Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled a joint push into the mixed-reality market, introducing a new operating system and headset in a bid to challenge devices from Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc.

The first glasses prototypes demonstrated by Google are part of its Project Astra initiative. Android XR glasses can use AI to get chores done, in addition to offering features like turn-by-turn direc

Google is teaming up with Samsung to take on Meta and Apple in the resurgent market for smart glasses and virtual-reality headsets, almost a decade after suspending consumer sales of its controversial Google Glass device.

We got an early hands-on look at Samsung's mixed-reality headset and Google's glasses, powered by an all-seeing assistant.

Project Moohan is among the many hardware products that will be built around Google's new Android XR platform.

Google also announced the first Android XR device, Project Moohan, a mixed-reality headset produced by Samsung that appears very similar to the Apple Vision Pro.

Google's latest push into extended reality is taking shape. While the company isn't entirely ready to show off any products just yet, it has laid out a vision for a unified Android XR ecosystem that will span a range of devices — such as virtual reality headsets and mixed reality glasses — in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm.

Google is taking another run at making headsets work. The company just announced Android XR, a new operating system designed specifically for what Google calls “extended reality” devices like headsets and glasses.

Google said that it is launching a new Android-based XR platform on Thursday to accommodate AI features. The company said the platform, called Android XR, will support app development on different devices,