which pairs nicely with Android XR’s built-in support for bluetooth mice and keyboards. And Google Maps has a fully immersive view that’s very similar to Google Earth VR, including the ability ...

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Google just announced a brand new operating system called Android XR. "XR" stands for "extended reality," which is the umbrella term for virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality headsets.

With its new operating system, Google is making an ambitious return to the AR and VR spaces (they aren't the same, though the spectrum between them is broadly called mixed reality, or XR).