Android XR apps will have camera permissions similar to Android phones

Google introduced Android XR, its upcoming extended (XR) operating system, for virtual reality and mixed reality-based headsets in December last year. Soon after, Samsung introduced its first Android ...
Road to VR

Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access: an Important Tool for MR Devs

Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new ...
Android Authority

Google confirms Android XR will give apps access to your headset's cameras

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that apps will be able to request access to both the world-facing camera and the selfie camera on Android XR headsets. The world-facing camera gives apps a ...
CNET

I Hated Smart Glasses, but Google's Android XR Let Me See a New Future

Commentary: I tried a prototype of Android XR glasses, and it made me feel like I was in Mission: Impossible. Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former theater ...

Samsung and Google attempt to one-up Apple with Galaxy XR AI-powered headset

It may come with all the drawbacks of Apple or Meta's headsets, but Samsung and Google say the Galaxy XR is really a stepping stone to AI glasses currently in development with eyewear brands Warby ...