After the AR glasses were abolished at the beginning of the year, the development of a mixed reality headset together with Samsung is not going smoothly either.

Google and Augmented Reality: It’s not a successful marriage yet. After the failure of Google Glass, the tech giant is unsuccessfully trying to get back into the fray. project iris was closed at the end of June but project mohan is still in progress: mixed reality glasses that Google is developing in cooperation with Samsung and Qualcomm.

But even this project did not really want to go smoothly, writes Business Insider. Tensions are rising between the teams at Google and Samsung because the latter is seen as too domineering. Samsung, for example, would have insisted on delaying the headset’s launch until at least mid-2024.

Even Google’s hardware teams not involved in the project aren’t allowed to know about Project Moohan for fear that Google might later launch its own product. Google employees fear that the mutual dispute will affect the quality of the headset. Similar reports can be heard from South Korean media.

Behind Apple

Google and Samsung have teamed up to compete with Apple’s Vision Pro. At the moment, however, the gap could not be greater. Apple was very successful with the announcement during the WWDC and the first impressions of the headset were also very positive. Apple’s mixed reality glasses will be available for purchase in early 2024. Project Moohan will certainly not meet that deadline.

Google’s AR division has also been plagued by layoffs this year, resulting in significant staff cuts and executive departures over dissatisfaction with the policy. Google then decided to shift its focus to developing software rather than AR hardware. Since Google’s greatest successes are in the software space, it doesn’t seem like a bad decision.