It was 10 years ago during IFA that Samsung unveiled the Gear VR, a VR headset that used a Galaxy phone as its display and brain. A sequel followed and the company found great success – analysts reported that Samsung was the dominant VR headset maker in 2016. Of the 6.3 million headsets sold that year, 4.5 million were Gear VRs. The company also worked with Microsoft and built a Mixed Reality AR headset in 2017, but it wasn’t long before Samsung pulled the plug on its VR efforts.
That’s a lot of history, but it was necessary to explain why Samsung may be cautious to get back in the game….
