 167 00:12:16,560 --> 00:12:24,480 use, you know, pointing interactions and gaze and you kind of calibrate 168 00:12:20,959 --> 00:12:26,079 everything. And um 169 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:30,560 that's about as long as I can stay in this headset for today. I think I think 170 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:38,160 the last thing I'll try then is searching for something in the real 171 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:41,680 world with Gemini. So, let's go here. 172 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,959 Let's go here. Move it up a bit. I mean, 173 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:47,680 that's not really going to be comfortable, but sure. Oh, I never 174 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:52,720 taught about the touch controls. So, you can uh long press to center, and then 175 00:12:50,399 --> 00:12:56,480 you can double tap to turn the virtual environment on or off, which I can't do 176 00:12:54,399 --> 00:13:02,079 right now cuz I'm using Gemini. Okay. Turn on captions. Okay. Share view with 177 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:06,720 Gemini. Allow. What am I holding right now? >> Okay. You're holding a screwdriver. Do 178 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:10,240 you need any help with it? >> I need to know where to get another one. 179 00:13:08,639 --> 00:13:13,200 Screwdrivers like that are pretty common. You can find them at most 180 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:18,079 hardware stores. >> Hardware store? What kind of suggestion is that? No, I want this specific one. 181 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:24,320 >> You might have luck finding it at hardware stores like Home Depot or Canadian Tire or by searching online for 182 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:28,560 a black and orange multi-bit ratcheting screwdriver. Does that help? 183 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:31,760 >> No, that doesn't help. You do it for me. Find a black and orange multi-bit 184 00:13:30,079 --> 00:13:35,360 screwdriver that looks exactly like this one. It's checking. My screen recording 185 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:38,320 is not working, which I suspect is because Gemini needs it. I don't know 186 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:42,079 that for sure, though. It looks like your video recording isn't working right now. 187 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,440 >> Oh my god. No, no, we're not talking about that right now. We're talking 188 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:49,360 about finding this screwdriver. >> Based on what I found, it looks like it 189 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:54,800 could be an LTT multi-bit ratcheting screwdriver. >> Yes, that sounds pretty good. Hey, it 190 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:58,480 thought maybe it's an LTT screwdriver. Where can I get one? 191 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:03,199 >> You can find the LT screwdriver on the official LT store website. I'm happy to 192 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:08,399 open the website for you if you'd like. >> Yeah. Can you open that website? Look at 193 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:09,839 that. Okay. Can you navigate to the 194 00:14:08,399 --> 00:14:15,600 region that I'm in? >> I can't directly interact. >> Nope. It can't interact with websites. 195 00:14:13,199 --> 00:14:19,680 All right, fine. Once again, an AI assistant does a fraction of the things 196 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:25,040 that you would want it to do, but hey, that's better than nothing. I Oh my god, 197 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:28,480 it's still talking. You'd think it would detect that I've taken it off my head. 198 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:32,720 I'm not talking to it anymore. Hold on, I got to turn it off. 199 00:14:30,639 --> 00:14:36,000 40% battery. How long were we here? So, you probably get like two, two and a 200 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:42,399 half hours out of it. about like Samsung says. There you have it. Galaxy XR 201 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:47,040 >> for anyone who wanted that. Subscribe to ShortCircuit. 202 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:50,040 How bad are the pressure marks on my face?