Galaxy XR may look like a Vision Pro clone but Samsung and Google say it’s a ‘new category’

It has a futuristic visor design like the Apple Vision Pro. It tracks your eyes and hands just like the Vision Pro. And it offers both AR and VR experiences just like you know what. But when I asked Kihwan Kim, Samsung executive vice president and head of the Immersive S/W R&D Group, what makes the new Galaxy XR stand out and who the target audience is for its $1,799 headset, he had an interesting answer.

“It’s more like a new category that kicks off how to best experience and communicate with the AI…