Microsoft is reportedly collaborating with Samsung to develop a new mixed reality (MR) headset, slated for a potential launch in 2026. The device will use advanced OLED microdisplays, or OLEDoS (OLED on Silicon), which Samsung Display is developing. This new headset will focus primarily on gaming and media consumption rather than directly targeting the metaverse. Although Microsoft's new hardware will compete with Apple’s Vision Pro, it is being positioned more as a spatial computing device than a pure VR or metaverse headset. This move highlights that major companies like Apple, Meta, Google, and now Microsoft are still heavily investing in immersive hardware despite some skepticism around the metaverse's viability​.