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.

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

The new on-stage demo video shows multimodal interactions, immersive Google TV and Maps experiences, and more.

Today’s Android XR announcement is all about the new platform and not any specific hardware, so don’t expect a ton of new info on Samsung’s upcoming VR headset. However, it’s impossible to talk about a new XR platform without at least demoing it on prototype hardware,

That little tease of Project Astra yesterday has brought us to a full announcement today for Google’s next platform, Android XR. The new platform is official as the extended reality space from Google and it is powered by Android,

The Samsung headset — code-named Project Moohan — was teased during a Google event to mark the launch of Android XR. The platform is built on the foundations of Android to promote spatialized versions of apps that take advantage of virtual spaces.

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

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.