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The name of Samsung's upcoming, but as yet unreleased, VR headset may have just been revealed by trademark filings in Korea.

While it's not a secret Samsung is working on a headset to rival Oculus, HTC and others, the company does appear to be taking a slightly different route - you shouldn't need a smartphone, PC or console to use it, thereby making it an entirely more attractive package to the mainstream, or that's the theory anyway.


According to the filings, first spotted by Netherlands-based site GalaxyClub, the name could well end up being Odyssey, which is backed up by snippets that reveal the filings are for virtual reality games and glasses.

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While not much is known about the product itself - more could potentially be revealed at Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event at the start of next month - the choice of name is an interesting one. Odyssey is generally taken to mean a long and adventurous journey and comes from the Latin 'Odyssea' (and the Greek 'Odysseia'), itself the name of a poem by Homer that relates the decade-long meanderings of the King of Ithaca after the Trojan War.

Admittedly, looking to Ancient Greek poems for clues to Samsung's next product line might not seem obvious, but VR very much has the potential to be viewed as a long and epic journey. Exactly where we are on that journey probably depends on your perspective, but there's still a long road of discovery ahead.