Let's talk Android XR 🕶️

With Android XR making a comeback, many developers are curious about what it really takes to bring existing apps into immersive environments. From experimenting with the new XR SDKs and Compose XR to revisiting lessons from Cardboard and Daydream, early adopters are uncovering both exciting opportunities and unexpected hurdles. In this roundtable, we’ll dive into the realities of porting apps to XR on Android—exploring APIs, design challenges, performance trade-offs, and common pitfalls—while asking whether XR on Android is ready for prime time.

Kick-off questions:
>What excites you most about XR on Android, and what worries you the most?
>What kinds of apps or experiences make sense to port to XR, and which don’t?
>How do existing Android design and UI patterns translate—or fail to translate—into immersive environments?
>What technical or usability hurdles have you run into with the new XR SDKs and Compose XR?
>Do you see Android XR as a niche experiment, or something that could become a mainstream developer platform?