Samsung has been showing off untethered VR headsets behind closed doors at MWC 2017

The Exynos 8895 is the latest chip from Samsung which is part of its premium Exynos 9 series of silicon. Samsung is going to target this processor at high-end smartphones and virtual reality headsets. The chip will debut with some variants of the Galaxy S8 later this month. The Exynos 8895 is being pitched as a viable option for standalone virtual reality headsets that don't require a smartphone to function like the Gear VR does.

It has four custom and four Cortex-A53 cores with a 20-core ARM Mali G71 graphics processor. It's capable of handling 4K playback and recording at 120 frames per second. The Exynos 8895 even has a vision processing unit for virtual reality and supports head tracking and motion detection.

According to a report, Samsung has been showing off prototype standalone virtual reality headsets behind closed doors at the Mobile World Congress 2017. These headsets operate without needing a smartphone and are meant to showcase the processing power of the new Exynos silicon. It wants companies to use this chip in their untethered VR headsets as well as high-end smartphones.

Whether or not this happens remains to be seen but Samsung does appear to be making quite a strong case for itself, not to mention the fact that the Exynos 8895 boasts impressive technical specifications.