Microsoft might be resurrecting its mixed reality business

The Samsung Odyssey headset with Windows Mixed Reality from 2017. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Microsoft has reportedly struck a deal with Samsung for OLED panels that could power a new line of mixed reality headsets. Korean outlet The Elec reported earlier this week that (as per a machine translation) the partnership is still in its very early stages, with mass production not started until 2026. A source told the outlet the order could be for “hundreds of thousands” of units and that the device would be focused on watching flatscreen gaming and video content, not “metaverse” engagement.

As Road to VR notes, the rumored device sounds like a competitor to Apple’s Vision Pro, which aims to be a large floating flat screen rather than a more complicated augmented or virtual reality system. (How many people want this? Maybe fewer than...

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