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.

After a long wait and lots of behind-the-scenes collaboration, Google and Samsung have finally revealed Google's Android XR platform and the first hardware to run it: Project Moohan, Samsung's mixed-reality headset.

Samsung Electronics will launch an extended reality (XR) headset that has been developed with Google and Qualcomm for more than two years next year to compete