Samsung is getting ready for its Project Moohan XR headset to go toe-to-toe with Apple’s Vision Pro — and it just gave us a big hint about how. A new update to Camera Assistant, one of Samsung’s many Good Lock modules, has quietly introduced a “3D Capture” feature, as noticed by SamMobile and picked up by 9to5Google. In a throwback to a feature Sony released way back in 2017, it appears to let Galaxy devices record photos and videos with depth information for playback on the company’s upcoming XR headset.
What’s old is new again
Now with far more potential use cases
The feature popped up in Camera Assistant v4.0.0.3, but there’s a catch: it currently only shows up if you sideload the app onto a Galaxy S25 Ultra. The update is officially available on the Galaxy S25 FE, but the toggle doesn’t actually do anything there. That suggests this is an unfinished feature Samsung is prepping in support of its as-yet-unannounced headset, code-named Project Moohan.
When enabled, 3D Capture adds a new button to the camera viewfinder, letting users shoot spatial photos and videos. Those clips are likely designed to be experienced in the immersive environment of Samsung’s first Galaxy XR headset, which the company says will launch before the end of the year.
While it’s a new feature for Galaxy phones, it’s not groundbreaking by any means. Sony tried something strikingly similar in 2017 with the Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact — the second of which will always be my favorite phone, and one of the most delightfully pocketable Android flagships ever made. Those phones had a “3D Creator” app that could scan faces, objects, and even entire heads, letting you turn them into avatars or 3D-printable models. It was ahead of its time but ultimately went nowhere, mostly because the ecosystem around 3D content just wasn’t ready yet.
Fast-forward eight years, and the tech world has caught up. Apple has made spatial video capture a key part of the Vision Pro experience, and Samsung clearly doesn’t want to be left out. While it’s odd this feature is hidden behind Good Lock instead of being built into the stock Camera app, that’s a very Samsung move — introduce powerful functionality quietly, then let enthusiasts discover it first.
Whether 3D capture finally takes off this time will depend on the quality of Samsung’s headset, and whether developers build compelling XR experiences around it. But one thing’s clear: the race for spatial content is officially on.
