Another fantastic VR headset comes from big giant, Samsung Exynos VR version three or Samsung Exynos VR III. Starting this year, at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), Samsung unveiled the prototype of a virtual reality device that works without the need for a smartphone.
The previous version, Exynos VR II, was shown at the MWC held in Barcelona at the end of February. That was the place where we had the chance to meet it on the way through the ARM processor.
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This Exynos VR III has evolved not only in appearance but also in features. Samsung upgrades it by adding eye tracking technology from the Visual Camp startup, hand tracking, voice recognition and facial expression recognition. It is a tool called “Exynos VR III” which is a complete solution as an alternative to the already known Samsung Gear VR.
Thanks to Visual Camp that is the company that provides eye tracking solutions for Samsung. Because of this, we have a glimpse of the mysterious new Samsung VR product.
The images and information about Exynos VR III come across the world by a Visual Camp. The news originates from the company that developed one of the technologies present in the accessory of this product. The “Exynos VR III, comes with a 10 nm hexacore processor with two Samsung M2 cores running at 2.5 GHz. These also combine with ARM Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.7 GHz and integrates a graphics card Mali G71 MP20, that is also from ARM.
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The main difference from the Exynos VR III and the Gear VR is that the first one already comes with a screen embedded in its structure. While the traditional second one Samsung Gear VR needs to connect a cell phone from Samsung to make the gadget work.
Exynos VR III WQHD 4K Resolution
In Exynos VR, there are two displays with WQHD+ with the resolution of 2560×1440 pixels and operates at 90 frames per second. That is each of the screen reproducing content in 4K resolution running at 75 Hz.
Exynos VR III Eye Tracking Features and Gesture Recognition
As for the tracking of hands, Exynos VR III could come via cameras or this technology can provide this feature by using magnetic field technology. That is the technology on which Samsung has a recent patent. For facial expressions, the company can make use of FaceSense technology developed by Samsung’s C-lab.
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Another feature is that the device has eye tracking functions. That is the technology which Samsung borrows from Visual Camp. Also, the new product comes with a hand tracking gesture tool and a facial recognition system. The spreading news also mentions the physical rendering, which projects the objects on display through the tracking of the eye gaze that activates when the user directs his vision to something specific.
Exynos VR III Compact Size
Because of the size of the handset, it seems the Exynos VR is still in the early stages of development. And it looks this is the reason it has no official announcements at the MWC 2017. In fact, what we can expect is that the Exynos VR III will take years to reach to the end consumer in a more comfortable and affordable format. But, anyway, it is the first step to virtual reality technologies having the more compact size.
Comparative table of characteristics between generations:
| Exynos VR II | Exynos VR III | |
| GPU | ARM Mali T880 (MP12)
OpenGL ES3.1 Vulkan ARM Frame-buffer Compression |
ARM Mali G71 (MP20)
OpenGL ES3.1 OpenCL 1.2 DirectX 12 Support for immersive game |
| CPU | M1 Dual 2.6GHz
Cortex A53 Quad 1.6GHz |
M2 Dual 2.5 Ghz
Cortex A53 Quad 1.7 Ghz |
| 4K | Dual FHD @ 90fps
Single 4K @ 60fps |
Dual WQHD + @ 90fps
Single 4K @ 75fps |
| Consumption | 14nm LPE FinFET Technology | Technology 10nm LPE FinFET |