Are
we
about
to
see
what’s
up
Google’s
sleeve
after
its
mysterious
AR
/
VR
deals
with
companies
like
Qualcomm
and
Samsung?
Or
might
it
finally
bring
its
Google
Play
Store
to
Meta’s
Quest
like
Meta
once
asked?
Either
way,
Google
seems
to
be
prepping
its
Play
Store
for
headsets,
according
to
details
discovered
in
app
store
code
by
Android
Authority.
Screenshots
published
by
the
outlet
show
a
small
graphic
representing
a
headset
in
the
Play
Store’s
“Install
on
more
devices
menu,”
while
a
bit
of
text
appearing
on
an
app
listing
elsewhere
references
an
“XR
headset”
too:
That
glyph
either
represents
a
headset
or
a
Flintstones-style
hunk
of
meat.Screenshot:
Android
Authority
Screenshot:
Android
Authority
None
of
this
means
Google
would
necessarily
release
its
own
headsets
again
—
but
despite
having
heavily
trimmed
its
AR/
VR
division,
the
company
continues
to
make
moves
in
the
space.
Those
include
the
“micro
XR”
platform
it’s
building
and
wants
to
license
to
headset
makers,
partnerships
for
new
Samsung
mixed-reality
smart
glasses,
and
a
mysterious
Magic
Leap
deal.
But
there
is
also
that
unreleased
Google
AR
glasses
prototype
that
made
a
brief
cameo
during
the
company’s
I/O
conference
earlier
this
year.
Or,
it
could
be
that
Google
just
changed
its
mind
about
putting
the
Play
Store
on
Meta
Quest
headsets.
Meta
pressed
Google
for
that
very
thing
earlier
this
year,
months
after
one
of
its
execs
revealed
that
Google
had
declined
to
let
Quest
users
download
regular
Android
apps
to
the
headset.
Since
then,
Meta
has
announced
it
will
offer
2D
apps
after
all
—
but
from
its
own
app
store,
not
Google’s.
Or
maybe
—
just
maybe
—
we’re
about
to
see
the
return
of
Google
Cardboard.
Hey,
a
guy
can dream,
can’t
he?
Original author: Wes Davis
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