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It just feels a closed collaboration between Samsung and Google at this time. And there is too much unknown. Meta apparently isn't onboard, and they don't need
by n144q 2y ago
It just feels a closed collaboration between Samsung and Google at this time. And there is too much unknown.
Meta apparently isn't onboard, and they don't need to. Meta knows they can't rely on Google or trust Google, so they built their own Android based platform.
There really are just a few big players in the VR world, most of which build their own platform. Meta focuses on the lower end, Apple and a few others focuses on the higher end (I am still not sure that's a real market where there is money), and Sony has just about abandoned their platform. That's it.
- Philpax 2y agoThere are other Android XR headset manufacturers: https://www.uploadvr.com/sony-lynx-xreal-android-xr-devices/ https://www.uploadvr.com/sony-lynx-xreal-android-xr-devices/
- grokx 2y agoRight, most probably closed-source just like Android wear. Even manufacturers may not have access to the source code, they would just put their stuff in the vendor partition. A good friend of mine works for a manufacturer that make watches running on Android Wear, and closed-source system updates pushed by Google turn OS-level regressions (like battery consumption issues) into nightmares. So they are switching back to their own AOSP-based OS.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 2y agoI thought Meta was doing a collab with LG on a high end headset