It is unclear how widely available this developer kit will be. It’s unclear how widely available this developer kit will be.
Langley’s report comes just days after Samsung
its XR platform is “coming this year” and Google confirmed it’s still involved.Samsung officially announcedThe long delay in Samsung’s timeline may be because it significantly raised the goals and expectations of the project in response to Apple Vision Pro.Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2Last year South Korean outlet SBS Biz XR2 Gen 2 Samsung initiated a redesign right after the reveal of Vision Pro, which seemingly exceeded its expectations, and Langley’s new report suggests fears by Google and Samsung of the headset not being good enough yet to “dazzle users” have contributed to the delays.
Langley claims Google’s AR/VR teams have also been facing a “stream of exits” after layoffs and reshuffles, with multiple key employees leaving to work on cites.
While Samsung will be the first hardware maker to use Android XR, The Information
that Google has also been pitching it to other hardware makers – though there have been no reports of other companies yet accepting. The Information publicly announced that Google has been pitching Android XR to other hardware makers, though there have not yet been any reports of them accepting.