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Galaxy XR: The first Android XR headset

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169 points thelastgallon | 6 comments | 22 Oct 25 16:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.33s | source | bottom
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malnourish ◴[22 Oct 25 17:23 UTC] No.45672303[source]▶
I realize this is a self-fulfilling prophecy, but how can anyone justify buying this when Google notoriously kills off projects? My money says this goes the way of the Pixel tablet.

If Apple couldn't make it work, does Google really think they can? This should be headlining an event, not relegated to a blog post.

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1. baby ◴[22 Oct 25 18:03 UTC] No.45672879[source]▶
Meta is making it work
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2. TulliusCicero ◴[22 Oct 25 18:13 UTC] No.45673021[source]▶
Meta has reasonably priced headsets, with controllers that work well for gaming, and a large library of reasonably compelling games (admittedly basically all indie games).

It looks like Google has a very expensive headset, no controllers, and thus no real games to go along with it.

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3. spogbiper ◴[22 Oct 25 19:13 UTC] No.45673778[source]▶
controllers are an optional first party accessory as shown in the demonstration. i'd expect it to work with 3rd party controllers as well. whether Meta games will port I'm not sure but since both are android based it shouldn't be too difficult?
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4. laweijfmvo ◴[22 Oct 25 19:17 UTC] No.45673835{3}[source]▶
at $249, the headset plus controllers put it over $2000, which is a lot to spend on an unknown product that might be deprecated on arrival. The Meta Quest 3S includes controllers and is currently on sale for $249, and at least you mostly know what you’re going to get, even if they never release another VR headset.
5. hadlock ◴[22 Oct 25 19:58 UTC] No.45674348{3}[source]▶
I think everyone who has ever owned a game console and bought the "optional first party accessory" (super scope 6, kinect, etc) is painfully aware that since developers can't count on widespread adoption, they almost never waste resources implementing support for them.

Not that it matters, apple has dropped support for true VR and now that google doesn't have to compete on this obscure battlefield, it will be cancelled before the end of Q4. I honestly feel bad for the team it was probably a good product. The launch event may have only been done for tax purposes to recover R&D losses.

6. TulliusCicero ◴[23 Oct 25 05:48 UTC] No.45678553{3}[source]▶
Fair enough, but the very fact that the main blog post here doesn't even mention controllers tells you how much Google cares about them.